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  • Jewish Kids ClubInteractive Jewish Activities
    Music • Movement • Art • More!
    Winter Session: Oct 18 - Dec 13 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm     more info & register
  • 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.
     more info & RSVP
  • 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.

We are here for each and every single member of our community. Whether you need someone to talk to, need help, or just in general to know that you are not alone —please don’t hesitate to reach out and connect.
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Learning & Inspiration
  • The Forgotten Pioneer of Chabad Women’s ActivismEidel Pappenheim-Dubin's tragically cut-short life of learning and leadership in Vienna, Krakow, and... Read More
  • The Previous Rebbe’s Dangerous Speech in Moscow, 1927He spoke about the imperative to provide Jewish children with an authentic Torah education, even und... Read More
  • Despite Heavy Fire, School Year Ends Safely in Odesa, Ukraine“Last Bell” ceremony relocated Read More
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Thornhill, ON
Light Candles at
8:46 PM  -  Friday, June 26
Shabbat Ends
9:59 PM  -  Shabbat, June 27
Weekly Torah Portion
Chukat-Balak
Upcoming Holiday
The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Learning Torah
We don’t learn Torah to gain knowledge—not even divine knowledge. At the time you are learning Torah, your mind itself is divine. Your mind wraps itself in divine modalities. Your soul twirls and rises in a divine dance. As you wrestle with divine words, pathways and wisdom, you merge with them, so that your entire being becomes Torah. We learn Torah because it is a...
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