Loch Sheldrake Synagogue

{{Short description|Historic synagogue in Sullivan County, New York, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Loch Sheldrake Synagogue | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Loch Sheldrake Synagogue.JPG | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = The synagogue in 2013 | religious_affiliation = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Nusach Ashkenaz]] | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Aaron Mendel|Rabbi Dr. Rashi Shapiro {{small|(Emeritus)}}}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 1150 State Highway 52, [[Loch Sheldrake, New York|Loch Sheldrake]], [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 12759 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = New York | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[New York (state)|New York]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|41|46|15|N|74|39|29|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = {{ubl|Mr. Okun|John Bullock}} | architecture_type = [[Synagogue architecture]] | architecture_style = [[Vernacular architecture|Late 19th and early 20th century]] | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1930 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|hebrewcong.com}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Loch Sheldrake Synagogue | nrhp_type = | added = August 12, 1997 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 97000844 }} | footnotes = <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}

'''Loch Sheldrake Synagogue''', also called the '''Hebrew Congregation of Loch Sheldrake''' and officially '''Loch Sheldrake Adas Yisroel''', is a historic [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]], located on NY 52, north of the junction of NY 52 and Loch Sheldrake Road in [[Loch Sheldrake, New York|Loch Sheldrake]], [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States.

The synagogue was built between 1922 and 1930 of buff-colored brick on a concrete foundation, three bays wide and five bays deep. It is surmounted by a steep gable roof and features a projecting, [[stepped-gabled]] entrance pavilion with a limestone [[parapet]].<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322389 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Loch Sheldrake Synagogue|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen LaFrank|date=March 1997| access-date=November 30, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

The synagogue was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997.<ref name="nris"/>

The synagogue is open for daily prayer services in the summer and worships according to the [[Nusach Ashkenaz|Ashkenazi]] [[Nusach (Jewish custom)|rite]]. The spiritual leader of the synagogue during the summer is Rabbi Rashi Shapiro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.totallyjewishtravel.com/Synagogues-TE61732-hebrew_congregation_of_loch_sheldrake-shul-loch_sheldrake_new_york-Minyan.html|title=Hebrew Congregation of Loch Sheldrake, Loch Sheldrake: Synagogues in Loch Sheldrake, New York|website=www.totallyjewishtravel.com|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.hebrewcong.com}} * {{cite web |url=https://synagogues-360.anumuseum.org.il/gallery/hebrew-congregation-of-loch-sheldrake/ |title=Hebrew Congregation of Loch Sheldrake |work=Synagogues360 |date=2024 |format=moving panoramic images of the interior }}

[[Category:1922 establishments in New York (state)]] [[Category:20th-century synagogues in the United States]] [[Category:Ashkenazi synagogues in the United States]] [[Category:Jewish organizations established in 1922]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New York]] [[Category:Orthodox synagogues in New York (state)]] [[Category:Synagogues completed in 1930]] [[Category:Synagogues in Sullivan County, New York]] [[Category:Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)]] [[Category:Vernacular architecture in the United States]]