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  • Yom Tom morning services

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Monday, March 29 (Second Day of the Festival) 9:15 a.m..............................Yom Tom morning services 8:18 p.m. ............................Yom Tov ends (Ḥol haMo’ed begins)

  • Torah Over Zoom: Passover Is Almost Here

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On Tuesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m., please join us as we continue our weekly Torah study. This week, during those lull days in the middle of the Passover week, we’ll look at the institution of Ḥol haMo’ed (something Pesaḥ shares with only one other holiday, Sukkot). Join us for some enlightening learning by clicking…

  • Yom Tom morning services (Yizkor)

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Sunday, April 4 (Last Day of the Festival) 9:15 a.m..............................Yom Tom morning services (Yizkor) 8:26 p.m..............................Festival ends (time for ḥametz again)

  • Torah Over Zoom:

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m., please join us as we continue our weekly Torah study. The weeks between Pesaḥ and Shavuot (begins Sunday evening, May 16) are the time of Sefirat haOmer, the 49-day counting period commanded by Torah. Join us for some enlightening learning about Sefirat haOmer by clicking on this Zoom…

  • Torah Over Zoom

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m., please join us as we continue our weekly Torah study. The weeks between Pesaḥ and Shavuot (begins Sunday evening, May 16) are the time of Sefirat haOmer, the 49-day counting period commanded by Torah. Join us for some enlightening learning about Sefirat haOmer by clicking on this Zoom…

  • Book Club

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    BOOK CLUB MEETING Our next meeting will be Sunday, April 18 at 12:30 PM, in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! We will be discussing Naomi Lewis's Tiny Lights for Travellers. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82832241042?pwd=aVdoRkNBNHJsUnF4c2FTWTRURytYdz09https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82832241042?pwd=aVdoRkNBNHJsUnF4c2FTWTRURytYdz09 Meeting ID: 828 3224 1042 Passcode: 1955 SYNOPSIS Why couldn’t I occupy the world as those model-looking women did, with…

  • Torah Over Zoom

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On Tuesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m., please join us as we continue our weekly Torah study. The weeks between Pesaḥ and Shavuot (begins Sunday evening, May 16) are the time of Sefirat haOmer, the 49-day counting period commanded by Torah. Join us for some enlightening learning about Sefirat haOmer by clicking on this Zoom…

  • Shavuot 5781 (Sunday evening through Tuesday, 6-7 Sivan)

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Evening service on Sunday, May 16 over StreamSpot at 7:00 p.m. Morning services on Monday and Tuesday, May 17-18, at 9:15 a.m. over StreamSpot. Click here for the full holiday schedule, including candle lighting times and blessings.

  • Book Club

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Our next meeting will be Sunday, May 23  at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! We will be discussing Linda Grant's When I Lived in Modern Times. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99763615875?pwd=bWovNE1MeG9Yc0w4RDB3Yk1DTGJCdz09  Meeting ID: 997 6361 5875 Passcode: 1955 SYNOPSIS In the spring of 1946, Evelyn Sert stands on the deck of a…

  • Torah Over Zoom

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m., please join us as we continue our weekly Torah study. This past Tuesday we studied a Talmudic aggadah (Rabbinic legend) about the illustrious Rabbi Ḥiyya. This week we will visit another agaddah where the very same Rabbi Ḥiyya stars in a story about fertility and birth control. Join…