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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
  • Why Are Weddings So Happy?The Rebbe shared with a bride and groom the kabbalistic reason why weddings are joyous occasions. Read More
  • Today Marks the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi YY Kazen (1954-1998) "Father of the Jewish Internet" Read More
  • How to Make Yuca (Cassava) Latkes Read More
Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Melbourne, VIC
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Dec. 25 - Jan. 2
Daily Thought
Tolerance doesn’t care. Tolerance just looks the other way and goes about its own business. Tolerance is Indifferent. Caring is blind—the kind of caring that cares for everybody, no matter who they are, but doesn’t allow them to step outside the path your caring believes to be good for them. Caring can suffocate. And then there is deep love. Deep love recognizes another person’s right to grow, their need to travel along a path and get there on their own—and yet has the compassion to be there for them when they are lost. Deep...