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Constitution and By-Laws of the Ladies "Chevra Kadisha"
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44113
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- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 171
- Date
- December 1, 5678
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper : English
- Date
- December 1, 5678
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 171
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Tablecloth by Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Sisterhood
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44118
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : b&w ; Ht:29.9 cm x W:24.8 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 178
- Date
- January 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : b&w ; Ht:29.9 cm x W:24.8 cm
- Date
- January 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 178
- Creator
- Photographer: Forbath Photo
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Decorated as part of the Sisterhood tablecloth project
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Children dressed up for Purim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44138
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : b&w ; Ht:17.7 cm x W:12.6 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 239
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : b&w ; Ht:17.7 cm x W:12.6 cm
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 239
- Creator
- Photographer: Andrew Forbath
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Children dressed up to celebrate the holiday of Purim at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Common Kosher Symbols
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44166
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:15.1 cm x W:22 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 388
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:15.1 cm x W:22 cm : English
- Date
- 2002
- Publication
- Jewish Community Council of Montreal
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 388
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Two pages from the Montreal Kosher Guide with the most common kosher symbols found in Canada which are approved by the Vaad Ha'ir.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Holocaust survivor Anka Voticky
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44170
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 413
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 413
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Holocaust survivor Anka Voticky at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Yom Hashoah seder. Mrs. Voticky survived the Holocaust as a refugee in Shanghai.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Congregation Gate David of Bobov, Hutchison Street, Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44176
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital : colour : Hébreu
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 426
- Date
- May 21, 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital : colour : Hébreu
- Date
- May 21, 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 426
- Creator
- Photographer: Naomi Kramer
- Notes
- A digital photograph of a synagogue on Hutchison Street taken on May 21, 2002. Gate David of Bobov was one of the first chassidic “shtibels” (small congregations) in Montreal.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Boulangerie Cachère (Kosher Bakery) on Hutchison Street, corner St. Viateur, Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44177
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital : colour : French
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 427
- Date
- May 21, 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital : colour : French
- Other Title Information
- Digital Photograph
- Date
- May 21, 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 427
- Creator
- Photographer: Naomi Kramer
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- A Hassidic Jew entering a kosher bakery on Hutchison Street, corner St. Viateur.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Traditional invitation to the English, German and Polish Congregation
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44390
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:40 cm x W:31 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 842
- Date
- February 5, 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:40 cm x W:31 cm : English
- Date
- February 5, 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 842
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- With this document, the English German and Polish Congregation sends congratulations to Mr. Edward Moss upon his Bar Mitzvah and invites him to join the Congregation. Signed by the Committee.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Certificate of Honour
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44392
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:50 cm x W:40 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 844
- Date
- June 18, 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:50 cm x W:40 cm : English
- Date
- June 18, 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 844
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Certificate of Honour presented to Isaar Levy. Honoured by: Men's Association of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim; National Federation Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc.; B'nai Brith; Congregation Shaar Hashomayim; Signed by the presidents of these organizations, by the chairman of the Israel Committee Shaar Hashomayim and by the Spiritual Adviser of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Artist Terry Lightman
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44508
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 1 min 22 sec
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 320
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 1 min 22 sec
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 320
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Interview with artist Terry Lightman, a long-time curator of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Library. Many of her works are shown in this video clip.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
YouTube
Artist Terry Lightman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wJtC9LLn6DQCongregation Shaar Hashomayim's Programs for Elderly People
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44497
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : English : duration: 28.67 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 222
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : English : duration: 28.67 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 222
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- "The Open Gate" is a weekly socializing program for the elderly, organized by the Congregation.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
YouTube
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Programs for Elderly People
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fZ6e_IpxxtcReverend David Wolfson speaks of activities at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44502
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 1 minute 3.07 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 228
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 1 minute 3.07 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 228
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Reverend Wolfson organizes weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, etc. at the Shaar Hashomayim. This video contains a short interview with a masgiach (kashruth inspector) in training and a glimpse of a musical group for youths.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
YouTube
Reverend David Wolfson speaks of activities at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZYfCBkYrZTgPhotograph of Men's Prayer Shawls, Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44105
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 148
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 148
- Creator
- Photographer: Naomi Kramer
- Notes
- Prayer shawls in the foyer of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Haggadah for the Yom HaShoah Seder
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44172
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:22.8 cm x W:14.9 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 417
- Date
- 2000
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:22.8 cm x W:14.9 cm : English
- Date
- 2000
- Publication
- Coalition for Jewish Concerns, Amcha/Jonas Publishing, Inc. : Rabbi Avraham (Avi) Weiss, ed.
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 417
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- The Hagaddah for the Yom HaShoah Seder is a text that evokes remembrance of the Holocaust. It is suggested that the Haggadah "be read in a darkened room. Participants may be seated in a circle. Those who are able should sit on the floor. Yahrzeit candles are placed in the center. Six large candles representing the six million should be set up and lit at the designated time." Includes songs and poetry. 44 pages.
- Places
- New Jersey, United States
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Sale of Chametz
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44175
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:27.9 cm x W:21.5 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 420
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:27.9 cm x W:21.5 cm : English
- Other Title Information
- Contract
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 420
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Contract between Reverend David L. Woolfson and the undersigned to allow the Reverend to sell one's chametz so as to have a kosher home for Passover.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Program Book
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44343
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:21.6 cm x W:27.7 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 738
- Date
- [ca. 1998]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:21.6 cm x W:27.7 cm : English
- Date
- [ca. 1998]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 738
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- "The Shaar Israel Jubilee Concert – Congregation Shaar Hashomayim presents The Shaar Israel Jubilee Concert" November 1998. Program book includes concert program, organizations, awards, leadership and honourees and photographs of Shaar history. 187 pages
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Shaar Executives at Coat of Arms ceremony at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44072
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 36
- Date
- October 18, 1995
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Date
- October 18, 1995
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 36
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim members from left to right: Sheila Finestone MP, Monroe Abbey, Clarence Schneiderman. Sylvia Schneiderman, Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat, Mrs. B.J. Finestone, Bernard J. Finestone CD. Presentation of a Coat of Arms to the Shaar Hashomayim in honour of its 150th Anniversary year, in 1996.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Coat of Arms ceremony
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44102
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 134
- Date
- 1995
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Date
- 1995
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 134
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Photograph of the ceremony at which a coat of arms was given to the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Coat of Arms
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44107
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper : colour : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 159
- Date
- 1995
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper : colour : Hebrew
- Date
- 1995
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 159
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Torah Covers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44149
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 278
- Date
- 1995
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : colour
- Date
- 1995
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 278
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Torah covers made by the Sisterhood presented to the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim on its 150th anniversary at "Selichot." The covers were made for a Jewish artists competition organized by Mrs. Millie Lande.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
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