Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto)

Shaarei Shomayim

Shaarei Shomayim logo
Basic information
Location 470 Glencairn Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Affiliation Modern Orthodox Judaism
Status Active
Leadership Rabbi Chaim Strauchler; Rabbi Elliott Diamond
Architectural description
Completed 1966
Specifications

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, located in mid-town Toronto, Canada, is a Modern Orthodox synagogue, located within the community eruv. The synagogue membership is approximately 700 family members. The current rabbi is Chaim Strauchler.

Shaarei Shomayim's Wedding Chuppah

History

The congregation was first established in 1928 at 563 Christie Street.[1] Its original name was the Hillcrest Congregation.[1] The congregation moved to 840 St. Clair Avenue West in 1937, beginning, as many congregations both Jewish and Christian have done, by constructing a basement space, today the social hall, but first used as a worship space. The building was finally completed in 1947.[1]

The congregation moved to its present building, 470 Glencairn Avenue, in 1966.[1] Around 2005,[2] the mechitza in the building's sanctuary was raised; the wood-and-glass mechitza now rises 48 inches above the women's section.[3] Around 2010, part of the building was renovated.[4] The board of directors plans to renovate the rest of the building once it raises the required funds.[4]

Clergy

Rabbi: Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
Rabbi (Downstairs Minyan): Rabbi Elliott Diamond
Shamash and Baal Kriyah: Ralph Levine

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "History of Shaarei Shomayim". Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. ↑ See: Urowitz-Freudenstein, Anna; Gofine, Robin; Eklove, Joyce. "New Mechitza". Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Shulman, Rabbi Moshe (December 2004). "Evolution of Shaarei Shomayim's Mechitza". Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 Lyons, Bev. : 10. Missing or empty |title= (help); |contribution= ignored (help) Column in: "Synagogue bulletin" (PDF). Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. September 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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