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About

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Mission

Beth Tefilah is an Orthodox shul that serves London, Ontario and the area. We are an integral part of the London Jewish Community and are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Clal Yisrael. We are a home of prayer, a place of Torah learning, a community of chess, and a cultural and social centre. We are an inclusive family that celebrates the Jewish way of life together, in a warm and non-judgmental atmosphere.

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Vision

We enrich the lives of our members and friends, by being a warm and inclusive orthodox synagogue. We cherish a sense of community, in which Jews gather to share in joy and sorrow, moving through the cycle of life together as a family. We enable every Jew to experience the beauty of living a Jewish life, turning Torah values into action, and reaching beyond the walls of our synagogue to engage with our larger community.

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Values

Beth Tefilah also houses and maintains the only Mikvah between Detroit and Toronto. This offers every member of Southwestern Ontario’s Jewish Community the opportunity to participate in the mitzvah of Mikvah.
Our children are our future. The Beth Tefilah family helps nurture a commitment to Jewish learning that they’ll remember for years to come.

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Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Times

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 Yahrzeits

  

Ted Medzon for his father, Sam Medzon, 21 Sivan (June 5-6, 2026 Fri/Sat)

 

Jane Sverzhinsky for her mother, Shulamit bat Noach, 25 Sivan (June 9-10, 

2026 Tues/Wed))

 

Nella Sverzhinsky for her mother, Shulamit bat Noach, 25 Sivan (June 9-10, 

2026  Tues/Wed)

 

Lisa Klinger for her mother, Henny Theeboom, 26 Sivan (June 10-11, 2026

Sat- Sun)

 

Kiddush

The kiddush this week is open for sponsorship 

Daily Minyan    

 

We are trying to organize evening minyanim on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, approximately 20 minutes before sunset. Minyans this week (on Sunday and Thursday) will be held at 8:45 PM.

 

Minyans are announced and recruited via the Minyan Maker Whattsapp group. If you would like to be involved, you can join with this link:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Dwf879wwHaZBLGbDCH7GR

 

Weekly Classes

Rabbi Lazer teaches regular weekly classes via Zoom.  

Join us in person on Sunday morning for services at 8:30 AM, followed by a short, fascinating Talmud class at 9:15 am. The Talmud class is hybrid, in person and on Zoom. 

Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM for insights and discussions on the weekly Parshah.

Tanya Class for Women  

Rebbetzin Basie leads a 30-minute in-depth class on Tanya, the classic Chassidic work that teaches the inner workings of our mind, heart, and soul. The class will be text-based as we slowly make our way through this incredible study.  

To be held via Zoom each Tuesday at 7:30 pm. To register, please provide Basie bgurkow@gmail.com with your phone number so she can provide updates about the class. 

 

Pirkei Avos Class for Women 

Rebbetzin Basie teaches a class for women on the Ethics of our Fathers, Pirkei Avos, on Shabbat at 5:30 pm. The class is held at the Gurkow family home.

 

Rabbi Gurkow Away

Rabbi Gurkow will be away on a lecture tour from Thursday, June 11 till Monday, June 21. He will be available via phone, email, text, and WhatsApp should you need to reach him. Weekly Classes will be suspended during these dates. Arrangements to substitute Rabbi Gurkow on Shabbat will be in place.

 

 

 From Jewish London

 

London’s Jewish community institutions are coming together through the Federation Security Fundraiser, a community wide campaign to raise $400,000 for the critical security needs of Jewish organizations across our community. This campaign will help protect the places where our community gathers, learns, celebrates, prays, connects, and supports one another.

Thanks to early leadership, we have already secured $100,000, including a $60,000 matching commitment. We are now inviting the full community to take part.  As part of the London Jewish security campaign, we invite you to participate in a special speaker series focused on security, advocacy, public life, media literacy, and the future of Jewish communal safety.

A household contribution includes you and one guest. Contributions are cumulative within the security campaign, so you do not need to make a separate contribution for each event. As your total household contribution reaches the levels below, the corresponding campaign events become available, subject to RSVP and capacity.

 

 

Rosh Chodesh Society for Women  

Save the date for our Rosh Chodesh Annual Garden Party 

Sunday June 28 at 6:30  pm

Please register by sending an e transfer of $18 per person to  cbtsister@gmail.com

RSVP bgurkow@gmail.com by June 21

 Dairy/Pareve Dinner will be served

Location details will be shared upon registration.  

 

Chumash with Rashi Class for Men and Women 

A class led by Julie Rubenstein. Explore Judaism’s most fundamental text with the vital commentary of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) in the original Hebrew. Engage with your heritage on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Classes are currently on hiatus and will resume in the summer, G-d willing.

 

Donations and Sponsorships

Boris Sverzhinsky to commemorate the yahrzeit of Jane’s late mother, Shulamit bat Noach Rubinchik

E-Transfer Your Donation

Beth Tefilah is set up to receive email money transfers to our email address, office@bethtefilah.ca. This method can be used to pay for dues, donations and 

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