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  • Shabbat Party in the Park!The annual Shabbat Party in the Park is a fun pre-Shabbat experience for ages 0-6 Read More
  • Shabbat Dinner Join us for a delicious, four course home-cooked Shabbat Dinner with a great vibe. You're invited!
  • Tot ShabbatTot Shabbat brings the joy of Shabbat to children and their families through song, movement and creative play. Join the fun!
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Chabad UIC & West Loop is a Jewish community center dedicated to serving the Jewish and social needs of UIC & Rush students and the West Loop community. It is a place where all can feel welcome and comfortable regardless of observance and affiliation. We offer Shabbat dinners, Jewish holiday events, Torah classes, programs for kids, social events and more. Please don't hesitate to reach out. We would love to hear from you!
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Grad and West Loop Shabbat Dinner
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Connecting Jewish kids with each other

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The Scroll Placed on Jewish Doorposts

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  • Tonight Is Tisha B’AvA historical overview and a digest of the day's laws. Read More
  • How I Survived AuschwitzMindu Hornick MBE, describes her heart-wrenching experiences in Auschwitz and a slave-labor camp. Read More
  • The Saddest Day of the Jewish YearTisha b’Av, the ninth of Av, is Judaism’s national day of mourning. Learn the history and significan... Read More
  • How Hashem Is the Only RealityThe Torah instructs us to know and understand that there is nothing else but Hashem, not only in the... Read More
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Candle Lighting Times
Chicago, IL 60607
Light Candles at
7:57 PM  -  Friday, July 24
Shabbat Ends
9:04 PM  -  Shabbat, July 25
Weekly Torah Portion
Va'etchanan
Upcoming Holiday
The Three Weeks
Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Inner Exile
It is not so much that we need to be taken out of exile. It is that we must take the exile out of ourselves. What is exile? It is the belief that there is some place outside of G-d. And that in that place, there are forces stronger than G-d. And those forces will not allow you to do what your soul came here to do. Fear no thing, no force...