- Museum of Jewish Montreal
- Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek
- Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek (4299 Clark)
Chevra Thilim Linath Hatzedek (4299 Clark)
file1925-1957
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Where
- Held by
- Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
- Creator
- Sara Tauben
- Dates
- 1925-1957 (indexed as 1925–1957)
- Level
- file (source: Exhibit)
- 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. Physical description - 4299 Clark The early locations of this congregation were all rented premises, probably single rooms serving a small prayer minyan (literally count or quorum, a minyan is the smallest congregation permitted to hold public worship and traditionally consists of no fewer than ten men, or boys over the age of thirteen) According to B. G. Sack, the first permanent location of the shul was built on Clark near Marie-Anne in 1924. That this was probably a purpose built structure was confirmed by a Université de Montréal study (2000) that indicated that the building, covering two lots, replaced two former row houses. It was, nevertheless, a simple one-story structure. In the photo from the 60th anniversary booklet, a simple triangular pediment seems to punctuate the entrance. It appears to be a brick structure with some architectural detailing. No iconographic markings are visible. Written by Sara Tauben
- Places
- 4299 Clark; 4299 rue Clark
- Location
- 3972 boulevard Saint-Laurent · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “3972 St-Laurent”
- 4299 rue Clark · address · confidence 80% · address:interpolated · found as “4299 rue Clark”
- Keneder Adler · landmark · confidence 80% · landmark:curated · found as “keneder adler”
- Université de Montréal · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:montreal · found as “universite de montreal”
- Subjects
- Religious
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:33Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm