We welcome you to Shaare Zion's web site. "Let your home be wide open," begins the brief statement of Yosee benYohanan that is taught in Pirkei Avot, the Ethical Teachings of our rabbis. It is a core operating principle of Shaare Zion Congregation.

Celebrating over eighty years, we can say with pride that Shaare Zion has opened its doors wide to all members of the Montreal Jewish community. To the youth through its Youth Groups, Bnai Mitzvah Programme and Family Events. To men through its Brotherhood. To women, through its Sisterhood. To the intellectually curious, through its Adult Educations classes. To the bereaved through the fellowship of the Daily Minyan. We have opened our doors to religious Jews and secular Jews, to poor Jews and to those with means. And to the spiritually hungry, we have opened our doors wide on Shabbat and festivals to allow participants to be stimulated by the words of Rabbi Lionel Moses, and by the musical interpretation of our liturgy by Cantor Boaz Davidoff and the Shaare Zion Choir.

-Rabbi Lionel Moses