Congregation B’nai Maccabim

Congregation B'nai Maccabim is a Messianic Jewish community in the Chicagoland area, established in 1975. It counts itself among the earliest Messianic congregations in the region. Its people come from a wide variety of backgrounds and seek to live a Jewish life through faith in Mashiach Yeshua.

Shabbat services begin at 11:00 AM. Worship follows a more traditional form, built around the siddur. The aim is ka'vah'nah, or heart attachment, and avodah in serving the G-D of Israel. The yearly calendar keeps the appointed times found in the Torah: Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. The community also marks Purim, Yom HaShoah, Yom Ha-Atzmaut, Tisha B'Av, Simchat Torah and Chanukah.

B'nai Maccabim means sons of the Maccabees. The congregation understands its name as a call to build a house of worship and praise to G-D. It also commits itself to Tikun Olam, the repairing of the world, through studying and living out the Word of G-D. Its stated mission begins with communicating the message of salvation in Messiah Yeshua to the Jewish people. Recorded teachings by the late Rabbi Betzalel Budoff are kept in his memory.