Synagogues, minyanim, rabbis, the eiruv and mikvah.
Jewish life in Kingston centers on Tioga Avenue, home to Bais Moshe at number 425. Congregation Bais Tzvi Yosef, Congregation Ahavas Achim and the Cheider Sheini minyan are listed below with map links. Harav Gedalia Oberlander is the rov of the community, Rabbi Shimon Hellinger its moreh hora'ah and Rabbi Tzvi Perlman the senior shliach; Heichal HaTorah is the public study hall and seforim library. The community eiruv has its own map; check with your rabbi each week that it's up before relying on it. The women's mikvah is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Davis Street and takes appointments online. Davening times change with the seasons, so ask each shul, and use the zmanim link at the top of the page for sunrise, sunset and candle lighting.
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Bais Moshe
Synagogue
425 Tioga Ave, Kingston, PA 18704
Also called Beis Moshe. The main Chabad shul; minyanim held here, and a Deli Minyan meets in the deli seating room. In April 2026 the former supermarket space in the building was dedicated as an expansion of the shul. Houses the men's mikvah. Gathering point for community events and rides.
Davening times
Shacharis
Mon–Fri 7:00, 7:15, 8:15 am · Sunday 7:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:15 am · Shabbos 10:00 am (Chasidus 9:00; Shabbos Mevarchim 10:30, Chasidus 10:00)
Mincha
Weekdays 20 and 10 minutes before shkia · Shabbos 10 minutes before candle lighting
Maariv
Weekdays at tzeis, 8:00 and 9:30 pm · Friday 30 minutes after candle lighting (Kabbalas Shabbos)
As published on baismoshe.com, October 2026. Confirm with the shul for Yom Tov and changes.Shiurim
Shabbos
Chassidus 9:00 am (10:00 on Shabbos Mevarchim)
Sunday
Shiur on assorted topics after the 8:30 Shacharis
Monday
Halacha by the Rov, after Maariv
Tuesday
Kollel learning between Mincha and Maariv
Mon, Wed, Thu
Chabura shiur, 8:30 pm
Daily
Morning kollel; Yeshivas Erev for boys at night
As published on baismoshe.com, 2026. Men's shiurim; confirm with the shul.
Chabad shul, study hall and library; also used for community events. Entrance is the basement door at the back of the building, next to the parking area, on E Dorrance St just before Wyoming Ave.
Davening times
Shacharis
Mon–Fri 6:45 am · Sunday 8:00 am · Shabbos 10:00 am
Mincha
Sunday 2:15 pm · Friday and Shabbos near sunset (5:40 pm in late October)
Maariv
Sun–Thu 8:30 pm · Friday and Motzei Shabbos at nightfall
From the schedule on cheder2.com (GoDaven, updated April 2026); sunset times shift weekly.
Answers halachic questions for the community. Rosh Yeshiva of Kingston Mesivta. Gives a weekly shiur, which made a siyum on Maseches Kiddushin in March 2026; ask at Bais Moshe for the time and place.
Also called Heichal Halimud. A public beis medrash and seforim library for chavrusa learning, dedicated in December 2025 (5 Teves 5786) under the community rov, Harav Gedalia Oberlander. A beis hora'ah is planned. Hours aren't published; ask at Bais Moshe.
Tap the picture for a map of the eiruv boundary, drawn from the community's published map (last checked by the eiruv committee 3/1/2023). Check each week that it's up before relying on it.
139–143 3rd Ave (corner of 3rd Ave and Davis St), Kingston, PA 18704
Appointments are booked online. Friday, Shabbos and Yom Tov daytime appointments go through the manager by phone. A new, larger mikvah is under construction.
Orthodox shul in Wilkes-Barre. Its Friday night and Shabbos afternoon minyanim meet at the JCC in Kingston, 613 S J Strauss Ln; no weekday minyan is currently scheduled.
Davening times
Friday
Mincha 5:45 pm at the JCC (late October)
Shabbos
Shacharis 9:00 am at Ohav Zedek · Mincha 5:30 pm at the JCC
As published on ohavzedek.org for Parshas Lech Lecha, October 2026; times move with sunset.Shiurim
Classes
Recorded classes at ohavzedek.org/Classes.asp; occasional live classes are announced in its monthly schedule