Machzike Hadath

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Machzike Hadath
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The synagogue, in 2010
Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Rite Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
LeadershipRabbi Ilan Halberstadt
StatusActive
Location
Location1 Highfield Road, Golders Green, Borough of Barnet, London, England NW11 9LU
CountryUnited Kingdom
Greater London UK relief location map.jpg
Red pog.svg
Location of the synagogue in Greater London
Geographic coordinates 51°34′46″N0°12′28″W / 51.5795°N 0.2078°W / 51.5795; -0.2078
Architecture
Type Protestant chapel
Date established1891 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1898 (Brick Lane & Fournier St)
  • 1983 (Highfield Road)
Website
machzikehadath.com

The Machzike Hadath (transliterated from Hebrew as 'Upholders of Faith' [1] ), also known as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Highfield Road, Golders Green, in the Borough of Barnet, in the East End of London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was formed predominately by Lithuanian Jews in 1891 and was initially located on Brick Lane. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

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History

The congregation was established in 1891 as Chevra Machzike Hadath (or Chevrath Machzikei Hadath), transliterated from Hebrew as 'The Society of Strengthened of the Faith'. It was founded by members of the North London Beth Hamedrash in Newington Green Road and members of the Machzike Shomrei Shabbat Synagogue of Booth Street, with whom it merged in 1983. The primary aim of the congregation was to persuade the Chief Rabbi and the community that serious infringements of the laws of kashrut. [2]

In 1898 the congregation acquired premises in Spitalfields, at the corner of Fournier Street and Brick Lane, where they remained for 70 years. [3] [4] In 1905 the congregation affiliated with the Federation of Synagogues. [5] [1]

The Brick Lane, Spitalfields building, first established in 1743 as a Protestant chapel ("La Neuve Eglise") by London's French Huguenot community [6] and later a Methodist chapel, [7] was used by the congregation as a synagogue from 1898 unto; 1970; where it moved to Golders Green, and the new synagogue was consecrated in 1983. [4] The former Brick Lane synagogue building is now the Brick Lane Mosque.

In the late 1920s the Machzike Hadath sponsored the publication of an edition of the Mishna Berura .

Clergy

The following individuals have served as rabbi of the congregation:

OrdinalOfficeholderTerm startedTerm endedTime in officeNotes
1Avraham Aba Werner1891191220–21 years [8]
2 Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook 191219196–7 years
3 Yechezkel Abramsky 193219352–3 years
4Simcha Lopian1956198326–27 years
5Dr. Ephraim Yehuda Wiesenberg198319862–3 years
6Chaim Zundel Pearlman1986201831–32 yearsGreat grandson of Kamenitzer Maggid
7Ilan HalberstadtMay 2018incumbent5 years, 363 days [9]

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