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providing jewish connections around australia
"Chabad" is a Jewish outreach group with chapters all over the world, and "RARA" stands for rural and regional Australia.
Chabad of RARA is a community organization that serves Jewish people living in rural and regional areas around Australia.
Our team travels great distances to ensure that the needs of those living further away are met, by providing authentic Jewish experinces, support and connection anywhere in Australia.
We demonstrate the values of living a Jewish life, from the womb until the very last breath.
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Learning & Inspiration
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Melbourne, VIC
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Sep. 11 - Sep. 13
Daily Thought
As a parent and a child, as siblings who remain bonded, as two young people in love, as in any marriage that stays alive—so we are with the One Above. One chases, the other runs away. One runs away, the other chases in longing pursuit. One initiates, the other responds. The other initiates, the one responds. It is a dance, a game, a duet, and it plays as surely as the pulse of life. Until one falls away. Until it seems the game is over, that all is lost and it is time to move on. That’s when the other looks and says, “This is not an other. We are one.” And so...