[1] The Sephardi Hebrew Congregation, established in 1960, also operates a shul from the G&SPHC's Weizmann Hall on Regent Road in Sea Point.

The congregation was first established in Sea Point in 1926 at Monreith, Hall Road, the home of Mr and Mrs Gutman.

[2] A meeting took place at their home to advance “representations of a number of the younger members of the Community for the purpose of electing a strong working Committee to go into the question of the proposed new Synagogue”.

[2] The architect, J Lonstein was hired to design a new synagogue for the congregation and the building was completed in 1934, with Jan Smuts laying the cornerstone on April 18.

[3] It was originally fitted with hard wood seating (upholstered in red leather), an Aron Kodesh panelled in teak and lighting that took the form of fluorescent tubes in the shape of a Magen David.

[4] The building was officially opened in September 1934 by Cape Town's Jewish mayor, Louis Gradner and it was consecrated by Rev.

[4] Shortly after its opening, a decision was made to establish a choir and the following year, Cantor Morris Katzin, from Riga, Latvia was appointed.

He wrote to Lily Montagu, who had tasked Rabbi Moses Cyrus Weiler with bringing Reform Judaism to South Africa, and distanced himself from Orthodoxy.

[7] Rabbi Abe Tobie Shrock was appointed as the congregation's new spiritual leader in 1944, he was a graduate of Jews' College in London and had been the principal Jewish chaplain to the South African Defence Force, Acting Head of the Department of Hebrew at the University of Witwatersrand and rabbi of Yeoville Synagogue.

The congregation eventually resolved to build a Communal Centre with a major and minor hall, a Talmud Torah and Nursery School.

All the sermons at all radio broadcasts, communal services and functions arranged by the Beth Din and the UC would be delivered by the Chief Rabbi in his capacity as spiritual head.

[10] The synagogue also began to accommodate for Sephardi Jews that arrived as refugees from the Congo, others had been deported from Egypt and a third wave came from Rhodesia.

[12] He also worked with Reform colleagues at Temple Israel to set up a facility in the area to provide cheap meals for vagrants.

[12] He also refused to attend a function held by the Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation that was honouring Prime Minister Vorster on his return from a visit to Israel in 1976.

He had also trained under Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, a prominent figure in Modern Orthodoxy, and held a PhD in philosophy from New York University.

[12] The synagogue was a polling station in the 1994 South African general election and President Nelson Mandela visited the congregation in May of the same year.

[18] There were also numerical challenges, Cape Town's Jewish population had peaked at 25, 000 but had declined to 15, 000 as people opted for smaller families than generations before them.

[18] In the face of these challenges, the decision was made to concentrate more efforts into making the synagogue into a vibrant community centre, a vision that both Rabbis Rosen and Steinhorn had in mind.

[18] The congregation also responded to the May 2008 South Africa riots in providing shelter and food in the Weizmann Hall to 200 displaced people.