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Chai ClubIn honor of the Rebbe’s 32nd Yahrtzeit, Chabad of Ridgefield is proud to launch the Chai Club Initiative—a meaningful new way to strengthen and sustain the ongoing work of our community.
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July 4th Weekend Pre Shabbos Community Dinner
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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
- Are Dangerous Sports Like Football and Wrestling Kosher?Does the possibility of serious brain injury (CTE) mean that playing in the NFL isn’t kosher? Read More
- Take the Deborah QuizTest your knowledge of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. Read More
- The Parable of the Precious GarmentOn the Shabbat prior to Tisha B’Av, known as Shabbos Chazon, everyone is shown a vision of the futur... Read More
Weekly Magazine
The other day I realized that I hadn't seen G-d in quite a while -- probably not since childhood... Where did I misplace Him?
By Tzvi Freeman
As we mark the Nine Days, let’s explore 11 ways Jews remember the Temple, its rituals, and its destruction throughout the year.
By Yehuda Altein
Does the possibility of serious brain injury (CTE) mean that playing in the NFL isn’t kosher?
By Yehuda Shurpin
By Shloimy Galperin
Shabbat & Holidays
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Daily Thought
In Torah, we mirror on earth that which G‑d performs on every plane of reality.
If so, since the Torah prohibits dislocating even a single stone of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, how could it be that G‑d brought the entire structure to ruins?
For it would certainly be absurd to imagine that the Assyrians or the Romans had the power to set fire to G-d’s house.
It must be that this was not an act of destruction. Rather, it was the initial phase of a much greater construction, one that would be eternally indestructible.
And for that to occur, the Temple had to be temporarily leveled to its foundations...





