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Laver
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44103
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 138
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 138
- Notes
- Laver used in synagogue for priestly blessing.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Mezuzah
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44106
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 158
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 158
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- Mezuzah (Heb. literally "doorpost") refers to one of the 613 commandments in Judaism which requires that a small parchment (klaf) inscribed with two sections from the Torah's Book of Deuteronomy (6:4-9 and 11:13-21) be affixed to each doorpost and gate in a Jewish home and business. A small case or box typically covers the parchment.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Shofar and Talit
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44167
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact ; Ht:30 cm (approx.) x W:6 cm (approx.) : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 389
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact ; Ht:30 cm (approx.) x W:6 cm (approx.) : Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 389
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Shofar with Hebrew inscription of the prayers recited at the blowing of the Shofar in synagogue. Hand-loomed talit donated by Rosalie Finestone.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44053
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Date
- [1700-2002].
- Scope and Content
- The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archiva…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Scope and Content
- The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archival holdings are comprised of an extensive collection of photographic and textual records, including a photographic collection documenting Jewish life in Canada and Europe, and textual records of institutional and personal provenance, comprised of correspondence, synagogue bulletins and other papers, official acts, and birth and wedding certificates. The Archives houses video and audio interviews with congregation members and staff as well as recordings of public lectures. The Shaar Hashomayim Archives also houses minute books, birth, marriage, and death registers of Montreal Jewry from 1857. Researchers wishing to learn more details about the minutes and registers portions of the collection must contact the synagogue directly. The Library holdings include a Judaic rare book collection. The Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives holdings are thematically divided into four categories of information: Archives, Decorative arts, Fine Arts, and Human History. The Archives division includes Prints and drawings, Manuscripts, Films and videos, Photographs, Sound recordings, Textual records, as well as Artifacts pertaining to Canadian Jewish life. The Decorative Arts collection includes Moroccan and Ethiopian Jewish folk art, American Jewish folk art, European Jewish folk art, ceramics, porcelain, pottery, glass, metalwork, silverwork, goldwork, textiles, and tapestries. The Fine Arts collection includes oil paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestry, sculpture, watercolor, lithographs, diverse collections of Jewish artists covering a range of subjects, i.e. Holocaust, portraiture, Biblical renditions etc. The Human History collection is related to Jewish communal and religious life in Canada and includes archaeological objects, ceremonial objects, costumes and accessories, currency, furniture and furnishings, household objects and domestic technology, film, photographs, video, manuscripts, medals, memorabilia, religious and liturgical objects.
- Date
- [1700-2002].
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- History / Biographical
- The Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which is the second oldest synagogue in Canada as well as the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue, was founded in Montreal in 1846 by English, German and Polish Jews. Having been members of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, they decided that they wanted to be able to attend Ashkenazi services. Thus, the congregation began its life in a rented room on St. James Street, and after several moves, it obtained land at Kensington Avenue and Côte St. Antoine in Westmount in 1920. This new synagogue was completed in 1922, and the congregation has worshipped at this location ever since. Throughout its early history, the congregation continued to have ties with the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, but in 1918 the name Congregation Shaar Hashomayim was incorporated and it in turn separated from the former. After the Second World War a school was added to the congregation and because so many families had joined the synagogue it was further expanded in 1967. Though Orthodox by charter, the congregation is Conservative.Additional historical information about the Congregation can be seen in the attached PDF document (5179K.)
- Notes
- General note:The items shown on this website were digitized in 2001 for the Canadian Jewish Virtual Museum and Archives project (CJVMA) funded by CHIN (The Canadian Heritage Information Network). They were previously displayed on a website located at www.cjvma.org. All the displayed items from this collection are copyright the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
18th Century Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44283
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:10.3 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 578
- Date
- [17- ]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:10.3 cm : Hebrew
- Date
- [17- ]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 578
- Creator
- Artist: J. Schroder
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Spice box engraved with "Havdallah" prayer; removable top. Hallmarked "12 IS." Presented by Mr. and Mrs. M. Fruchter.
- Places
- Poland
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Jewish Ceremonial and Religious Artifacts
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44230
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art ; Ht:37.5 cm x W:9.3 cm : French
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 511
- Date
- 1724
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art ; Ht:37.5 cm x W:9.3 cm : French
- Other Title Information
- Engraving
- Date
- 1724
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 511
- Creator
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Probably image #10 from volume I, no. 4 in a collection by the artist. Studies of "lulav," "etrog," "shofar," "mezuzzah," "matzah," hanging Shabbat lamp, "tallit." Descriptions of objects in French in legend under images.
- Places
- Unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Office de Sim'hat Torah (rite Portugais)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44229
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art ; Ht:16 cm x W:21.1 cm : French
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 510
- Date
- 1725
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art ; Ht:16 cm x W:21.1 cm : French
- Other Title Information
- Engraving
- Date
- 1725
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 510
- Creator
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- "Dessiné d'après nature et gravé par B. Picart - Office de Sim'hat Torah (rite Portugais)."
