The Edmond J Safra Synagogue
The Edmond J. Safra Synagogue is an Orthodox Sephardic synagogue located at 1801 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York. Pending construction of another facility, the congregation, referred to as "Congregation Beit Yaakob", It is led by Rabbi Eli Mansour. History. Origin of the congregation. The community originated in Aleppo, Syria. Congregants, some of whom were born in the Middle East, found their way to Brooklyn and formed a congregation, though not under the present "Edmond J Safra Synagogue". That name was attached to the Manhattan-based "Congregation Beit Yaakob", housed in what today is called  Congregation Beit Edmond.. Both were named for Sephardic banker and philanthropist Edmond Safra. 2005. The present synagogue was "established in 2005 ... in accordance with the dictates of the Written and Oral Torah, the Shulchan Aruch, Poskim, and in accordance with Sephardic Laws and Customs of Aleppo (Aram Soba), as perpetuated by Chief Rabbi Jacob S Kassin A”H and Hacham Baruch Ben Haim A”H." Worshippers include "Sephardic and Middle Eastern descent immigrants" and "2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation descendants."