Many years ago( not really,as the beginning of web publishing is not that far back),when you first launched a site,you started with "Hello World"
Many eons ago!
This community site started actually in that era.We certainly had the ambitions to serve as a unifying central hub for Montreal Jewry, but in actuality our our site consisted mostly of links, and our time to dedicate and skill set was not quite there.
The past few years we were forced by necessity towards inactivity; finally we said"enough"!It is time to do the upgrading needed and learn the new publishing environment and make this community site live and truly useful
But in today's world of super powerful technology,instant knowledge (if not faked) what in the world, can we possibly hope to accomplish?
There is a rule we find mentioned by our Rabbis, "Kinus of Tzadikim is good for the world" 'yidden working together is good for them and for the world.
We named this 613montreal, for the 613 mitzvos.Ever Kinus for a lasting good has the capacity to connect with others , a web of higher interests.We are hoping and praying we can bring this about and in a small way (with superior technologies and opefully help from others too) be elevated while elevating others.
We usually call our posts as "Views' as we try to live with the Parsha rather than attempt to write Torah (which is a great responsibility
We thought we could start to write this past Moetze Shabbas, but we were held back by necessity.But the many tecnical issues ave still held us back.
Though it is still the middle of the week, maybe we can touch a few thoughts.
We are in a parsha of geula, redemption. In a world of darkness, the Ribono shel Olam reveals Himself, compassionate and wanting us to to grow in our beliefs our observance and the ideals of our forefathers. ready to accept his holy torah and live with it, especially in the Holy Land.
For now we can consider this our statement of mission.
