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Chabad Hackensack is a home where everyone is welcome - regardless of affiliation, level of knowledge or observance. We are part of a the global network of over 2,500 centers worldwide, providing a wide variety of educational, religious, and social services, according to the teachings of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, toward the goal of making our world better, holier place.
Chabad is under the spiritual guidance of Rabbi Mendy and Shterna Kaminker, a warm, caring and energetic couple. Their approach is that Torah must be presented and experienced in a modern, relevant context and made available to each individual on their own level.
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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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Sat, July 18, 2026 - 10:00am
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Sat, July 25, 2026 - 10:00am
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Sat, August 1, 2026 - 10:00am
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Sat, August 8, 2026 - 10:00am
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Sat, August 15, 2026 - 10:00am
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Daily Thought
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...






