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providing jewish connections around australia
"Chabad" is a Jewish outreach group with chapters all over the world, and "RARA" stands for rural and regional Australia.
Chabad of RARA is a community organization that serves Jewish people living in rural and regional areas around Australia.
Our team travels great distances to ensure that the needs of those living further away are met, by providing authentic Jewish experinces, support and connection anywhere in Australia.
We demonstrate the values of living a Jewish life, from the womb until the very last breath.
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Melbourne, VIC
Light Holiday Candles at
4:57 PM  -  Thursday, May 21
Light Shabbat / Holiday Candles at
4:56 PM  -  Friday, May 22
Shabbat / Holiday Ends
5:56 PM  -  Shabbat, May 23
Weekly Torah Portion
Naso
Upcoming Holiday
Shavuot
May 21 - May 23
Daily Thought
Truth From the Ground Up
When the Creator came to create the human being, Truth said, "Do not create him, for he is full of lies. Kindness said, "Create him, for he will do acts of kindness." What did the Creator do? He cast Truth earthward, and created the human being. That is why it says, "Truth will sprout from the earth."—Midrash Rabba Every argument in Torah can be reduced to the same crucial question: Do we follow rigid, immutable truth, regardless? Or do we take into account the particulars of this situation? Do we look only from above-down, or do we take the view from below as...