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  • Evening of Inspiration 19 KislevCelebrate the Rosh Hashana for Chassidus and the day of liberation of the Alter Rebbe from czarist prison.
    Guest Speaker: Rabbi Naftali Silberberg
    Sunday, November 29 | 8:00 pm
    At JRCC West - 1136 Centre St. Unit 2
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  • Mother & Child Menora MakingSunday, November 29 | 11:00 AM
    Create a beautiful Menorah with your child. Plus grand balloon gelt drop!
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  • Chanukah 2026Bring more light, joy, and Jewish connection into your Chanukah!
    Join us for menorah lightings, family celebrations, creative children's activities, and more!

    Grand Menorah Lighting: Monday, December 7, 2026 | 6:00 pm
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  • Chanukah WonderlandA festive Chanukah experience for the whole family, filled with entertainment, creative activities, and holiday excitement.

    Sunday, December 6, 2026 | 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    Schwartz/Reisman Centre - 9600 Bathurst Street


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  • RCS: NextGenesisA new monthly course for women, where the early narratives of Genesis emerge not as distant beginnings but as a living reflection of the human soul.

    First Class: Monday, November 9 | 8 pm

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  • Bar Mitzvah ClubGive the gift of knowledge to your son who is becoming Bar Mitzvah
    He will learn: Hebrew Reading ~ How To put on Tefilin
    We will also Prepare each child to read their individual Torah Portion.
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  • Building CampaignParner with us as we embark on the next phase of building our future home. Learn more
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The JRCC West Thornhill centre is a vibrant place, where Jewish people from the Former Soviet Union and their families; beginners and advanced, thinkers and doers, young and old, come together as one to study, to pray, to rejoice, to grow and connect.

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  • LIVE: Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch EmissariesJoin 6,500 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and lay leaders, live from 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. Read More
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A woman’s influence is different from a man’s. A man needs to conquer, to vanquish an opponent. Therefore, his victory is often superficial—he may get the other guy to nod his head, but not to surrender his heart. A woman is able to reach inside a man, so he may not even recognize her influence. He feels as though this was his idea all along. Her conquest is through nurture. From where does this talent come? Paradoxically, from the woman’s union with a man. In that union, she discovers what it is to be a woman, and how a woman conquers with love. So too, from the...
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