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The '''Commandment Keepers ''' are a non-mainstream sect of Jews, founded by Rabbi Arthur Wentworth Matthew, who believe that they are direct descendants of Jews from West Africa. The mother congregation of a movement founded in 1919 has since 1962 been located at 1 West 123rd Street in ], New York City. It is a black congregation but has always had white visitors and occasionally white members. They use the ] Spanish&Portuguese prayerbook, the ], parchment Torah scrolls, and offer standard orthodox Sephardi style Sabbath and Jewish Holyday services. |
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The '''Commandment Keepers ''' are a non-mainstream sect of Jews, founded in 1919 by Rabbi Arthur Wentworth Matthew, who believe that they are direct descendants of Jews from West Africa. The mother congregation of the movement has since 1962 been located at 1 West 123rd Street in ], New York City. It is a black congregation but has always had white visitors and occasionally white members. They use the ] Spanish&Portuguese prayerbook, the ], parchment Torah scrolls, and offer standard orthodox Sephardi style Sabbath and Jewish Holyday services. |
