By: Rabbi Pinchos Woolstone

Rabbi Pinchos Woolstone — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:52:06 +0000

Over many many decades Mr Harry Triguboff AO very generously supported the Yeshiva College and the activities of the Chabad Lubavitch movement in NSW.
Approximately 20 plus years ago, the activities at Flood Street started to implode, the tragic story in detail is far beyond the scope of this letter.
As a result of the downfall the majority of the community eventually found a temporary home in the social hall in the back of the Adass Israel Synagogue on Penkivil Street, Bondi.
On a recent visit to Sydney, I went to Penkivil Street and found the congregation praying in very unpleasantly packed conditions, in fact many members were standing out the back doors praying in the cold and rain .
The synagogue at Flood Street was beautiful renovated by Mr Triguboff in recent years, it is a totally under utilized asset and “seeks a community”.
Yeshiva Synagogue was built by Mr Abraham Rabinovitch of Blessed Memory and a group of Holocaust survivors who were determined to transplant the vibrant Orthodox traditions of the Central and Eastern European communities of their birth, it was not an easy task however they were very successful.
It would be a complete travesty if the iconic House of Prayer was destroyed.
I beseech the Sydney Jewish Community, a community of enormous resources to help the Chabad Lubavitch membership to return to its Flood Street home.

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