Mikdash Eliyahu

The round sanctuary of Mikdash Eliyahu: curved rows of rust-velvet seats facing the teba and the ark, under a ring chandelier of glass rods, with the verse in Hebrew along the bronze bands of the limestone wall

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An Orthodox synagogue in the Syrian-Halabi tradition, at 400 Avenue U in Gravesend since 1998.

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This Shabbat

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A center of learning

Every weekday morning at 6:30, before the 7:10 Shahrit, Rabbi Avi Harari teaches Gemara in the social hall. Close to forty people learn with him; they finished Masekhet Rosh Hashanah and have begun Sanhedrin.

“It’s thrilling to know that our synagogue is really taking its place as a center of learning, which is always what our vision was.” Rabbi Dr. Raymond Harari

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The social hall, where the daily Gemara meets: honey-coloured wood panels, tall windows with wooden blinds, a round clock, and rows of rust-upholstered chairs around a wooden reader’s desk

A home for hundreds of families

Our rabbis and hazzanim

The Slah

World-renowned hazzanim lead our prayers, Hazzan Mordechai Salem and Hazzan Faraj Samra among them.

Our hazzanim

Three minyanim each morning

Shahrit at 6:20, 7:10 and 7:35, each followed by breakfast, Sunday to Friday.

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Youth minyanim

A booming young adult minyan, an ever-growing father/son minyan and a high school minyan on Shabbat morning.

Who leads them

The Shabbat girls program

A Shabbat morning program for girls that attracts dozens, with Mary Jajati.

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The ark of Mikdash Eliyahu: walnut doors of book-matched diamonds between dark bronze columns, in a limestone wall crossed by bronze bands carrying the verse in Hebrew, with the American and Israeli flags and white lilies

In Your light we see light

כִּֽי־עִ֭מְּךָ מְקֹ֣ור חַיִּ֑ים בְּ֝אֹורְךָ֗ נִרְאֶה־אֹֽור

“For with You is the source of life; in Your light we see light.” Tehilim 36, the verse along the walls of our sanctuary.

Guided by its commitment to Orthodox Judaism, Sephardic traditions, community service, humanity and the vitality of the State of Israel, Mikdash Eliyahu aims to create an environment where adults and children can worship, study, bond with community members and express their solidarity with the synagogue’s ideals.

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Sponsor and support

Shabbat sponsorships are printed in our newsletter, sent by email and WhatsApp, and announced in the minyanim. Weekday sponsorships are printed and announced in the minyanim and classes.