Chabad of Bricket Wood

and Surrounding Villages

Hertfordshire

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Village of Bricket Wood

Bricket Wood, with a population of some 4,000, is a village in the county of Hertfordshire in southeast England, situated about 4 miles south of St Albans city centre and about 4 miles northeast of Watford, lying just south of the M25 orbital motorway and just to the east of the M1, a few miles to the north of the Greater London boundary. It is surrounded by a number of other villages, including Abbots Langley, Aldenham, Bedmond, Chiswell Green, Colney Street, Garston, How Wood and Park Street.
Bricket Wood is part of the local government district (borough and city) of St Albans, formed in 1974 by the merger of the St Albans municipal borough and rural district Harpenden urban district.

The Jewish Community

A number of Jews have moved into Brickett Wood and the surrounding villages in recent years and a Chabad centre was established in 2020.

Organisation Data⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
Name:	Chabad of Bricket Wood and Surrounding Villages
Services:	Services are held on Friday nights, Shabbat day and Festivals.
Formation:	Formed in 2020.
Status:	Active.
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox - Lubavitch
Affiliation:	An autonomous constituent of the Chabad Lubavitch UK Network, and part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement. It is also an associate community of the Federation of Synagogues.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Website:	https://www.jewishbricketwood.org
Rabbinic Couple:	Rabbi Eliezer Tunk & Chana Tunk - from 2020 to present (June 2026)
Charitable Status:	The organisation is a registered charity under the name Chabad Lubavitch Bricket Wood & Districts (no. 1198884), registered on 10 May 2022.^(iv)
Registration District:	Hertfordshire, from 1 April 2008^(v) - Link to Register Office website.
Cemetery Information:	There is no Jewish cemetery in Brickley Wood, although Bushey United Synagogue cemetery is only about five miles away.

Online Articles, Reports and Other Material
relating to this Chabad Centre

The trustees' reports and financial statements of Chabad Lubavitch Bricket Wood & Districts filed with the Charity Commission (pdf):
- for the years ended 8 May 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Notes & Sources
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(i) Reserved.
(ii) Unless otherwise indicated, all data is from the Chabad of Bricket Wood and Surrounding Villages website, accessed June 2026. ↵
(iii) Kehillas Federation website, accessed June 2026. ↵
(iv) Charity Commission website, accessed June 2026. Clicking on the charity number of this will take you to the charity's registration on the Charity Commission website. ↵
(v) The former Registration District was St Albans, probably from 1 July 1837. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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Page created: 8 June 2026
Page most recently amended: 9 June 2026

Research and formatting by David Shulman

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