Английская Википедия:Beth Tzedec Congregation
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox religious building Beth Tzedec Congregation (Шаблон:Lang-he) is a Conservative synagogue on Bathurst Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1955 with the amalgamation of the Goel Tzedec (Шаблон:Lang-he) and Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Chevra Tehillim (Шаблон:Lang-he) congregations, established respectively in 1883 and 1887.Шаблон:R The synagogue has some 2,600 member units, representing over 4,400 members.[1]
History
Early years
The Goel Tzedec ('Righteous Redeemer') congregation was founded in October 1883 by (primarily Litvak) Eastern European Jewish immigrants to Toronto, as an Orthodox alternative to the Reform Holy Blossom Temple.Шаблон:R The synagogue purchased the building of a former church at University Avenue and Elm Street the following year.Шаблон:R Meanwhile, some of its members (mainly Russians and Galitzianers) left in 1887 to establish a new synagogue, Chevra Tehillim ('The Congregation of Psalms').Шаблон:R
In 1905, Goel Tzedec appointed as spiritual leader the Volozhin Yeshiva graduate Rabbi Jacob Gordon,Шаблон:R who would serve as senior rabbi until his death in November 1934.Шаблон:R That same year, a building site on University Avenue near Armoury was purchased, and the new building was dedicated in February 1907.Шаблон:R With seating for 1,200, the synagogue, designed by architect Шаблон:Ill, was the largest in the city.Шаблон:R In 1905, Chevra Tehillim purchased the New Richmond Methodist Church on McCaul Street, designed by architects Smith & Gemmel,Шаблон:R and was renamed Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Chevra Tehillim ('The Great House of Prayer of the Congregation of Psalms'; informally the 'McCaul Street Synagogue').Шаблон:RШаблон:R
Goel Tzedec adopted English-language sermons in 1913,Шаблон:R while Chevra Tehillim did so only in the 1920s (and only on High Holy Days).Шаблон:R The former joined the Conservative movement in 1925,Шаблон:R though it retained most of its traditional practices. Among other changes, insistence on decorum during the service, the seating of women on the main floor, a new prayer book, and the addition of some English prayers were introduced at Goel Tzedec in the mid-1930s.Шаблон:RШаблон:RШаблон:R
As Toronto Jewry began moving further north, Goel Tzedec in 1946 purchased the synagogue's current site on Bathurst in York Township. In 1949, it established with the McCall Street Synagogue what would become the Beth Tzedec Memorial Park. The congregation held Canada's first bat mitzvah ceremony in 1950.Шаблон:R
Amalgamation to present
Goel Tzedec and Beth Hamidrash Hagadol amalgamated in 1952 to form the Beth Tzedec Congregation, and in December 1955 dedicated their new building, designed by architect Peter Dickinson of the consulting firm Page and Steele.Шаблон:R
Judy Feld Carr became Beth Tzedec's first female president in 1983.Шаблон:R The synagogue began granting aliyahs to women in the mid-1990s, and counting women in minyanim shortly thereafter.Шаблон:R
Beth Tzedec briefly withdrew from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 2008, but rejoined in 2014.Шаблон:R
In popular culture
Beth Tzedec was featured prominently in the 2023 Adam Sandler film, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.[2]
See also
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