About our Minyanim

The Beit Yehuda Abrahamovits Synagogue is Mizrachi's first and main shul and is one of the Melbourne Jewish community's most vibrant places of worship.

Comprising nearly four-hundred members, Beit Yehuda - as it is commonly known - is the heart and soul of the Mizrachi Organisation.

Under the close guidance of Rabbi Dr Alan Kimche, Shacharit, Minchah and Ma'ariv services are conducted on a daily basis, whilst community services marking special occasions are also held in the shul.

The week-to-week running of the minyanim is the domain of Beit Yehuda's gabba'im, Michael Bruce, David Brykman and Robert Nossbaum. These individuals ensure the smooth conduct of proceedings and are familiar with the milestones of each and every member of the kehillah.

One of the focal points of services is the thrice-weekly Torah reading, performed by our highly acclaimed ba'alei k'riyah.

Visitors attending Beit Yehuda can be assured of a warm welcome and we invite you to experience our services for yourself.

Beit HaRoeh is a vibrant Modern-Orthodox shule and one of the longest standing minyanim wihin Mizrachi. It comprises some 200 members who enjoy davening together in a congenial and relaxed atmosphere.

Established in the 1980s, Beit HaRoeh was the product of the amalgamation of two minyanim - 'Sha'arei Mizrachi' and 'Young Marrieds'. The new minyan took its name from a Hebrew acronym for HaRav Avraham HaKohen (Rav Kook). Most of the founding members are still involved with the shule, which has been growing ever since. It prides itself on being a place of warmth and hospitality, where regular mitpallelim and visitors alike are warmly welcomed on a weekly basis.

Beit HaRoeh is led by Reb Leor Broh, a learned and inspiring spiritual guide. R' Broh delivers numerous shiurim every Shabbat and activately engages the members in learning.

The Bnei Shul is a youth minyan run on Shabbatot and chagim for the madrichim and chanichim of the movement. For years, it has been an integral part of the Bnei experience, as each new generation is inducted into the minyan and eventually takes on its leadership.

The Bnei Shul offers young people invaluable opportunities to acquaint themselves with the inner workings of a minyan, and to hone their skills as chazanim, ba’alei tefillah and speakers. Many of the tunes that are synonymous with the Bnei experience are learned in the Bnei Shul, and, from a personal perspective, the opportunities for participation and involvement in the minyan contributed to my own love of and connection to the movement.

The Bnei Shul is always looking for new ways to involve and engage the community’s youth, with new initiatives especially desgined to bring in younger, pre-bar/bat mitzvah aged children. Such initiatives include partnering young kids with madrichim for an hour during the chagim to familiarize them with the davening, as well as a new program where children read out a synopsis of the parasha to the whole minyan before laining on Shabbat morning.

We look forward to many more years of inspiration, excitement and involvement with the community.