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Chabad Mercer Island is a place where you can celebrate Judaism joyfully and with meaning. A place where Judaism sheds relevant perspective to our daily lives. Filled with opportunities to expand your mind, excite your heart, and touch your soul. Our center offers you a wide range of learning, connection, and outreach opportunities for all ages. Experience is paramount, and your questions are encouraged and embraced.
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  • A Meditation on Shema YisraelThe first step of Shema is to lift yourself into a space from which you can see the view from above. Read More
  • The Origin and Meaning Behind the Ana Bekoach PrayerLearn about Ana Bekoach, a beautiful liturgical poem beseeching G-d to guard and purify those who fo... Read More
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Candle Lighting Times
Mercer Island, WA
Light Candles at
8:38 PM  -  Friday, May 29
Shabbat Ends
9:57 PM  -  Shabbat, May 30
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Naso
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The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Grab the Clothing
The words and the stories of Torah are but its clothing; the guidance within them is its body. And as with a body, within that guidance breathes a soul that gives life to whoever follows it. And within that soul breathes a deeper, transcendental soul, the soul of the soul: G‑d Himself within His Torah. Grasp the clothes alone, and you are like the student who hears the words but not the thoughts. Grasp straight for the soul—or even the body—and you will come up with nothing. They are not graspable; they are G‑dly wisdom, and you are a created being. Instead, examine those words and those stories...
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