Maghain Aboth Synagogue

Maghain Aboth Synagogue
Malay: Sinagog Maghain Aboth Hebrew: מגן אבות
The synagogue, in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Hasidic Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Mordehai Abergel
Year consecrated	1878
Status	Active
Location
Location	24/26 Waterloo Street, Rochor, Central Area, 187968
Country	Singapore
Location of the synagogue in Singapore
Administration	Jewish Welfare Board
Geographic coordinates	1°17′54″N 103°51′03″E / 1.29825°N 103.85070°E / 1.29825; 103.85070
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Neoclassical Colonial
Funded by	Sir Manasseh Meyer
Date established	c. 1840 (as a congregation)
Completed	1878; 147 years ago (1878)
Direction of façade	West
Website
singaporejews.com
National monument of Singapore
Designated	27 February 1998
Reference no.	35

The Maghain Aboth Synagogue (Malay: Sinagog Maghain Aboth, Hebrew: מגן אבות, romanized: Ma'gen Ahvot, lit. 'Guardian of Patriarchs' or 'Shield of our Fathers') is an Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 24/26 Waterloo Street in Rochor, within the Central Area of Singapore. Constructed in 1878, it is the oldest and largest Jewish synagogue in Southeast Asia and the second largest in Asia itself, outside of Israel.

Managed by the Jewish Welfare Board, it remains to be the main place of worship for the Jewish community in Singapore.^[1] It was designated as a national monument of Singapore in 1998. Today, the synagogue and its surroundings has served as the unofficial centre of Jewish activity in Singapore, with several Jewish buildings standing within its vicinity, including a kosher supermarket and a museum.