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Kiddush cup (251)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44094
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : silver ; Ht:7.2 cm x W:approx. 5 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 105
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : silver ; Ht:7.2 cm x W:approx. 5 cm : Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 105
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Small silver Kiddush cup with Hebrew inscription: "L'chvod Shabbat Kadosh"; repousse silver
- Places
- Unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44096
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:17.7 cm x W:4.6 cm (base)
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 107
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:17.7 cm x W:4.6 cm (base)
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 107
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Spice tower for Havdallah service; filigree; small latch
- Places
- Unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Silver Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44098
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:18.9 cm x W:6.1 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 109
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:18.9 cm x W:6.1 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1800-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 109
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Georgian sugar shaker used as spice box; hallmarked
- Places
- Unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Casket-shaped Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44267
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:4.2 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 562
- Date
- [18- ]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:4.2 cm
- Date
- [18- ]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 562
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Spice box, Italian filigree, in the shape of a casket with pomegranate on lid. Donated by Mrs. Edward Jacobs in honour of her grandson Ian Benjamin Copnick, Sept. 19, 1975.
- Places
- Italy (?)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Petal-shaped Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44268
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:13 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 563
- Date
- [18- ]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:13 cm
- Date
- [18- ]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 563
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Spice box in form of petals on vine with leaves. Hallmark "84" repeated on base of leaves, soldered by error. Permanent loan from Miss Ethel Gallaman, October 28, 1974.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Fish-shaped Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44281
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, turquoise ; Ht:13.5 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 576
- Date
- [18- ]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver, turquoise ; Ht:13.5 cm
- Date
- [18- ]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 576
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Fish-shaped spice box with turquoise eyes, mobile scales and short chain. Head opens with hinge. Donated by Joe and Ida Berman.
- Places
- Middle East
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Bowl
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44203
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Pewter ; Ht:2.5 cm x W:18.6 cm diameter : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 478
- Date
- 1802
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Pewter ; Ht:2.5 cm x W:18.6 cm diameter : English
- Date
- 1802
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 478
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- Shallow bowl used in Mr. Michael Guggenheim's home; hallmarked 1802; initials "BB."
- Places
- Munich, Germany, Germany
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Siddur
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44362
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 761
- Date
- [ca. 1825]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book
- Date
- [ca. 1825]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 761
- Notes
- Leather-bound siddur decorated with metal plaque with hands with spread fingers and a symbol of a lion, on the back there is a placque with the initials: "Mem Alef," closed with a lock, inscribed Dec. 14, 1825, caption(translated into English): Roedelsheim, printed in a privileged bookprinter von W. Heidenheim. 1825).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Kiddush Cup
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44198
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:10 cm x W:3.5 cm (base)
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 473
- Date
- 1830
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:10 cm x W:3.5 cm (base)
- Date
- 1830
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 473
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Hallmarked Vienna 1830
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Austria
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Secretary's Copy of Laws
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44314
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper ; Ht:18.5 cm x W:12 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 695
- Date
- [ca. 1838]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : Paper ; Ht:18.5 cm x W:12 cm : English
- Date
- [ca. 1838]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 695
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- By-Laws of the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shearith Israel of Montreal
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Silver Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44086
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:25.5 cm x W:6 cm (base)
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 90
- Date
- [ca. 1840-1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver ; Ht:25.5 cm x W:6 cm (base)
- Date
- [ca. 1840-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 90
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Silver spice box with five flags used for the Havdallah service.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
By-Laws of the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shearith Israel of Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44452
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:18 cm x W:11.4 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 936
- Date
- July 3, 1838
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:18 cm x W:11.4 cm : English
- Date
- July 3, 1838
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 936
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Includes: Chap. I. of Election of Officers; Chap. II. of the Prayers; Chap. III. of the Parnass; Chap. IV. of Board of Trustees; Chap. V. to Promote Solemnity and Order; Chap. VI. of Seats; Chap. VII. of Offerings; Chap. VIII. of Baking Passover Bread; Chap. IX. of the Fees; Chap. X of the Register for Names of Dead; Chap. XI. of the Burial Ground. 8 pages; represented by B. Hart, President, and A. H. David, M.D. Secretary; printed by James Starke & Co.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
An Act to amend the Act of Lower Canada therein mentioned, extending certain privileges to persons of the Jewish persuasion
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44437
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:29 cm x W:23.5 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 916
- Date
- June 9, 1846
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:29 cm x W:23.5 cm : English
- Other Title Information
- Act
- Date
- June 9, 1846
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 916
- Physical Condition
- In need of conservation
- Notes
- This document enabled the Congregation of German and Polish Jews to be independent from the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews. It states that the Congregation "shall elect among themselves a President, Treasurer, Secretary and three Trustees." It is noted that with the said representatives, the Congregation would be treated as a corporation.
- Places
- Lower Canada, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
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