Moed
This Shabbat in Montreal
- City
- MontrealCanada
- Custom
- candles 18 mincommon Diaspora custom
- Day
- October 16This week’s Shabbat
Shabbat Noach
- Candle lighting, Friday
- 18 min before sunset (6:06 PM)
- Havdalah, Saturday
- sun 8.5° below the horizon
- Rabbeinu Tam, Saturday
- 72 min after Saturday sunset (6:05 PM)
Next holiday: Hanukkah, December 4 – 12.
Zmanim and custom
Zmanim for Friday, October 16
5 Cheshvan 5787
- Dawnsun at 16.1°
- Misheyakirsun at 11.5°
- Sunrisenetz
- Latest ShemaMagen Avraham
- Latest ShemaVilna Gaon
- Latest ShacharitVilna Gaon
- Middaychatzot
- Mincha gedola
- Mincha ketana
- Plag hamincha
- Candle lighting18 min before sunset
- Sunsetshkiah
- Nightfallsun at 8.5°, Friday evening
The custom in Montreal
Moed sets candle lighting in Montreal at 18 minutes before sunset, Hebcal's default. If your synagogue publishes a different time, follow it.
Moed counts the end of Shabbat at the appearance of three stars, when the sun is 8.5° below the horizon, as Hebcal does.
Source: Hebcal: candle lighting and Havdalah times
For a halakhic ruling, ask your rabbi.
Upcoming Shabbatot in Montreal
| Friday | Parsha | Candles | Havdalah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 165 Cheshvan 5787 | Noach | Candles 5:48 PM | Havdalah 6:50 PM |
| Friday, October 2312 Cheshvan 5787 | Lech-Lecha | Candles 5:37 PM | Havdalah 6:39 PM |
| Friday, October 3019 Cheshvan 5787 | Vayera | Candles 5:26 PM | Havdalah 6:29 PM |
| Friday, November 626 Cheshvan 5787 | Chayei Sara | Candles 4:16 PM | Havdalah 5:20 PM |
| Friday, November 133 Kislev 5787 | Toldot | Candles 4:07 PM | Havdalah 5:12 PM |
How we calculate Montreal
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45.5° N, 73.57° W |
| Elevation | sea levelNo elevation is used, neither for sunset nor for the times of the day. |
| Candle lighting | 18 minutes before sunsetcommon Diaspora custom |
| Havdalah | sun 8.5° below the horizon |
| Rabbeinu Tam | 72 minutes after sunset |
| Rounding | the cautious way: candle lighting toward the earlier minute, Havdalah toward the later one |
| Calendar | Diaspora: two days of Yom Tov, the Diaspora parsha |
Jewish Montreal
Synagogues
| Synagogue | Address | Rite |
|---|---|---|
| The Shaar (Shaar Hashomayim) | Westmount, 450 Kensington Avenue | Ashkenazi |
| Beth Zion Congregation | Côte-Saint-Luc | Modern Orthodox |
Neighborhoods
- The Main (Mile End). Saint-Laurent Boulevard, where Eastern European Jews first settled.
- Outremont and Westmount. Where the community moved between 1921 and 1931.
- Côte-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Snowdon. Today, with the West Island, the main centers of Jewish life; Côte-Saint-Luc had 5,580 Sephardim in 2011.
The community
Montreal is a city where Jewish life runs in English, French and Hebrew.
Canada's first Jewish congregation, the Sephardi Shearith Israel, was founded in 1768; it moved to Notre-Dame Street in 1777 and has occupied its present building at 4894 Saint-Kevin Avenue in Snowdon since 1947. The Ashkenazi synagogue Shaar Hashomayim dates from 1846. Eastern European Jews first settled around Saint-Laurent Boulevard (The Main), then moved to Outremont and Westmount between 1921 and 1931. In 2021 Greater Montreal counted 90,250 Jews, 2.1 percent of its population, the first increase in fifty years. After 1945, Sephardi Jews from North Africa and the Middle East arrived: from 1960 to 1991, 7,995 Moroccan Jews settled in Montreal. Their French helped them integrate, since Ashkenazi institutions were mostly English-speaking. In 2011 the region had 22,225 Sephardim among 90,780 Jews. The French-speaking Sephardi association was founded in 1966, the Maimonides school in 1969, and the Sephardi Festival has been held every year since 1980.
Before you go
- Local kosher certification is handled by MK Kosher (mk.ca).
- The Communauté sépharade unifiée du Québec (csuq.org) is the entry point to French-speaking Sephardi life.
Sources: Wikipedia: History of the Jews in Montreal · Mémoires des Montréalais: the Sephardim of Montreal (in French) · Wikipedia: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal · The Shaar · Beth Zion Congregation · MK Kosher · Communauté sépharade unifiée du Québec (in French) · Hebcal: candle lighting and Havdalah times
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