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'''Montreal''' is [[Canada]]'s second-largest city (after Toronto), located in Quebec. The city has 1.9 million residents, with 3.8 million in the metropolitan area. The city is situated on an island at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers.
'''Montreal''' is [[Canada]]'s second-largest city (after Toronto), located in Quebec. The city has 1.9 million residents, with 3.8 million in the metropolitan area. The city is situated on an island at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers.


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== The Surviving Students Arrive in Montreal ==
== The Surviving Students Arrive in Montreal ==
At the community's request, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Previous Rebbe]] decided to approach the Canadian government to grant visas to the Tomchei Tmimim students in Shanghai. 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 the 2nd of Cheshvan 1941, nine students who received visas were sent: Yosef Rodal, Aryeh Leib Kramer, Yosef Menachem Mendel Tennenbaum, Reb [[Menachem Zev Greenglass|Menachem Zev Greenglass]], Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky, Yitzchok Hendel, Yosef Weinberg, Yosef Tzvi Kotlarsky, and Shmuel Stein.
At the community's request, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Previous Rebbe]] decided to approach the Canadian government to grant visas to the Tomchei Tmimim students in Shanghai. 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 the 2nd of Cheshvan 1941, nine students who received visas were sent: Reb Yosef Rodal, Reb [[Aryeh Leib Kramer]], Reb Yosef Menachem Mendel Tennenbaum, Reb [[Menachem Zev Greenglass|Menachem Zev Greenglass]], Reb Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky, Reb Yitzchok Hendel, Reb Yosef Weinberg, Reb Yosef Tzvi Kotlarsky, and Reb Shmuel Stein.


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


The day after their arrival, the yeshiva opened, headed by [[Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen Hendel|Rabbi Yitzchok HaCohen Hendel]]. The students temporarily stayed in the Chabad Nusach Ha'Ari synagogue. As the yeshiva expanded, a larger, more organized space was needed. At that time, those responsible for the yeshiva began planning to purchase a large, magnificent building to accommodate all students comfortably. Until this plan was implemented, the yeshiva was housed in a local orphanage, where they received several rooms to run the yeshiva.
The day after their arrival, the yeshiva opened, headed by [[Yitzchak HaKohen Hendel|Rabbi Yitzchok HaCohen Hendel]]. The students temporarily stayed in the Chabad Nusach Ha'Ari synagogue. As the yeshiva expanded, a larger, more organized space was needed. At that time, those responsible for the yeshiva began planning to purchase a large, magnificent building to accommodate all students comfortably. Until this plan was implemented, the yeshiva was housed in a local orphanage, where they received several rooms to run the yeshiva.


== Historical Development ==
== Historical Development ==