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Toronto is Canada's largest city with approximately 2,800,000 residents in the city and 6,129,900 in the metropolitan area. Around 200,000 Jews live in Toronto. The city has a thriving Chabad community of about 400 families, making it the second-largest concentration of Chabad Chassidim in Canada after Montreal. | Toronto is Canada's largest city with approximately 2,800,000 residents in the city and 6,129,900 in the metropolitan area. Around 200,000 Jews live in Toronto. The city has a thriving Chabad community of about 400 families, making it the second-largest concentration of Chabad Chassidim in Canada after Montreal. | ||
= Chabad Community in Toronto = | == Chabad Community in Toronto == | ||
Toronto is a centuries-old city located in Ontario, Canada, situated on a lake shore with many immigrant-populated districts. The Jewish community began settling there about two hundred years ago. By 1901, there were already three thousand Jews in the city. By 1961, the Jewish population had grown to sixty thousand. | Toronto is a centuries-old city located in Ontario, Canada, situated on a lake shore with many immigrant-populated districts. The Jewish community began settling there about two hundred years ago. By 1901, there were already three thousand Jews in the city. By 1961, the Jewish population had grown to sixty thousand. | ||
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In Menachem Av 2019, the Chabad "Noam Institute" inaugurated a mikvah. The city's emissary is Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman. The main Chabad community is located in an area called "Chabad Gate" in the city's north, in the Thornhill-Vaughan area. Rabbi David Schochet serves as the community's rabbi there. In the second area, there is a smaller community alongside a large yeshiva led by the late Rabbi Akiva Wagner. | In Menachem Av 2019, the Chabad "Noam Institute" inaugurated a mikvah. The city's emissary is Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman. The main Chabad community is located in an area called "Chabad Gate" in the city's north, in the Thornhill-Vaughan area. Rabbi David Schochet serves as the community's rabbi there. In the second area, there is a smaller community alongside a large yeshiva led by the late Rabbi Akiva Wagner. | ||
= Chabad Houses in the City = | == Chabad Houses in the City == | ||
The city has dozens of Chabad Houses, including: | The city has dozens of Chabad Houses, including: | ||
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* Rabbi Israel Eliyahu Friedman - manages Chabad House 'Maon Noam' | * Rabbi Israel Eliyahu Friedman - manages Chabad House 'Maon Noam' | ||
= Chabad Institutions in the City = | == Chabad Institutions in the City == | ||
* Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto - Elementary and advanced yeshiva led by Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner | * Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto - Elementary and advanced yeshiva led by Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner | ||
* Maon Noam - Chabad institute led by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Rabisky | * Maon Noam - Chabad institute led by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Rabisky | ||
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* Gan Israel Toronto - Camp located in Haliburton (two hours from Toronto) | * Gan Israel Toronto - Camp located in Haliburton (two hours from Toronto) | ||
= Synagogues and Chabad Houses = | == Synagogues and Chabad Houses == | ||
* Chabad Lubavitch Center 770 Toronto - Main Chabad synagogue led by Rabbi Moshe Spalter | * Chabad Lubavitch Center 770 Toronto - Main Chabad synagogue led by Rabbi Moshe Spalter | ||
* Co-op Shtiebel - Chabad synagogue in Rabbi Dov Melich Katz's home | * Co-op Shtiebel - Chabad synagogue in Rabbi Dov Melich Katz's home | ||