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Singapore Synagogue - Chesed El. information on Jewish life in Singapore, study, history, resources, community and Jewish holidays.
The newly renovated Orthodox synagogue is one of the most beautiful in Asia and is classified as a National Monument of Singapore. The synagogue compound includes two large kitchens and a large banquet hall for events such as weddings, bar mitzvahs as well as our weekly Shabbat meals and festivals.
The Chesed-El Synagogue (Hebrew: חסד-אל, "Grace of God") is a synagogue in Singapore. The synagogue was constructed in 1905 and is located at Oxley Rise in River Valley, within the Central Area of Singapore. On 18 December 1998, it was designated as a national monument of Singapore.
Because of friction between the Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities over how the services should be carried out, Sir Manasseh Meyer decided to build a new synagogue which was completed in 1905, The Chesed-El Synagogue.
Chesed-El Synagogue bears witness to the Singapore Jewish community’s contributions to Singapore’s development since the British colonial period and is also a memorial to the prominent philanthropist Sir Manasseh Meyer.
Chesed El Synagogues. The name “Chesed-El” encapsulates the various attributes of the Hebrew G-d – of loving kindness, righteousness and mercy, located at 2 Oxley Rise, it is the second synagogue in use in Singapore.
Chesed-El Synagogue, Singapore, c. early 20th century, photograph. Collection of National Museum of Singapore. Chesed-El Synagogue on Oxley Rise is one of two synagogues in Singapore, the other being Maghain Aboth Synagogue on Waterloo Street.
Apr 11, 2024 · Chesed-El Synagogue, located at Oxley Rise, is one of two synagogues currently in use in Singapore. 1 It was designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan & Maclaren, and completed in 1905. Its name, Chesed-El, means “bountiful mercy and goodness of God”.
Chesed El means “Bountiful Mercy and Goodness of G-d”. Although services at the Chesed El Synagogue follow the Sephardic arrangement, it has an almost equal number of regular Ashkenazi and Sephardi congregants who attend its services: Shaharit on Monday mornings, 7.25am, followed by complimentary breakfast.
In 1905, wealthy Baghdadi-Jewish merchant Manasseh Meyer built for himself a new synagogue called Chesed-El (Merciful God). Nominally, it was meant to be his personal synagogue, where he could “communicate more easily and directly with the God he loved.”
