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Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah (abbreviated as BSCTT) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue on Seven Locks Road in Potomac, Maryland, in the United States. [1] The largest Orthodox synagogue in the Washington metropolitan area , [ 2 ] it is led by Rabbi Nissan Antine.
Their combined Shepherd Park building opened in 1960. Membership fell in the late twentieth century as Jewish families moved to the suburbs. The synagogue opened a branch composed largely of younger families in Olney, Maryland, in 1994, [4] which became the separate congregation Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah Congregation of Olney between 2002 and ...
Former synagogue of Har Sinai Congregation built in 2001 at Owings Mills. Many of the original congregants of Har Sinai Congregation came from what was then the Orthodox Congregation Nidchei Yisroel (later known as the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation), after Rabbi Abraham Rice protested against the performance of Masonic rites at the funeral service of one of its members. [1]
The OSTT was founded in 1995 by fourteen families in the Olney community, holding services in a private home on Georgia Avenue. [1]OSTT started as a branch of Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah Congregation of Washington, D.C., now known as Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue; and OSTT became independent in 2001–2005.
B'nai Israel Congregation is a Conservative Jewish egalitarian congregation and synagogue, located in Rockville, Maryland, in the United States. [3] B'nai Israel's mission is to study in the Jewish tradition, worship God, commit to social action, and address the needs of the Jewish people locally, in Israel, and worldwide. [3]
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Beth Tfiloh Congregation is a Modern Orthodox congregation and synagogue located at 3300 Old Court Road, in Pikesville, Maryland, in the United States.With approximately 3,500 members, [1] and seating for 1,600 worshippers, Beth Tfiloh claims it is the largest Modern Orthodox congregation in the United States.
By 1984, the congregation had purchased a building in Rockville, and by 1987, had its first rabbi. Due to surging membership, the congregation needed a larger space. By 1998, prayers were being held in a new synagogue that was built in North Bethesda. [3] [4] The congregation is affiliated with the Orthodox Union. [5]