Israel's Chief Rabbi David Lau, the former Chief Rabbi of Modiin, affixed a first-time mezuzah to the new building of the Ayelet Hashachar Community Synagogue.

 

With enormous joy and gratitude to G-d, the first Shabbat services were held in the newly-built Ayelet Hashachar Community Synagogue in June 2014.

 

After 12 years of Ayelet Hashachar activity in the city of Modiin, this was a moving and milestone event. It is hopefully the beginning of what we pray will be many more prayer services, educational programs, and celebrations, as well as communal togetherness.

 

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MODIIN COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE FACTS AND FIGURES

• 250 participants attend 70 public Torah lessons each week.

• 80 girls attend 8 girls' youth programs per week

• 55 boys attend 6 boys' youth programs each week

• 60 one-on-one home study sessions are held each week

• Children's after-school clubs, young adult study sessions and educational trips, Shabbatons and Seminars

• Jewish Holidays, Challah baking, Jewish ethics, Jewish philosophy, family education, personal counseling, youth activities and more.

• 11 highly dedicated and supremely motivated young men and their wives work and live in Modiin, giving of themselves on a personal level to each member of their community.