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Machzike Hadath
The synagogue, in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt
Status	Active
Location
Location	1 Highfield Road, Golders Green, Borough of Barnet, London, England NW11 9LU
Country	United Kingdom
Location of the synagogue in Greater London
Geographic coordinates	51°34′46″N 0°12′28″W / 51.5795°N 0.2078°W / 51.5795; -0.2078
Architecture
Type	Protestant chapel
Date established	1891 (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'), 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.

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.

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

The Brick Lane, Spitalfields building, first established in 1743 as a Protestant chapel ("La Neuve Eglise") by London's French Huguenot community and later a Methodist chapel, 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. 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:

See also

• History of the Jews in England
• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• List of synagogues in the United Kingdom
• Machzikei Hadas

References

1. ^ "Machzike Hadath Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. Apple, Rabbi Dr Raymond (March 2010). "London Jewry in the 1890s: The Religious Controversies". OzTorah. Sydney, Australia: Raymond Apple AO RFD. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. Homa, Bernard (1953), A Fortress in Anglo-Jewry, Shapiro-Vallentine
4. ^ Commerford, Patrick (20 January 2020). "Brick Lane Synagogue s a reminder of a once vibrant East End community". An online journal on Anglicanism, theology, spirituality, history, architecture, travel, poetry, beach walks ... and more. Patrick Commerford. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
5. "The former Machzike Hadath Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
6. Jones, Richard (2006). Frommer's Memorable Walks in London. John Wiley and Sons. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-471-77338-2.
7. Humphreys, Rob; Bamber, Judith (2003). London. Rough Guides. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-84353-093-0.
8. Dein, Alan (5 December 2016). "RABBI AVRAHAM ABA WERNER 1912". EAST END PORTRAITS. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
9. "Golders Green shul recruits new minister". The Jewish Chronicle.

External links

• Official website

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