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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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  • Are Dangerous Sports Like Football and Wrestling Kosher?Does the possibility of serious brain injury (CTE) mean that playing in the NFL isn’t kosher? Read More
  • Take the Deborah QuizTest your knowledge of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. Read More
  • The Parable of the Precious GarmentOn the Shabbat prior to Tisha B’Av, known as Shabbos Chazon, everyone is shown a vision of the futur... Read More
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Mercer Island, WA
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8:42 PM  -  Friday, July 17
Shabbat Ends
9:58 PM  -  Shabbat, July 18
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Devarim
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The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Constructive Demolition
In Torah, we mirror on earth that which G‑d performs on every plane of reality. If so, since the Torah prohibits dislocating even a single stone of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, how could it be that G‑d brought the entire structure to ruins? For it would certainly be absurd to imagine that the Assyrians or the Romans had the power to set fire to G-d’s house. It must be that this was not an act of destruction. Rather, it was the initial phase of a much greater construction, one that would be eternally indestructible. And for that to occur, the Temple had to be temporarily leveled to its foundations...
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