Congregation Ahavath Torah

This article is about the Modern Orthodox synagogue. For the Conservative synagogue in Massachusetts, see Ahavath Torah (Stoughton, Massachusetts).

Congregation Ahavath Torah is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 240 Broad Avenue, in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States.^[1][2][3][4]

Congregation Ahavath Torah
Religion
Affiliation	Modern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	240 Broad Avenue, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey
Country	United States
Location in Bergen County, New Jersey
Geographic coordinates	40°52′59″N 73°58′24″W
Architecture
Date established	1895 (as a congregation)
Completed	1958
Website
ahavathtorah.org

History

The synagogue traces its roots back to 1895, and was the first synagogue in Bergen County, New Jersey.^[5][1][4] The first eight families in the congregation held services in each others homes after purchasing a Sefer Torah, later renting spaces on Armory Street and Durie Avenue. The first synagogue was built on an 18x30 feet property on Humphrey Street in 1911 when the synagogue reached a membership of fifty families. An old church on Englewood Avenue was purchased for the synagogue once this space couldn't sustain the growing congregation. The current building on Broad Avenue was built in 1958 to match the needs of the synagogue.^[6]

In 2016, it opened a mikveh with two pools.^[7] In 2017 it had about 750 families.^[8]

Among the Shabbat morning minyanim, the synagogue includes a Sephardic minyan known as the Benaroya Sephardic Center.