Editing Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Montreal (section)

== The Yeshiva Building ==
As the yeshiva expanded, there was a need for an organized and large space. The yeshiva administrators began planning to buy a large, beautiful building to comfortably house all students. Until this plan materialized, the yeshiva was housed in a local orphanage, where they received several rooms to run the yeshiva.

Meanwhile, the Frierdiker Rebbe began demanding that Montreal anash and activists arrange to buy a new, spacious building for the yeshiva. [[The Rebbe]] sent letters to activists who helped the yeshiva greatly - not to spare their money and ensure a proper building for the yeshiva, and Hashem would reward them.

Indeed, in mid-summer that year they succeeded in buying a large building suitable for the yeshiva. For the building dedication held on 15 Kislev 5704, the Frierdiker Rebbe sent a letter to the yeshiva students, blessing them and the entire community and rabbonim with mazal tov for acquiring the building. The celebration itself was held with great splendor with participation of city rabbonim and visiting rabbonim, led by the Rashag - the Frierdiker Rebbe's son-in-law and executive director of Tomchei Temimim who came to Montreal.

The Frierdiker Rebbe's letter showering rare praise on the students who established the Montreal yeshiva:

"With G-d's help, with mesiras nefesh, tremendous effort and sweat, they established thank G-d the yeshiva in Montreal, which was - like other cities - devoid of any moisture of Torah and without etc. etc. and with Hashem's kindness the Temimim students succeeded in building on Montreal's ruins a tower of Torah light."

Over the years the building became too small to contain everyone and on 23 Iyar 5722 a new building was dedicated at 6405 Westbury.

After R' Peretz Mochkin's passing, the yeshiva expanded into his house (building adjacent to the yeshiva) number 6355, until 19 Kislev 5760 when a fire broke out in this house, in one of the rooms, while the bochurim were in middle of a farbrengen for 19 Kislev.

On 26 Sivan 5767 a new magnificent building was dedicated at 6355, where the zal of the yeshiva gedola moved, and in the adjacent building - 6405, a fourth floor was built for cheder students, which also houses the mikvah and community shul.

(In Iyar 5769 the yeshiva staff called a meeting announcing financial difficulties; but ultimately, with great effort, the yeshiva was preserved.)