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In Menachem Av 2019, the Chabad "Noam Institute" inaugurated a mikvah. The city's emissary is [[Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman|Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman]]. The main Chabad community is located in an area called "Chabad Gate" in the city's north, in the Thornhill-Vaughan area. Rabbi David Schochet serves as the community's rabbi there. In the second area, there is a smaller community alongside a large yeshiva led by the late Rabbi Akiva Wagner. | In Menachem Av 2019, the Chabad "Noam Institute" inaugurated a mikvah. The city's emissary is [[Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman|Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman]]. The main Chabad community is located in an area called "Chabad Gate" in the city's north, in the Thornhill-Vaughan area. Rabbi David Schochet serves as the community's rabbi there. In the second area, there is a smaller community alongside a large yeshiva led by the late Rabbi Akiva Wagner. | ||
== Chabad Institutions in the City == | == Chabad Institutions in the City == | ||
* Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto - Elementary and advanced yeshiva led by Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner | * Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto - Elementary and advanced yeshiva led by Rabbi [[Akiva Gershon Wagner]] | ||
* Cheder Chabad Toronto - School serving the Chabad community. CEO: Rabbi Yona Shor, Directors: Rabbi Baruch Zaltzman and Rabbi Mendy Marmulstein | * Cheder Chabad Toronto - School serving the Chabad community. CEO: Rabbi Yona Shor, Directors: Rabbi Baruch Zaltzman and Rabbi Mendy Marmulstein | ||
* Beis Chomesh High School - Chabad girls' high school for students worldwide | * Beis Chomesh High School - Chabad girls' high school for students worldwide | ||
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* Chabad Friendship Fund Toronto | * Chabad Friendship Fund Toronto | ||
* Gan Israel Toronto - Camp located in Haliburton (two hours from Toronto) | * Gan Israel Toronto - Camp located in Haliburton (two hours from Toronto) | ||
* Tomchei Tmimim Toronto (elementary and advanced yeshiva) | |||
* Beis Chomesh School for Girls | |||
== Synagogues and Chabad Houses == | |||
* Chabad Lubavitch Center 770 Toronto - Main Chabad synagogue led by Rabbi Moshe Spalter | * Chabad Lubavitch Center 770 Toronto - Main Chabad synagogue led by Rabbi Moshe Spalter | ||
* Co-op Shtiebel - Chabad synagogue in Rabbi Dov Melich Katz's home | * Co-op Shtiebel - Chabad synagogue in Rabbi Dov Melich Katz's home | ||
* Chabad Young Professionals Synagogue - Located in Thornhill | * Chabad Young Professionals Synagogue - Located in Thornhill | ||
* Jewish Russian Community Centre (JRCC) - Chabad house with over 5 branches serving Russian Jews, led by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman | * Jewish Russian Community Centre (JRCC) - Chabad house with over 5 branches serving Russian Jews, led by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zaltzman | ||
* Maon Noam - Chabad institute led by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Rabiski and Rabbi Israel Eliyahu Friedman. | |||
* Hebrew-Speaking Chabad Center - Led by Rabbi Israel Landa | * Hebrew-Speaking Chabad Center - Led by Rabbi Israel Landa | ||
* Southeast Toronto Chabad Synagogue - Serving about 400 Jewish families (as of 2009), led by Rabbi Avraham Plotkin | * Southeast Toronto Chabad Synagogue - Serving about 400 Jewish families (as of 2009), led by Rabbi Avraham Plotkin | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||