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== Chabad Community in Toronto ==

Toronto is a centuries-old city located in Ontario, [[Canada]], situated on a lake shore with many immigrant-populated districts. The Jewish community began settling there about two hundred years ago. By 1901, there were already three thousand Jews in the city. By 1961, the Jewish population had grown to sixty thousand.

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A document from 1917 mentions the existence of a Chabad community in Toronto, though little is known about this period. In 1957, the Rebbe instructed establishing a branch of [[Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim|Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva]] in Toronto. [[Rabbi Shlomo Hochler]], who lived in the city, founded the Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto, which operated for several years before closing. Like in many other cities, the yeshiva's establishment helped establish the Chabad community in the city, albeit relatively modestly. Alongside the yeshiva, Jewish educational institutions were established, and several Chabad families moved to the city to help develop these institutions.

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 == Chabad Community in Toronto ==
 Toronto is a centuries-old city located in Ontario, [[Canada]], situated on a lake shore with many immigrant-populated districts. The Jewish community began settling there about two hundred years ago. By 1901, there were already three thousand Jews in the city. By 1961, the Jewish population had grown to sixty thousand.
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 A document from 1917 mentions the existence of a Chabad community in Toronto, though little is known about this period. In 1957, the Rebbe instructed establishing a branch of [[Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim|Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva]] in Toronto. [[Rabbi Shlomo Hochler]], who lived in the city, founded the Lubavitch Yeshiva Toronto, which operated for several years before closing. Like in many other cities, the yeshiva's establishment helped establish the Chabad community in the city, albeit relatively modestly. Alongside the yeshiva, Jewish educational institutions were established, and several Chabad families moved to the city to help develop these institutions.