Orthodox synagogue welcomes all for daily prayers and learning
Joy is the mood that welcomes worshipers to Congregation B’nai Avraham. In this Modern Orthodox synagogue, whose spiritual leader, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, is a Chabad hassid, one can experience joy and community in worship, learning and meals. Rabbi Raskin personally exudes a joy that is very contagious and inspiring, as he welcomes all people to his shul.
The neighborhood’s only Orthodox synagogue has served Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill since September 1988. In the mid-1990s, the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, a Reform-branch community, sold its brownstone at 117 Remsen St. to B’nai Avraham and moved into the former Brooklyn Club, a larger space up the block. This enabled B’nai Avraham to have its own home.
B’nai Avraham is currently the only neighborhood synagogue that offers daily services every morning and evening, providing the necessary minyan (ten adult Jewish men) needed for worship. Therefore, when someone needs to say Kaddish, members of the community are present to help the mourner fulfill this important obligation.