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Today I saw a powerful clip of former hostage Eli Sharabi being interviewed by Channel 12 in Israel. Eli discovered his wife and children had been murdered only once he was released and also came out looking gaunt and completely malnourished. 

In the interview Eli states, that although he considered himself completely secular and someone who never prayed at all, in captivity from the first day he was taken hostage, he would say the first line of Shema Yisrael, every single day.

He describes how this line gave him hope and faith and an awareness that a higher force was looking after him and watching him even in the tunnels of Gaza. 

So many of those coming back home, are coming back with terribly painful and tragic … Read More »

I was in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for a short visit and just returned to Sudbury.

Like everyone else, we are processing the terrible and devastating news.

Yesterday I was with my young daughter the whole day, so I was keeping my emotions to myself.

As we walked around, we saw a group of women and girls, who were mothers and siblings of hostages, that have come to New York to join and be a part of the Chabad Shluchot convention.

They stood on Eastern Parkway, the main road in the neighborhood, with sweatshirts with the names of their loved ones who are still being held hostage.

They were all holding orange balloons for the Bibas family and then did a prayer together with multiple Chabad Rebbitzens and Shluchot, and sent the ballo… Read More »

It has been a truly powerful week at Chabad of Sudbury this week, as event after event filled the center with so many different people and uplifting programs.

The Nova Survivor who told his story and the story of his best friend who is a hostage, shared with us a painful yet powerful story of faith and hope, and inspired all of us to do even more (you can read more below).

The Talmud course is going strong with 50+ taking the course and enjoying the learning.

Teen programs, senior programs, prayer services and so much more have all been happening over the last seven days, and have been bringing lots of meaning, joy and more to so many.

Tonight, dozens will be joining us for the Tu B'Shevat Community Shabbat Dinner. Thank you… Read More »

SHABBAT CANDLESTICKS FROM THE HOLOCAUST MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO A NEW HOME WHERE THEY CAN BE LIT ONCE AGAIN

Dan was born in 1940 in Holland, and he just came by ChabadSudbury to bring us these two Silver Candlesticks, which his mother had bought in an antique store in Holland shortly after the Second World War.

He recently realized that they have Hebrew words engraved on them "להדליק נר של שבת","to light the candle of Shabbat" (from the Shabbat Candle Lighting Blessing), and realized that maybe they had once belonged to a Jewish family in the Holocaust and may have been looted during the war.

As he realized this, he thought that it was time for these Candlesticks to return home to the Jewish community… Read More »

Thank you to the 50+ who have signed up and are a part of the new course "Decoding the Talmud" which began this past Tuesday in person and online.

The course is exploring the history, structure and development of the Talmud over the last 1,500 years, the book that has helped shape Jewish thought, ethics and life for so much of our history.

The course is being offered in person and via Zoom and each class is recorded in case you have to miss a class.

The next class will be held this Tuesday along with refreshments and will explore the role and history of the Mishna, the work that the Talmud is built on.

Click here to RSVP or to explore more of what this course will be offering and addressing in each sessi… Read More »