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The month of the Jewish holidays was a truly uplifting month of community, conversations, prayer, events, celebrations, classes, and festivities and gatherings for all ages as hundreds came through our doors and were connected, inspired or celebrated and gained strength from each other.

The feedback has been tremendous, with so many beautiful notes, messages and voicenotes.

Now it is silence... the Sukkah is down (thank you Uri).. the dancing has stopped.... the High Holiday tent is down.... Oct 7th was just marked... and the regular rhythm of life is kicking in plus the never ending cycle of news, including continuous blood libels against Israel being celebrated and now even rewarded by the world.

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​Today marks three years since those awful terrible moments of Oct 7th when as Jewish people around the world celebrated Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah, thousands of terrorists attacked dozens of communities, army outposts, highways and the Nova Festival, killed almost 1,200, maimed and wounded so many more, kidnapped so many others, and started a war which has caused untold suffering.

That same day, we were shaken by the shockwaves of antisemitism flaring up around the world, as the ground shook beneath our feet from the crowds roaring antisemitic chants who marched in big cities around the world, in academic institutions and elsewhere.  As we struggled in pain with the terrible grief and evil that had just occurred, to … Read More »

What a truly amazing Sukkot so far!

Thank you to the hundreds of you who came through our doors for the many wonderful programs and celebrations over this holiday.

From all those who celebrated the first night in the Sukkah, to the many young families who joined us at the Kids in the Sukkah Celebration (lots of photos over here), to the many who came and made sure we had wonderful prayer services each day, to the teens who joined us at the CTEEN in the Sukkah Celebration (lots of photos over here), and to the 100+ adults who joined us at the amazing Sushi in the Sukkah Celebration last night (lots of photos over here).

Every day people stopped by to shake the Lulav or make a blessing in the Sukkah, Shaloh House Day School from Bo… Read More »

This past Sunday dozens of returning students and lots of new faces and families joined us for the first session for the new Hebrew School Year.

The students had a blast as they saw their friends once again, made new ones, and learned in a hands on way all about the holidays of Yom Kippur & Sukkot.

We welcome all the new staff who have joined us this year and look forward to a great year of learning and fun in a beautiful Jewish atmosphere.

You can still sign up for Hebrew School and join for this academic year. You can read more at www.chabadsudbury.com/chs

Thank you to the hundreds of you who came through the tent over Yom Kippur (and Rosh Hashanah) and helped make one of the most beautiful and meaningful Yom Kippur's on record at ChabadSudbury!

From the packed tent and moving melodies of Kol Nidrei, to the meaningful morning services and Yizkor Memorial Service, and with standing room only at Neilah and the break fast, the sentiments in the tent were powerful, uplifting and inspiring all at the same time.

Each person who came helped make this a more impactful Yom Kippur, as we prayed, hoped, reflected, sung melodies, and yes more than a few tears, and of course joyously sang the uplifting song and said the Shema, before the sounding of the Shofar!

There were so many extraordinary … Read More »

Sukkot the holiday of joy and unity is starting in just a couple of hours and it is bringing a very windy and wet friend along, in the form of a big northeaster storm which threaten to take down many Sukkahs and branches.

Entering in to the Sukkah on this holiday and being surrounded by the metaphoric embrace from G-d, while contemplating how G-d protected us from the elements for 40 years in the desert, and ever since then in so many ways, is one of the most powerful messages of the holiday.

As we remind ourselves of the fragility of the walls and roofs that surround us and remember that G-d is the ultimate protector, we celebrate and rejoice in knowing we can connect and be a part of such a great and joyous message and way of li… Read More »

On behalf of the Chabad Center of Sudbury, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Rick & Gabrielle Henken, on the passing of Rick's father, Herbert Henken of Blessed Memory.

Herb was a dedicated husband who was pre deceased by his wife Charlene, a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather, and a true Mentch, and as one person, said a good friend of everyone.

Funeral and Shiva took place this week.

May his sons, Rick & Rob and all of his family and grandchildren be comforted among the mourners of Zion & Jerusalem and may his memory be a blessing.

On behalf of the Chabad Center of Sudbury, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Zina Gruman and Sofya Reznik and all of their family on the passing of Leonid Gruman of Blessed Memory, a beloved and dedicated husband, father and grandfather. 

Funeral and Shiva and more details will be posted shortly.

May his wife, children and grandchildren be comforted among the mourners of Zion & Jerusalem and may his memory be a blessing.

Two beautiful events took place this week at Chabad of Sudbury. On Sunday dozens of families joined together at the Jewish New Year Fair for a morning of fun as we made Shofars from scratch, made Challah, enjoyed the moon bounce, and had fun with arts and crafts.

You can see a lot more pictures in this link.

On Tuesday evening, the beautiful Ladies Challah Bake was held for dozens of local ladies, who enjoyed a fun, classy and meaningful evening in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Challah Making.

You can see a lot more pictures of this event over here.

Thank you to the hundreds of you who joined us over the course of Rosh Hashanah, to the 70+ who joined us for the dinner on the first night of the holiday, the packed tent on the first day of the holiday, and yes it even filled up on the second day, despite the very heavy rain, and to the hundreds who joined together at Tashlich at the Grist Mill despite the rain ending right around 4pm!

It was a truly uplifting and moving Rosh Hashanah and it included so many moving conversations, visits to nursing homes, tears and beautiful messages, and a sense of community and connection, along with prayers full of hope and aspirations for a Good New Year and a much better year!

A huge thank you to my brother Shmuel Freeman for leading so many… Read More »

As we prepare for the High Holidays and the hundreds of people who will be coming through Chabad of Sudbury over the next few days, we would like to take a moment to say thank you to all the people who do so much throughout the year and put in so many hours, in making sure the grounds always look so beautiful and welcoming.

Thank you to Dynnie Booth who comes multiple times a week to garden, weed, plant, prune and more so that things are well maintained. Thank you to Debbie Wolfe, Masha Hareli, Inna Lisak, Kelli Kirstein and Toby Wolner who have been helping and doing so much to make things look so beautiful.

Thank you to David Angelov of PlantParenthood who did lots of trimming of bushes and planted so many beautiful flowers in t… Read More »

Yesterday as we held another moving Bar Mitzvah Ceremony at Chabad of Sudbury, the parents of the Bar Mitzvah boy shared a few remarks, which were spoken from the heart, simply, yet so profound.

The father shared his own journey and of how when he grew up in the former Soviet Union, he wasn't able to have a Bar Mitzvah. He shared how neither was his own father, the grandfather of the Bar Mitzvah boy able to have a Bar Mitzvah, and how in school he recalled being told by his parents to always push himself tremendously to be on top, otherwise as a Jew, he would never have a chance if he was equal in accomplishments to everyone else.

He recalled his grandparents having to hide their Jewish identity, hiding the fact that his mother's … Read More »

On behalf of the Chabad Center of Sudbury we extend a big Mazal Tov to Daniel Kaplun on his Bar Mitzvah ceremony which took place yesterday at Chabad of Sudbury!

Daniel did a great job and made everyone proud at this beautiful celebration.

Mazal Tov to his dear parents Alex and Lucy, grandparents and family!

Wishing you all continued Nachat and joy!