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Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses ...
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Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...
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Congregation House of Israel (french: Congrégation Maison d'Israël, he, ק״ק בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל) is an
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
synagogue in
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, serving the
Laurentian Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
community.
It was officially opened on 12 July 1953.
The congregation is led by Rabbi Emanuel Carlebach, who assumed the role upon the passing of his father Rabbi Ephraim Carlebach in 1985.
The House of Israel counts more than 1,500 families as members, mostly
Montrealers with
second homes in the Laurentians.
The congregation also hosts a
religious school
A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching aspects of a particular religion.
Children
A school can either be of two types, though the sa ...
and
early learning centre
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History
The origin ...
.
References
1953 establishments in Quebec
Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Quebec
Ashkenazi synagogues
Buildings and structures in Laurentides
Jewish organizations based in Canada
Jews and Judaism in Quebec
Jewish organizations established in 1953
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Synagogues in Quebec
Orthodox Judaism in Quebec
Orthodox synagogues in Canada
20th-century synagogues in Canada
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