Ohel David Sephardi Synagogue - Essex

Shabbat Shalom everyone! Our Kahal celebrates Shabbat in Gants Hill each Saturday morning. It is important to come together as a community, now more than ever. All welcome 🕎

Join us for an uplifting Shabbat tomorrow morning (9.30am)

Followed by Kiddush and Moti's famous Hamin (Sephardic cholent)!

Join us for the most uplifting Purim Party in town! 6pm Monday evening - including a Sephardic Megillah reading, Oznei Haman (Hamentaschen), drinks and more - חג פורים שמח!

Shabbat Shalom to everyone!

All are welcome to join our uplifting Shabbat morning services (9.30am onwards) followed by Kiddush

Plus our Sephardic Purim Megillah reading is coming up on Monday 6 March

Wishing a very Happy Chanukah to our Kahal and the whole Jewish Community! חנוכה שמח 🕎

הערב בכל בית ישראל ידליקו נר ראשון של חנוכה,
ואני רק שאלה לאיזה נס הייתם מייחלים שיגיע במהרה…?


#חנוכהשמח

צולם בהר הרצל.
שבוע טוב וחג של אור וניסים חברים.

We hope you all had a Sweet and Happy New Year last week! Looking forward to seeing you in synagogue for Yom Kippur - details below. We are happy to welcome new faces at this special time of year (no need to book). All welcome! גמר חתימה טובה

Shavua tov - and Chag Sameach! Our Rosh Hashana services start at 8.30am on Monday and Tuesday at Cranbrook
Synagogue. All welcome!

Wishing a Shana Tovah and a Sweet New Year to our Kahal and the whole Essex Jewish Community! 🍏🍯✡️ שנה טובה ומתוקה‎

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Wishing a Shana Tovah and a Sweet New Year to our Kahal and the whole Essex Jewish Community! 🍏🍯✡️ שנה טובה ומתוקה‎

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Shalom Kahal! If you are of Sephardi or Mizrachi (or any other) Jewish heritage, please consider completing the first ever UK National Sephardi Census. Look forward to seeing you all on Shabbat morning שבת שלום ומבורך

www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=441639914666187&set=a.368330795330433 The S&P Sephardi Community The Board of Deputies of British Jews

Scan the QR code or follow the link below to take part in the first ever UK National Sephardi Census.

We have a strong sense of duty to realign our roots and learn how to best serve those who share or want to rediscover their Sephardic heritage.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/national_sephardi_census

We will be celebrating Shabbat as usual this week, which falls on the 9th of Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, when we remember the destruction of Beit Hamikdash in Jerusalem and other tragedies befalling the Jewish People.

So as to avoid mixing the joy of Shabbat with the sorrow of Tisha B'av, this year the fast takes place a day later on the 10th of Av, from 8.40pm on Saturday night to 9.27pm on Sunday. Wishing a meaningful fast to all who are able to 🕎

This Shabbat our kahal will be meeting as usual at 9.30am, reading Parashat Balak, followed by Kiddush - all welcome!

This Shabbat also falls on 17 Tammuz, the date of the breach of Jerusalem’s walls by the Romans and the beginning of the ‘Three Weeks’ to Tisha B’Av. Traditionally a Fast Day, since 17 Tammuz falls on Shabbat this year, the fast takes place the following day instead (Sunday/18 Tammuz). Shabbat Shalom 🍷🕯🕯✡️

The synagogue will be closed this Shabbat morning due to an event taking place in the area. We are saddened by the recent attack on a local woman and our thoughts are with her family. Wishing a Shabbat Shalom to our kahal and see you again on 9 July.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach! Look forward to see you in synagogue this weekend ✡️

Wishing our kahal and the whole Essex Jewish community a Chag Sameach! All are welcome to join us for services and festive Kiddush on Shabbat and Yom Tov 🍇🌴🕎🍷🍰

Wishing our kahal and the whole Essex Jewish community a Chag Sameach! All are welcome to join us for services and festive Kiddush on Shabbat and Yom Tov 🍇🌴🕎🍷🍰

Wonderful to see so many people in synagogue last week - thanks to our kahal who make each Shabbat a true 'oneg'! Look forward to seeing you again this Shabbat morning ✡️ שבת‎ עונג

Wishing everyone a Peaceful Shabbat. This week we will be having a sit-down Kiddush after our services, with delicious food, drink and joyful singing - why not join us! שבת שלום

Shavua tov! Curious to find out more about Ohel David/Eastern Jewry? Look no further than the latest Essex Jewish News!

With Pesach over and the days getting longer, it feels like spring has finally arrived. Our kahal is looking forward to gathering for Shabbat again this week (9.30am onwards) - all welcome! 🌿🕎🌷

Wishing everyone a joyful Seder and Pesach Sameach!

Shavua tov! is less than a week away - here are our services times for Yom Tov. We wish everyone a Chag Sameach - חג פסח שמח וכשר !

Shavua tov! is less than a week away - here are our services times for Yom Tov. We wish everyone a Chag Sameach - חג פסח שמח וכשר !

Here's a taster of our recent Purim party, as featured in the The Jewish Weekly!
https://thejewishweekly.com/essex-celebrates-purim-in-sephardi-style/

Essex celebrates Purim in Sephardi style | The Jewish Weekly Essex celebrates Purim in Sephardi style 24th March 2022 22 Ohel David Sephardi Synagogue – the only one in Essex! – has re-started its weekly Shabbat and Festival services after a pause due to Coronavirus, including its first Purim party for two years, which attracted over 30 people from across...

We hope you all had a peaceful and joyful Shabbat. Lots of fun was had at our Purim party and Megilla reading this week - and we look forward to seeing everyone again next Shabbat! שבוע טוב

Chag Purim Sameach, Happy Purim! Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Esther (the secretly Jewish Queen) from Haman, vizier of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, who was planning to kill all its Jews. It is celebrated by reading the Book of Esther, reciting additional prayers, exchanging gifts....

Happy ! We’re holding a Sephardi-style Megilla reading this Wednesday at 6.30pm - join us at Cranbrook Synagogue, 22 Beehive Lane (Hamantaschen included!) פורים שמח

Greetings! Ohel David Sephardi will be gathering together again this Shabbat for Parashat Vayikra. Our service starts at 9.30am at Cranbrook Synagogue, 22 Beehive Lane. All welcome! שבת שלום

Greetings! Ohel David Sephardi will be gathering together again this Shabbat for Parashat Vayakhel. Our service starts at 9.30am at Cranbrook Synagogue, 22 Beehive Lane. All welcome! שבת שלום

Ohel David Sephardi Synagogue - Essex updated their website address.

Ohel David Sephardi Synagogue - Essex updated their business hours.

Shalom! We are an independent community of Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews based in West Essex/East London.

Our kahal has roots in Israel, Britain, North Africa, India, the Middle East - and beyond. Join us for warm Shabbat services with melodies from across the Edot Mizrach. We meet every Shabbat morning (from 9.30am) at our synagogue in Gants Hill. All welcome!

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