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Kehilat Nitzan is the only Masorti (Conservative) congregation in Melbourne, Australia. We are committed to Jewish tradition and law (halachah), Israel and Zionism, Jewish learning and the study of Torah.
We offer traditional, egalitarian Shabbat, morning minyanim and chag (festival) services, and shiurim (study sessions) in a warm and friendly environment. We welcome and include everybody, regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation.
Our mission is to be an inclusive, vibrant home where traditional Judaism is lived and breathed, where community is family, where learning inspires action, where prayer touches the hearts and good deeds repair the world. To read more about us, click here and visit Rabbi Yonatan Sadoff's drashot and articles here.
Office hours
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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9am-5.30pm | 9am-3pm | 9am-6:30pm | 9am-5pm | 10am-1pm |
We are closed on Jewish holidays and public holidays.
Sat, 3 June 2023
14 Sivan 5783
Today's Calendar
: 9:30am |
Havdalah : 5:58pm |
Friday Night
Candle Lighting : 4:49pm |
: 6:00pm |
Shabbat Day
: 9:30am |
LUNCH & LEARN: What is G-d's Gender? : 12:00pm |
Havdalah : 5:57pm |
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Nasso
Shabbat, Jun 3 |
Candle Lighting
Shabbat, Jun 3, 4:50pm |
Havdalah
Motzei Shabbat, Jun 3, 5:58pm |
Shabbat Mevarchim
Shabbat, Jun 17 |
Upcoming Events
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Wednesday ,
JunJune 7 , 2023
Wednesday, Jun 7th 8:30a to 9:15a
Wednesdays at 8:30 am at Kehilat Nitzan or via Zoom: This halachic responsa on medical triage is the material that we will be studying throughout these sessions every week until June 14. Bagels included! -
Saturday ,
JunJune 10 , 2023
Shabbat, Jun 10th 12:00p to 1:30p
We all know that the metaphors that we use to talk about G-d in Jewish tradition are largely male, yet this is not the whole of the story. In this session, we will study text from Torah, midrash and kabbalistic sources, and draw on feminist, queer and trans interpretations to find that the question of G-d's gender is not so certain as we might think, offering us new possibilities for understanding not only the divine but ourselves. Presented by Dr Emily McAvan, a writer and lecturer on religion and culture, as well as an Honorary Fellow in Writing and Literature at Deakin University. Date: June 10, immediately following the Shabbat service. Vegetarian cholent will be served! -
Wednesday ,
JunJune 14 , 2023
Wednesday, Jun 14th 8:30a to 9:15a
Wednesdays at 8:30 am at Kehilat Nitzan or via Zoom: This halachic responsa on medical triage is the material that we will be studying throughout these sessions every week until June 14. Bagels included! -
Wednesday ,
JunJune 14 , 2023
Wednesday, Jun 14th 2:00p to 4:00p
Joseph O'Connor, a master of historical fiction, has created an unforgettable novel of love, faith and sacrifice, and what it means to be truly human in the most extreme circumstances. This literary thriller is based on the extraordinary true story of an Irish priest in the Vatican during the war. He rescues 6,500 victims of the Nazis in Rome from under the nose of his SS officer nemesis.