London Beth Din dayan resigns from synagogue he founded

Dayan Abraham said he had been “under exceptional strain and stress for some time which has taken its inevitable toll. I have spent my life helping others including some wonderful friends and supporters in this kehillah (congregation) of which I am so proud.  I now need to help myself and my family.”

He asked congregants to respect his and his family’s privacy.

Toras Chaim, opened in 2004, has been a popular congregation with young professionals and was colloquially known as the “Cash and Carry Minyan”, as it supported the use of the North-West London eruv which was approved by the London Beth Din but rejected by a number of Charedi rabbis.

Dayan Abraham is also understood to have pulled out from a speaking engagement in Manchester on Monday.