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Women’s Weekly Torah & TeaWednesdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Letters for Life
an afternoon with Rebbetzin Shira Teleshevsky Come study Shaar HaBitachon -The Gate of Trust every Tuesday with Rebitzin Shira Teleshevsky - Planned GivingHelp ensure a bright future for Judaism in our community. Leave an eternal legacy to the Jewish community. Remember Chabad in your will. Read More
Study Torah Every Day. It is our Very Life.
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Learning & Inspiration
- Are Dangerous Sports Like Football and Wrestling Kosher?Does the possibility of serious brain injury (CTE) mean that playing in the NFL isn’t kosher? Read More
- Take the Deborah QuizTest your knowledge of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. Read More
- The Parable of the Precious GarmentOn the Shabbat prior to Tisha B’Av, known as Shabbos Chazon, everyone is shown a vision of the futur... Read More
Upcoming Events
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Sat, July 18, 2026 - 9:00am - 9:30am
Torah Class
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Sat, July 18, 2026 - 9:30am - 12:00pm
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Sat, July 25, 2026 - 9:00am - 9:30am
Torah Class
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Sat, July 25, 2026 - 9:30am - 12:00pm
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Sat, August 1, 2026 - 9:00am - 9:30am
Torah Class
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Daily Thought
In Torah, we mirror on earth that which G‑d performs on every plane of reality.
If so, since the Torah prohibits dislocating even a single stone of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, how could it be that G‑d brought the entire structure to ruins?
For it would certainly be absurd to imagine that the Assyrians or the Romans had the power to set fire to G-d’s house.
It must be that this was not an act of destruction. Rather, it was the initial phase of a much greater construction, one that would be eternally indestructible.
And for that to occur, the Temple had to be temporarily leveled to its foundations...




