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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 experiences, 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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Shabbat & Holidays
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Melbourne, VIC
Light Candles at
7:27 PM  -  Friday, October 23
Shabbat Ends
8:27 PM  -  Shabbat, October 24
Weekly Torah Portion
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Upcoming Holiday
Chanukah
Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
Daily Thought
Traveling to Yourself
G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1 If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life? You would see how each journey leads away from home. Away from your birthplace, from those who nurtured you and that which made you what you are. Outwards, away from yourself in so many directions. But you see your journey from within. From within, every journey...