19 february 7:00 pm WORLDWIDE SHABBAT OF                                            ST.-PETERSBURG JEWS!                                      Shabbat meal                   In Grand Choral Synagogue of St.-Petersburg   Traditional Jewish cuisine, shabbat songs and words of Torah!                                            Meal price 350 roubles (12$)  Payment is accepted in advance only in the Grand Choral Synagogue   the following hours:  Monday – Thirsday 10:30 am – 7:00 pm,   Friday 10:30 am – 4:00 pm,   Sunday 12:00 am – 6:00 pm. Deadline February 16   2, Lermontovsky av. Tel. 7 (812) 713-8186   This Shabbat Jews all over the world will make “L’chaim” in honor of St.-Petersburg Jews !

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Сhanukka Celebration in St.-Petersburg Jewish Community
Festive Candle Lighting at        City’s Historic Center	photos
Massive Chanukka Celebration       in the Synagogue Yard	Chanukka for Children
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St.-Petersburg Synagogue Celebrates its 116th Birthday 116 years ago, on December 8th 1893 the Grand Choral Synagogue of St.-Petersburg was officially inaugurated and consecrated. At the opening ceremony the rabbi expressed his hope that the new Synagogue “will become the starting point of the Future Temple, the temple of universal love and peace”. Today, more than a century later, this prophecy seems to have come true, especially in what concerns “universal love”. On the day of its birthday, thousands of Jews from St.-Petersburg and all over the world have sent to the Synagogue their congratulations, warmest regards and good wishes.

See congratulations by members of popular Russian social networking site “VKontakte.ru”

Haknassat Torah in Grand Choral Synagogue of St.-Petersburg

In October 2009 a festive ceremony tool place in Grand Choral Synagogue to welcome a new Sefer Torah. The Torah Scroll was donated to the Synagogue by Sergey Aleshin, a St.-Petersburg Jewish businessman. See photos from the ceremony

12000 St.-Petersburg Jewish Families Get Calendar from the Synagogue

The Jewish Community of St.-Petersburg has recently issued a colorful wall calendar for the Jewish year 5770. The calendar will be presented via mail to more than 12 thousand of St.-Petersburg Jewish families. This project started 4 years ago and has quickly become a raving success. St.-Petersburg Jews appreciate the calendar as a special honor and a marker of their belonging to the Jewish Community. The Calendar includes both Jewish and Gregorian dates, Shabbat candle lighting times in St.-Petersburg, brief information about Jewish Holidays. This year the calendar was financially supported by hundreds of St.-Petersburg Jews, who made donations in loving remembrance of their late relatives. While the last-year calendar was thematically dedicated to the history of Jews in St.-Petersburg and included a vast collection of historical photos, the main focus of Jewish calendar-5770 is Jewish art. It includes reproductions of works by St.-Petersburg Jewish artists, such as “Simchat Torah” by Aron Zinshtein, “Chassidic story” by Tatiana Pogorelsky, “Jerusalem” by William Rosenson. The artistic value of the edition is evident.  Read more...

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