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Since 2005, Chabad of the Lower East Side has been a warm, welcoming presence in the historic neighborhood where Jewish immigrant life first took root in NYC. Led by Rabbi Yisroel and Chani and their six children, our Essex Street center has become a home for Jews of all backgrounds — through Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, women's events, Kiddush, and classes that keep Jewish life thriving here.

Longtime resident, newcomer, or just visiting, you're always welcome.

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Learning & Inspiration
  • The Untold Story of Lot and His DaughtersThe bulk of rabbinic commentators, view Lot’s daughters as women of fine and even noble intentions. Read More
  • The Tribe and the OtherWhat makes righteousness Jewish? Can a person truly love all of humanity? Or does that love, spread... Read More
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Daily Thought
A Torah scroll is a high-precision document. Journey deep inside the mysteries of this scroll and you will discover an amazing network of words and letters similar to the neuro-network of a human being. Each letter of the scroll is a world of its own, surrounded by its own white space, without any other letter touching it. Each letter is of equal value. Even if one of them is missing, flawed, or incomplete, the scroll is not a Torah scroll. Alter a single letter and the meaning of a word is changed, whereby a sentence is inverted, whereby a story is distorted—indeed, every other letter of the Torah...
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