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Montreal's Jewish community is one of North America's oldest and largest. Currently, over 100,000 Jews live in the city, including several thousand Israelis. The city has about 20 Jewish schools of various types, including the "Yavneh" school, which was directed by Rabbi Masoud Chai Habib, a Chabad Chassid. | Montreal's Jewish community is one of North America's oldest and largest. Currently, over 100,000 Jews live in the city, including several thousand Israelis. The city has about 20 Jewish schools of various types, including the "Yavneh" school, which was directed by Rabbi Masoud Chai Habib, a Chabad Chassid. | ||
The Jewish communities include a large Moroccan (French-speaking) community, the Tash Hasidic community led by Rabbi Meshulam Feish Lowy with hundreds of his followers in Kiryas Tash (near Montreal), hundreds of Belz, Vizhnitz, Satmar, and Skver Hasidim in Outremont, the Lithuanian community in De Vimy, and the Sephardic community in Côte St. Luc. | The Jewish communities include a large Moroccan (French-speaking) community, the Tash Hasidic community led by Rabbi Meshulam Feish Lowy with hundreds of his followers in Kiryas Tash (near Montreal), hundreds of Belz, Vizhnitz, [[Satmar Chassidus|Satmar]], and Skver Hasidim in Outremont, the Lithuanian community in De Vimy, and the Sephardic community in Côte St. Luc. | ||
A large Chabad community operates in the city, which developed rapidly since the arrival of Tomchei Tmimim students from Otwock via Shanghai in 1941. Today, most of the Chabad community resides in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood. | A large Chabad community operates in the city, which developed rapidly since the arrival of Tomchei Tmimim students from Otwock via Shanghai in 1941. Today, most of the Chabad community resides in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood. | ||