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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.

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  • Getting Past the MindIn this swamp of confusion, darkness becomes evil, for it entraps the light. When we tug to fissure... Read More
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The mandate of the whole of Creation is stated almost immediately. They translate it as “Let there be light.” But it is better translated as, “It should be light.” Meaning that all the world—even the darkness—should become a...