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- Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek
Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek
collection1917-1993
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- Held by
- Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
- Creator
- Sara Tauben
- Dates
- 1917-1993 (indexed as 1917–1993)
- Level
- collection (source: Story)
- Extent
- 4 places
- Scope & content
- (Traduction à venir) Historic outline The congregation was established in 1903 and occupied several locations (including what today is 3972 St-Laurent) before settling at 4299 Clark in 1925. In 1957 the synagogue was re-established at Van Horne and DeVimy merging with Pinsker Kinyan Torah Shul in 1960. In 1993 the Van Horne and DeVimy building was converted into a senior residence and the congregations ceased to exist. Witness to history Montreal Jewish historian, B.G. Sack wrote a history of the congregation in its 60th anniversary booklet in 1960 and again in the December 1, 1963 edition of the Keneder Adler. The congregation was established by a group of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants in 1903 and under the charter of 1904 established two unique functions, functions the congregation affirmed in its name, Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek. The first function, Chevra Thilim (the society of the psalms) denoted their commitment to studying and reading the psalms and the second function, Linath Hatzedek, their commitment to caring for sick members of their congregation. The Hebrew word linath carries the notion of staying over night, as was their obligation to do, in caring for the sick. Written by Sara Tauben Sources: Tauben, Sara Ferdman. "Aspirations and Adaptations: Immigrant Synagogues of Montreal, 1880s-1945." Masters Thesis. Concordia University, 2004. Tauben, Sara Ferdman. Traces of the Past: Montreal's Early Synagogues. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 2011. *Images courtesy of Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives and Jewish Public Library - JewCan Boxes
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- Subjects
- Religious
- Language
- English
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