Chabad of Hatfield

Hatfield, Hertfordshire

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Town of Hatfield

Hatfield, with a population of some 40,000, is a town in the county of Hertfordshire in southeast England, about 20 miles north of London. It is part of the local government district of Welwyn Hatfield, formed in 1974 by the merger of the rural district of Hatfield (formed 1894) with adjoining localities.

The Jewish Community

Although there was an increasing number of Jewish residents in Hatfield from the latter part of the twentieth century, the town had no organised Jewish Community (unlike adjoining Welwyn Garden City). However, 2024 saw the founding of Chabad in the town. There is also now a group, attached to the Welwyn community, known as the Hatfield Jewish Community, which has its own website, Jewish Hatfield.

Organisation Data⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
Name:	Chabad of Hatfield
Address:	Occasional Friday night Shabbat services at the Hatfield home of Rabbi.
Formation:	Formed in 2024.
Status:	Active.
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox - Lubavitch
Affiliation:	A branch of Chabad-Lubavitch UK
Website:	https://www.chabadhatfield.org
Rabbinic Couple:	Rabbi Meni Sofer & Sheina Sofer - from 2024 to present (December 2025)
Registration District:	Hertfordshire, from 1 April 2008⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾ - Link to Register Office website.
Cemetery Information:	There is no Jewish cemetery in Hatfield

Notes & Sources
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(i) Reserved.
(ii) Unless otherwise indicated, all data is from the Chabad Hatfield website, accessed December 2025. ↵
(iii) The former Registration District was Hatfield from 1 July 1837. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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Page created: 29 December 2025
Page most recently amended: 29 December 2025

Research by David Shulman, assisted by Steven Jaffe
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