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About
Chabad Jewish Center of Ridgefield is a Jewish educational organization serving Northern Fairfield County CT.Our goal is to ensure Jewish continuity through increasing Jewish pride, knowledge and commitment. We serve the Jewish community with unconditional love for every Jew regardless of background or affiliation.At Chabad, Jewish learning and holidays come to life with our classes, events and programs serving children, youth and adults.Whether it be our Hebrew School , Adult Education or Holiday Events, you are sure to find some way that Chabad can serve you and your family.
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Learning & Inspiration
- Reliving Sinai Each Year in BrooklynShavuot was a weeks-long experience in the Rebbe’s court Read More
- Take the Shavout Customs QuizFrom Sinai to Cheesecake: Test Your Shavuot Knowledge! Read More
- What You Need to Know About Lending and BorrowingWhen can permission be assumed? Are mitzvah items treated differently? What happens if an item is da... Read More
Weekly Magazine
The ancient Jewish community of the Crimean Peninsula who adopted the language, lifestyle, and dress of their Tatar neighbors while remaining steadfast in Jewish belief and practice.
By Yehuda Altein
Do you know about the firstborn baby ceremony?
By Menachem Posner
The kabbalistical and practical reasons for the black stripe some have on their
tallit.
By Moshe Miller
Learn about Ana Bekoach, a beautiful liturgical poem beseeching G-d to guard and purify those who follow Him.
By Motteleh Schusterman
By Eliezer Shemtov
Shabbat & Holidays
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Daily Thought
When the Creator came to create the human being, Truth said, "Do not create him, for he is full of lies.
Kindness said, "Create him, for he will do acts of kindness."
What did the Creator do? He cast Truth earthward, and created the human being.
That is why it says, "Truth will sprout from the earth."—Midrash Rabba
Every argument in Torah can be reduced to the same crucial question:
Do we follow rigid, immutable truth, regardless? Or do we take into account the particulars of this situation? Do we look only from above-down, or do we take the view from below as...







