About us
We are "Baron Hirsch Synagogue", an orthodox community in the Almagro section of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We provides many important services to Jewish families in the surrounding community.
We have a Chesed program where Every day, more than one hundred homeless and needy come to our ortodox community looking for help. Many have no close relatives or other family members. Instead, they need members to care about them, to make sure they have something to eat and someplace to sleep.
we have The new Night Kollel, or Kollel Erev, has a steady attendance of 22 people .It is open as a Bais Midrash for non-Kollel members during this time as well. The daily Shul, is fully equipped with an array of seforim as well as warm drinks and refreshments. The Kollel is in session starts with Mincha, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday evenings, and is followed by Maariv.
We have a kindergarten where we receive the children, full time, breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack; they are transported to their homes by buses that belong to our institution. 85 % of these children are given scholarships.
and of course we have a mikve, young and adults activities, shabaton, shiurim, etc...
Services
Soup Kitchen
Every day, and night ,Monday through Friday, from 12.30 PM, and 2:00 PM the synagogue opens the doors of its charitable lunchroom, known as Comedor Popular "Ahava", where we feed approximately 150 individuals most of them elderly people, Volunteer women reheat and serve the food purchased and donated from an outside food preparer.
Home
Our home restoration program is very slow due to the high cost that these have, but we provide many times and when the budget helps an immediate repairs (electriciti, gas water pipes etc..) or some appliances of extreme urgency such as refrigerator stoves, etc.
Food Distribution
(The poor are able to take a little food home with them, including some fruits and vegetables, some meat and chicken, and a little candy to keep them strong and in good spirits until they can return to the lunchroom. Some receive a little money to keep a roof over their head.)
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