Tempio dei Giovani, an ancient Orthodox Synagogue in an island in the oldest Jewish Community of Europe
בית־הכנסת־הצעירים
Traditional Italian Minhag
for information please write to tempiodeigiovani@yahoo.it
Address: Piazza S.Bartolomeo all’isola, 24, 00154 Roma - Telephone: (39) 066 840 061
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Davening Times:
Friday Night - 30 minutes before sunset
Shabbat Shachrit - 9:00 am
Shabbat Mincha - variable (call to ask)
Sunday Morning - 8:15 am
Meals
A Saturday lunch can be arranged in the Tempio dei Giovani's dining room.
Lunchs can be reserved by email to the shammash Gabriele Sonnino at sonninogabriele@hotmail.com by Thursday.
Please send a copy to tempiodeigiovani@yahoo.it
Price is set at 20 euros for each person. Pay at the Ufficio Rabbinico (Rabbinical Office) in Lungotevere Cenci, 2nd floor, Tel. 06-68400651 by Friday morning, or pay to Mr Sonnino just before the beginning of Shabbat in the Main Temple.
Mikwe
A beautifully restored Mikwe is available at the Tempio Maggiore, Lungotevere Cenci, at 100 m. from the TdG.
For reservation please call Giuliana Salmoni at 339-867-3784 at least 24 hours in advance.
For information please view mikwe or send an email to comitatomikwe_tempiomaggiore@yahoo.it or call 347-465-0271.
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On week days tefilla is held at the Main Synagogue (Tempio Maggiore, Italian Minhag) and at Tempio Spagnolo (Sefardi, in the lower level of the Main Synagogue).
There are several other shuls in Rome, of Italian, Sefardi, Libyan and Ashkenaz minhag. All of them are orthodox.
Contact Rabbis
TdG is located in a 13th century building
in the middle of the Tiber river,
next to the traditional Jewish neighborhood,
in the historical center of Rome, Italy.
a thriving community of young and older people
in the center of Rome,
where visitors from throughout the Jewish world
find a warm and friendly environment
to spend a pleasant Shabbos or Yom Tov
and make acquaintance with the oldest kehila of the Western world
and with the unique, ancient Italian Minhag
Lessons are regularly held at Tempio dei Giovani every Shabbat
after morning Qiddush and during Seudat Shelishit.
Lessons are usually in Italian.
Additional lessons can be found in the Main Synagogue
and at the Beit Midrash on the river side quay ("Collegio Rabbinico").
The Beit Midrash also hosts a University Degree in Jewish Studies.
