Editing Yehoshua Heshel Tzeitlin (section)

== In Montreal ==
In 5711, Reb Heshel arrived from Paris to settle in [[Montreal]] according to the Rebbe's instructions; the mekubal [[Rabbi Menachem Zev Greenglass]] together with the Tosher Rebbe helped him greatly to enter [[Canada]] and later obtain citizenship. During the first year, he and his wife stayed with Rabbi Greenglass.

For thirty-seven years, Reb Heshel influenced the growing Montreal community, established learning groups on every street called "block shiur", served as mashpia in the yeshiva, and held many farbrengens in his home.

Following the Rebbe's directive in 5737 to hold elections for mashpia, he was elected with the highest number of votes.

He served as a shochet and mohel for the community. Reb Heshel would wake up early and leave his home for shechita, making it difficult for him to daven with a minyan. Regarding this, he received instructions from the Rebbe in yechidus about davening: 1. Since you are accustomed to davening not with the minyan, you should be careful to answer Amen Yehei Shmei Rabba. 2. On Yom Tov, it is better to try to daven with the minyan. You can start before the minyan so you can continue with them; because chassidim say that Hallel should be said with a minyan. 3. Presumably before davening you learn a maamar or kuntres. [Because] with what can a Yid daven? 4. On a free day [=when free from work] it is certainly proper to spend more time davening. Therefore, Reb Heshel was very particular about davening with a minyan even with mesiras nefesh.

He passed away on 11 Shevat 5748 and is laid to rest in Montreal, Canada.