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Join Mekor Habracha!

Membership in Mekor Habracha
We offer 3 simple ways to join or renew:

      Email membership@mekorhabracha.org

      Submit your membership payment directly on this page in the form to your right, or by selecting the button below.

Please note: If you prefer to join or renew via email, simply let us know whether you’re renewing your membership or joining for the first time. Please also specify your desired membership type and your preferred payment method (e.g., Venmo, PayPal, or personal check).

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Why Join?

We try to make everyone, member & nonmember alike, feel welcome in our community.Visitors to our shul speak glowingly about the way we assist them in so many ways. But our shul can’t live on love alone!Mekor Habracha cannot exist and provide so many services without paying members and the generosity of donors. The Center City Jewish life that you enjoy depends on Mekor Habracha, and Mekor Habracha depends on membership dues.When you join, you become part of a shul community which will always feel great devotion to its loyal members.

Membership Categories & Rates

Year 5785 (2024-2025) Membership Rates For new & renewing members:

Single Membership

$900

Valid for one year

Couple/Family Membership

$1,800

Valid for one year

Student Membership

$450

Valid for one year

We also request a suggested donation of $50 as a security fee.

Auxiliary Membership rates are available for those living outside Center City Philadelphia. 

Please CLICK HERE for info.

If you joined sometime during the year and paid for a year's membership, your following year's dues will be prorated.

Benefits of Membership

​Here's just a partial list of how Mekor contributes to your Center City Jewish community:

  • A warm, inviting community that welcomes people of all ages & levels of observance

  • Shabbat, holiday, and weekday services, for you and your visiting family, in a beautiful, handicapped accessible space in the heart of Center City

  • Kiddushim every Shabbat & Yom Tov

  • Community Shabbat & Yom Tov meals

  • Special programming & holiday festivities for both children & adults

  • Torah study and special classes at all levels, from beginner to advanced

  • Halachic, spiritual, and life guidance

  • A plethora of Kosher eateries under responsible supervision

  • A fully functioning Eruv that covers all of Center City and adjoining neighborhoods

  • And the countless other ways Mekor Habracha enriches Jewish life in Center City and beyond!

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And here's a partial list of special member benefits:

  • Free High Holiday seats & discounted guest rates

  • Meaningful, Jewish-oriented Children's Program

  • Community-wide announcements of life cycle events

  • A warm, caring community to celebrate your joyful occasions, such as graduations, weddings & births, and support you during difficult times, such as illness, ​loss of loved ones, & commemoration of yahrtzeits

  • Mekor’s meal train to help during those events

  • For life cycle ceremonies & celebrations (e.g., bris; baby naming), use of shul at no charge (conditions apply)

  • Discounts on Kiddush sponsorships

  • Discounts on shul rentals for private events

  • Discounts on certain special programs & meals

  • Invitation to Annual Mekor Habracha Meeting

  • Classes to assist potential converts become productive members of the Jewish community

  • And much, much more!

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How to Join
or Renew

We offer 2 simple ways to join or renew:

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Tell us if you're renewing or joining for the first time, and please specify the type of membership and method of payment you will use (Venmo, Paypal, personal check, etc.)

Please note that we never turn anyone away for lack of funds. If you would like to request a payment plan or reduction to fit your budget, please email the shul or call (215) 525-4246, or contact a Board member or Rabbi Hirsch. All requests will remain confidential.

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Mekor Habracha
Center City Synagogue

(215) 525-4246

admin@mekorhabracha.org

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1500 Walnut St Suite 206

Philadelphia, PA 19102

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