The Beit Yaacov Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentratio ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. It is one of two
synagogues
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
in Metro Manila aside from the
Chabad House
A Chabad house is a centre for disseminating traditional Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad Shaliach (emissary), and Shalucha (fem. for emissary) and their family. They are located in cities and on or near college ...
also in Makati. It was established in 1982.
It is run by the Jewish Association of the Philippines and follows the
Sephardic tradition.
The Synagogue offers
Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah classes for children, along with classes for children who wish to learn
Hebrew
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and
Torah
The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the s ...
. The synagogue also features the largest Jewish library in Southeast Asia.
The current Rabbi is Jonathan Goldschmidt.
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See also
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Temple Emil
Temple Emil was a Jewish synagogue in Manila, Philippines.
Consecrated in 1924, it was the first synagogue in the Philippines and was funded by the family of Emil Bachrach, an American Jew. It was destroyed in World War II during the 1945 Battle ...
References
Orthodox Judaism in Asia
Orthodox synagogues
Synagogues in the Philippines
1982 establishments in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Makati
Sephardi Jewish culture in Asia
Sephardi synagogues
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