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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
  • What Is a Mitzvah?The State of Being Connected Read More
  • The Chassidic Backstory of the Backward Cap The year was 1844, and Tsar Nikolai the First (known as the Iron Tsar) was launching his multipronge... Read More
Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Melbourne, VIC
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
There are two sorts of inner convictions of the soul, this thing we call faith. Unbound by the confines of space and time, your soul sees a reality your mind cannot fathom. From that vision seeps down a conviction that G-d is with you, that He is good, and that there is really nothing else but Him. Not because you understand. But because your soul sees that this is so. And she sees with a clarity and certainty the flesh eye could never attain. Nevertheless, a higher vision means there are two and not one: There is you and there is the vision you perceive. And if there are two, two can be separated. So that, when darkness and confusion...