Nefesh Hatorah

Edgware, Middx.

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Congregation Data
Name:	Nefesh Hatorah
Address:	Mowbray House, 58-70 Edgware Way, Edgware, HA8 8DJ⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ (formerly at shown as 82 Mowbray Parade, Edgware, Middx. HA8 8TE until about E⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾)
Current Status:	Active
Date Formed:	11 June 2015^(iv)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	None known
Website:	http://www.nefeshhatorah.org.uk/ - not currently operating (as of May 2020)
Rabbis: *(To view a short profile of a rabbi whose name in is blue - hold the cursor over his name.)*	Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt (& Rebbetzen Ruthie Halberstadt) - from 2015 to 2018^(vii) Rabbi Reuven Stepsky (& Rebbetzen Elisheva Stepsky) - from 2018 to about 2019^(viii) Rabbi Elchonon Moshe Lieberman - from about 2019 to present (May 2021)^(ix)
Charitable & Legal Status:	The congregation, under the name Nefesh Hatorah, is a registered charity (no.1162153) registered on 11 June 2015. The governing document is a CIO - Foundation.^(x)
Local Government Districts:	Edgware, a residential suburb in Northwest London, has a substantial Jewish minority. Most of Edgware (including the locality in which the synagogue is situated) is in the London Borough of Barnet (formed 1965).
Registration District (BMD):	Barnet (since formation of Congregation) - Link to Register Office website
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) Reserved. (ii) https://www.uniquelyedgware.uk/shul website, last accessed 6 May 2020. ↵ (iii) This was the address given on the Uniquely Edgware website (see above), when first accessed 19 May 2015 and subsequently accessed 21 August 2018. ↵ (iv) Based on date of registration with with Charity Commission - see below. ↵ (v) and (vi) Reserved. (vii) Rabbi Halberstudt was listed as rabbi of congregation on the Uniquely Edgware website, when initially accessed on 19 May 2015. The Jewish Chronicle of 1 June 2018 reported on his leaving the congregation. ↵ (viii) Rabbi Stepsky was listed as rabbi of the congregation on the Uniquely Edgware website, when accessed on 4 November 2018 and 21 August 2018. By 2019, he had joined another congregation. ↵ (ix) Based upon Rabbi Lieberman's listing as rabbi of the congregation on the Uniquely Edgware website, when accessed on 30 May 2021. ↵ (x) Charities Commissioners website (during beta test stage) and Open Charities website, both last accessed 6 May 2020. ↵

On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to this Congregation

Annual Reports filed with the Charities Commission (pdf):
- For the period 11 June 2015 to 31 December 2015
- For years ended 31 December 2016, 2017 and 2018
Bibliography:
- London Borough of Barnet bibliograohy.

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Jewish Congregations in Edgware (London Borough of Barnet)

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Latest revision or update: 30 May 2021

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