Machzike Hadath
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The Machzike Hadath community, also known as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue, was founded in 1891 in the East End of London, England. In 1893, they merged with the Machzike Shomrei Shabbat Synagogue of Booth Street. In 1898 they acquired premises in Spitalfields, at the corner of Fournier Street and Brick Lane, where they remained for 70 years. The synagogue moved to Golders Green in 1970 where its new building was consecrated in 1983.
Its services follow the 'Lithuanian' Ashkenazi rite. The first rov of the community was Rabbi Avraham Aba Werner (1891-1912). Later rabbis include Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, and Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky. The current rabbi is Rabbi Chaim Zundel Pearlman.
The current website, which is being built, is http://mhshul.org
In the late 1920s the Machzike Hadath sponsored the publication of an edition of the Mishna Berura.
[edit] References
Bernard Homa, A Fortress in Anglo-Jewry, Shapiro-Vallentine, 1953.
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