Beth Israel Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox

Modern Orthodox Judaism

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 synagogue

Synagogue

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 located at 1480 Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Formally chartered by a Private Member's Bill

Private Member's Bill

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 in the Nova Scotia legislature in 1895, it grew out of the Baron de Hirsch Hebrew Benevolent Society (named after Baron Maurice de Hirsch

Maurice de Hirsch

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), which was formed in 1890. It was the first Orthodox congregation in Canada

Oldest synagogues in Canada

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 east of Montreal

Montreal

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, and still provides the only daily minyan

Minyan

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in Canada east of Montreal.

the rabbi

Rabbi

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was Ari Sherbill.