Rabbi:  Samuel Biber                                                               
President: William Finestone


Administrator: Eileen Knaus

Welcome To SVAJ

Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue (SVAJ to our friends) is cutting edge, creative, and challenging. Our new programs are designed to reach out to all those seeking more meaning, more inspiration, more excitement, more participation and more responsiveness in their religious observance and experience within halacha, in a welcoming, non-judgmental environment.

Register for these Shavouth Events: (click the links)

Mishmar - Starts 10:15 pm, May 26 - includes Dessert
Lunch & Learn - May 28, Following Services

Register for Era of The Sages, a 6 week class, beginning June 5, with Rabbi Biber

SVAJ offers:

  • Daily Minyanim
  • Adult Education 
  • Excellent Youth Programming
  • Special Holiday Celebrations
  • Chesed / Social Action Projects
  • Community Involvement - JUF, JNF, & Israel Bonds
  • Shabbat Kiddushim
  • Sisterhood and Men's Clubs
  • and much more.

Our Vision

We at Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob strive to be a welcoming, caring and accepting congregation which warmly embraces diversity within Halacha in a spiritually fulfilling and inspiring atmosphere.

We value:

  • Change that supports our current membership while reaching out to new members in the community.
  • Acts of chesed facilitating multi-generational support in caring for our families.
  • The State of Israel.
  • Excellence in Shabbat Youth Programming.

If you are new to the community and looking to affliate with a Shul, visiting for a day, or a week, or an established member of the community ready for a change, please visit us, and join us for services or classes.



Please join us for davening and breakfast every Monday through Friday followed on Tuesday by a very enlightening shir given by Rabbi Rosenberg of the Skokie Kollel and a D’var Torah given by Eytan Dallal on Fridays

  May 18 - 25 
Weekday Shacharit
Monday and Thursday 7:00 am
Tuesday, Wed,  Friday
7:15 am
Sunday 9:00 am

Shabbat

Friday
6:30 PM
Main Service - Family Seating
Mechitza Service  - Israel Hall
8:45 AM
9:00 AM
Mincha/Maariv April 28
  7:45 PM

Weekday Evenings

Sunday - Thursday
8:00 PM


Printable Table of  Davening Times for Month


Other Information

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