Chevry Lomday Mishnayes

This collection contains important information on the turning points and general nature of the congregation, but less information about activities.

Collection Contents by Folder:

Board of Directors/Activities

Board of Directors/Members

Buildings/150 Bedford Street (1925-1963)

Buildings/191 Westbourne Parkway (1964-1983)

Buildings/Locations under Consideration

Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Administration

Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Deeds of Congregation Members, 1950s & 1960s

Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Invoices and Deeds -- Blank Copies

Cemetery and Burial/Purchase of Land, Garden Street, 1966

Constitution and By-Laws

Financial Information/Insurance

Financial Information/Tax Exemption Forms, 1960s

Fundraising and Donations

Historical Highlights

Incorporation Papers, 1918, 1934

Members and Membership, 1950s & 1960s

Merger with Teferes Israel

Miscellaneous

Music, Choir, Cantorial Programs/Weinberg, Hyman

Newsletters, 1950s to 1970s

Rabbis/Zywica, Meyer F.

Ritual Matters and Shabbat Events

Congregation Chevry Lomday Mishnayes was founded in 1918 by a group of East European and Russian immigrants under the name of "Chevre Mishnayos of Hartford" (roughly translated as Fellowship of the Mishnah).

For the first seven years the congregation had no permanent home. In 1925, the congregants built their first shul at 150 Bedford Street. In 1934, the synagogue re-incorporated under the name "Congregation Chevry Lomday Mishnayes" (roughly translated as Fellow Students of the Mishnah).

In response to the mass movement of the Jewish population to the northwest part of Hartford and to West Hartford, Chevry Lomday Mishnayes purchased the Young Israel shul at 191 Westbourne Parkway in 1964. By 1983, attendance declined and the congregation merged with Teferes Israel.