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Our traditional, haimish
synagogue serves the North Shore of Vancouver from Horseshoe Bay
to Deep Cove, and we are easily accessible from downtown Vancouver,
the West End or North Burnaby.
To contact us call Lionel Abrams at (604) 984-4168 (phone & fax).
We fundraise and meet our community service mission by selling quality and hard to find books. To visit our bookstore, click on the metegbooks button to the left. Funds surplus to our modest budget are distributed to mainstream Jewish agencies and causes for the needy. Suggestions are always welcome. info@hayim.com |
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A VERY RARE EVENT WITNESSED
IN WEST VANCOUVER A colorful procession of Torat Hayim members, visiting dignitaries and friends, carried a newly acquired Torah scroll up along Stevens Drive and Hadden Street, to its new home, where a moving ceremony dedicating the Torah was conducted by Cantor Yacov Orzech. Many drivers and residents were able to witness this event, which is rarely seen, and all shared their well wishes with the procession. Mark Dwor delivered the main address, noting the choice of September 12 to commemorate this historic event coincides with the time of year that Moshe (Moses) actually delivered the final, first Torah, to the people. Tribute was paid to all who have assisted Torat Hayim in various ways. We will always remember the kindness and assistance of Chaim Kornfeld and the Louis Brier Home, Bill Orenstein, Reverend Joseph Marciano, Cantor Yakov Orzech, Rabbi's Joseph Wosk, Yitzchak Wineberg and Dubrawsky, Peter & Leslie Meingast, Mark Dwor, Ernie Rothschild, Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka and many others - too many to mention. This particular Torah scroll has recently arrived from a small community in Bethlehem, South Africa and is a pre-WW2 scroll believed to have its origins in Poland. In the Jewish Faith everyone is required to write a Torah Scroll during their lifetime. In current times the participation in the acquisition of a Torah Scroll is considered to fulfill this obligation of merit. |
 Left to right: Front Row: Ralph Levy, Rolf Sandberg (holding Torah) and Mark Dwor Back Row: Edward Sandberg, Anna Eglii, Cantor Orzech (obscured by scroll) Abe Katz, Mrs. Orzech, Martina Shapiro |
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Generously Sponsoring Torat Hayim's Mission |
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