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The Temimim and Anash in Montreal refers to the students of the Chabad yeshivah (Temimim) and the broader community of Chabad Chassidim (Anash) residing in Montreal, Canada. This group was actively engaged in communal and religious activities aimed at strengthening Torah observance and the teachings of Chassidus within their community.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, addressed a letter to the Temimim and Anash in Montreal dated 6 Tammuz 5711 (1951). In this correspondence, the Rebbe expresses his pleasure upon receiving a report about the farbrengens (Chassidic gatherings) and assemblies organized to reinforce Torah study, Jewish observance, and particularly the dissemination of Chassidus. The Rebbe acknowledges the involvement of Rabbi Ben Tzion Shem Tov, who was then serving as a shadar (emissary) among them.
The Rebbe encourages the community not to rest upon their initial efforts, such as appointing committees and launching activities, but to persist and expand these endeavors. He emphasizes the principle that "one who begins a mitzvah is told: continue and complete it," and urges that all matters of holiness should continually grow and ascend. The Rebbe thanks them in advance for future updates regarding the successful progress of their work.
In his letter, the Rebbe specifically urges the community to utilize the upcoming days of the Festival of Redemption—Yud-Beis and Yud-Gimmel Tammuz—in a manner fitting their local circumstances, so that it will be evident even in Canada that these are days of liberation and spiritual redemption for Chabad Chassidim. He connects this observance to the teachings and instructions of his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, referencing a letter printed in Kuntres Net. The Rebbe concludes with blessings for success in their holy work, noting that such efforts are the channel through which both material and spiritual blessings are drawn into their personal and communal lives.