Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari | |
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Hebrew: ק״ק בית תקוה אהבת שלום נוסח האר״י | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
Rite | Ashkenazi |
Leadership |
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Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 136 Westpark Boulevard, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec |
Country | Canada |
Geographic coordinates | 45°29′32″N 73°49′10″W / 45.4921489°N 73.819486°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Date established | 1964 |
Website | |
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Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari ( Hebrew: ק״ק בֵּית תִקְוָה אַהֲבָת שָׁלוֹם נוֹסָח הַאֲרִ״י), also known simply as Beth Tikvah ( Hebrew: בֵּית תִקְוָה, transl. 'House of Hope'), is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada.
Beth Tikvah was founded in 1964 by a group of about 20 young families who were considered pioneers of Jewish life in the West Island. [2] Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz arrived at the invitation of local families, and with support from a synagogue-planting subsidy program of Yeshiva University. [3]
A house was purchased which accommodated the congregation and Hebrew school until the fall of 1968, when a congregation that would soon reach 300 families moved into a new multi-purpose auditorium on the present site.
Beth Tikvah has run a supplementary school, Hebrew Academy, since the synagogue's establishment. [4] The synagogue opened a full-time elementary day school, Hebrew Foundation School ( Hebrew: בֵּית סֵפֶר הַיְסוֹד הַעִבְרִי), in the fall of 1970.
Since 2004, the synagogue has housed an eighteenth-century torah scroll from Rokycany, Bohemia, originally secured by the Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre in 1964. [5] In August 2007, Beth Tikvah merged with Congregation Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari, formed in 1910 (Nusach Hoari) and 1915 (Ahavat Shalom–Anshei Galicia). [6]