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Cantor Segal (1918-38)
Featuring the Shaar Hashomayim Choir, the musical arrangement describes the following: It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and its supporters are praiseworthy. Its […]
Stephen Glass, Music Director, 1990-2014.
The whole ensemble from the Shaar Hashomayim 150th Anniversary Concert (1995).
Julius Suss (Shaar President, 2019-2022) and Rabbi Adam Scheier remove the 1921 time capsule from the cornerstone.
Rabbi Shuchat’s family unveils the plaque dedicating the sanctuary in his memory at the re-dedication service (September 17, 2022), honouring 100 years of the Shaar in Westmount. Shaar […]
The re-dedication of the synagogue’s sanctuary held on September 17, 2022. This included a re-creation of the inaugural service held 100 years prior on September 17, 1922.
Cantor Nathan Mendelson standing in front of the Shaar Hashomayim’s Torah Ark.
Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold, Associate Rabba (2013-2023). She joined the Shaar in 2013, becoming the first ordained Orthodox woman of the clergy team of an Orthodox-practicing synagogue.
The official installation of Rabbi Adam Scheier as Rabbi of the synagogue, 2005.
