Rite Nusach Sefard Website shaareitzedec.org Materials brick Province Ontario Material Brick | Status Active Architectural type Victorian Architectural style Bay-and-gable Phone +1 647-557-6398 Affiliation Orthodox Judaism | |
Location 397 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada Address 397 Markham St, Toronto, ON M6G 2K8, Canada Similar Kiever Synagogue, Anshei Minsk, Congregation Knesseth Israel, First Narayever Congregation, Beach Hebrew Institute Profiles | ||
Shaarei Tzedec (also known as the Markham Street Shul) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 397 Markham Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Shaarei Tzedec congregation was founded in 1902 and is one of only three Orthodox synagogues left in Downtown Toronto. In 1912, a number of families left Shaarei Tzedec, then on Centre Street, in a dispute over burial rites, and formed a new congregation, Chevra Rodfei Sholem, commonly known as the Kiever Shul.
Shaarei Tzedec has been located in a converted Victorian semi-detached house on Markham Street, near Bathurst Street and College Street, since 1937. The Markham Street Shul is one of the few remaining synagogues and the last remaining shtiebel of what were once dozens of small congregations in the area around Kensington Market, Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street - which was a vibrant Jewish area prior to World War II.