PITTSBURGH — The state of Pennsylvania has awarded $6.6 million for redevelopment of Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue.

The state funding will help “transform this site that has been marked by horror ... into one full of hope, remembrance and education,” Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who survived the attack, said Monday at a news conference with Gov. Tom Wolf.

Tree of Life has previously selected architect Daniel Libeskind to redesign the sprawling synagogue complex. Libeskind did the master plan for New York's World Trade Center after the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.

The design is still taking shape, but the campus will include a memorial, worship and education spaces, and a wing for the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. Its final price tag has yet to be determined.

Pennsylvania's pledge comes from the state's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. Tree of Life was one of 16 community redevelopment projects statewide to receive a grant from the program.

Noting Monday was the last day of Hanukkah, Myers told Wolf: “You've given Tree of Life a very generous Hanukkah present. Your timing is impeccable.” Myers then presented a menorah to Wolf, who accepted it on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania.

Wolf toured the synagogue and said, “it brought back the sadness, and the tragedy of that day.”