Editing Canada (section)

== Chabad in Canada ==
Chabad Chassidim's immigration to Canada began after a ship headed for New York accidentally reached Canadian shores. At the community's request, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] decided to approach the Canadian government to grant visas to Tomchei Tmimim Shanghai students. The Canadian government agreed, and out of eighty visas distributed to all yeshiva students in Shanghai at the time, the yeshiva received nine visas. On 2 Cheshvan 5702, nine tmimim who received visas were sent: Yosef Rodal, Aryeh Leib Kramer, Yosef Menachem Mendel Tenenbaum, [[Menachem Zev Greenglass]], [[Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky]], [[Yitzchak HaKohen Hendel|Yitzchak Hendel]], Yosef Weinberg, Yosef Tzvi Kotlarsky, and Shmuel Stein - from Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Shanghai, with the goal of strengthening the community and establishing [[Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Montreal|Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim]].

They traveled by ship from Shanghai to San Francisco, California, and from there by bus to Montreal.