Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is an Ashkenazi synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. Incorporated in 1846, it is the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in Canada and the largest traditional synagogue in Canada.
The synagogue in 2023
Former building of Shaar Hashomayim on McGill College Avenue
View of the synagogue from Sherbrooke Street
View of the synagogue from the top of the hill
You Want It Darker
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You Want It Darker is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on October 21, 2016, by Columbia Records, 17 days before Cohen's death. The album was created at
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
…attire and women are required to cover their shoulders. Shaar Hashomayim's choir performed on Leonard Cohen's Grammy- and Juno Award–winning album You Want It Darker. Together with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, the choir provided the backing vocals for "You Want It Darker" as well as "It Seemed the Better Way". They…
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker