Congregation Data |
Name: |
Sephardi Congregation of South Manchester |
Alternative Name: |
Sha'are Hayim Synagogue (translation - "Gates of Life") |
Address: |
8 Queenston Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WZ
(i)
The synagogue was designated a Grade II Listed Building (number 1246274) on 5 October 1988 (most recent amendment 6 June 1994).
View description
on Historic England website.
(The congregation is considered part of the
"South Manchester" Jewish community.) |
Formation: |
Formed in
about 1997(ii) by amalgamation of: |
Withington Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews
of 8 Queenston Road (formerly Queen's Road until 1970's), West
Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WZ
Previously at Mauldeth Road, Withington, Manchester M20,
until 1926/7.(iii) |
Sha'are Sedek Synagogue
(translation - "Gates of Righteous" Synagogue)
of Old Lansdowne Road (also known as Lansdowne Road), West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8NZ
(iv)
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Founded 1904 |
Founded 1924
(a breakaway from the Withington Congregation)
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Membership Data: |
1915 - 55 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1916)
1919 - 120 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1920) |
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Current Status: |
Active |
Ritual: |
Sephardi - South Manchester was predominently Western Sephardic
whereas Shaare Rahamim had an Eastern Sephardic or oriental tradition,
with congregants mainly of Aleppan and Baghdadi origin. Followuing
the merger, the congregation alternate between and combine the various Sephardic traditions
and melodies. |
Minister: |
Rabbi Shlomo Ellituv - from 1997
merger to present (February 2017), having previously served as minister
of Sha'are Sedek Synagogue from 1977. |
Marriage Certification: |
Registration District: Manchester |
Local Authority: |
West Didsbury and Withington are in the metropolitan borough of the City of
Manchester, within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester
(which no longer has any administrative powers). From 1889 to 1974, the
localities were in the county borough of Manchester (a unitary
authority), geographically
(although not administratively) within the county of Lancashire. |
Cemetery Information: |
For cemetery details, see
Manchester Jewish Cemeteries
Information on Manchester Jewish Community home page. |
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