Photo of Shul by Catherine Yass (2000)

Hebrew - Congregation of Jacob
The Congregation of Jacob Synagogue
incorporating
cheva yisroel
Chevra Yisroel & Bicur Cholim & Stetziver Synagogue
351-353 Commercial Road, London, E1 2PS
Tel: 020 7790 2874
- Fax: 0871 661 6774
Photo (Left): Catherine Yass (2000)
Image (Right): Shul Pinkas (1903)

Image by Shul Pinkas (1903) Beis Hay

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ChederParents - How would you like your children to receive a Jewish education by a dynamic and personable individual in the midst of a beautiful Shul?

If so, please contact Rev David Brandes
Tel: 020 7790 2874 Fax: 0871 661 6774
e-mail david.brandes@congregationofjacob.org
 

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Next notable Hebrew dates

23rd May 2008
18th Iyar 5768
Lag B'Omer
Sefiras HaOmer - The Counting of The Omer starts on the second night of Pesach. It continues for seven weeks, or forty-nine days. The fiftieth day is Shavuos.

Lag B'Omer - The thirty-third day of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th of Iyar, is a day of celebration for the whole nation of Israel. According to tradition, the students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva, who had been dying in great numbers, stopped dying on this day.

9th-10th June 2008
6th-7th Sivan 5768
Shavuot
Shavu'os is on the fiftieth day of the Omer counting. This holiday, is the anniversary of our acceptance of the Torah at Mount Sinai. On this day, we celebrate the fact that we have the Torah, and we acknowledge that we received all of the Torah, both oral and written. In the days of the Temple, this is one of the three holidays for which we are commanded to make the pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. On Shavu'os we would bring of the first fruits of the harvest to the Temple.

 
 

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