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About Chabad of Brooklyn Heights
Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights is a community based organization servicing the needs of the Jewish populations of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Columbia Waterfront and Downtown Brooklyn.

Chabad provides prayer services, holiday programs and events, and support and assistance to all, regardless of affiliation or background. We offer services to singles, families and seniors alike. Our aim is to encourage and enhance Jewish awareness, knowledge and observance by building a warm, welcoming community with activities appealing to both members and non-members.

Congregation B’nai Avraham, the synagogue we’re located in and partnered with, is the only synagogue in the area that provides daily Shacharit and Maariv services, as well as daily classes on every possible subject for men and women alike, from Talmud to Kabbalah, as well as a luxurious women's state-of-the-art Community Mikvah on the premises.

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About the Raskins
Rabbi Aaron and Shternie Raskin co-founded Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights and Congregation B'nai Avraham, and serve as their spiritual leaders. They're now joined by their children, Rabbis Yankel, Eliyahu, and Yehoshua.
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Learning & Inspiration
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Upcoming Events
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
Daily Thought
Of the 54 parshiot of the Five Books of Moses, only one is named after a woman. It is called “The Life of Sarah.” It opens by informing us that Sarah has died. Yes, this is the life of Sarah. Her true life. Because only in her passing was Sarah’s life fulfilled. During her lifetime, she and her husband Abraham surveyed the land promised to their children. Only once Sarah died did Abraham make his first actual purchase, publicly and with full payment. Sarah’s burial plot and its accompanying field in Hebron mark the seminal point of the Land of Israel. During her lifetime, Sarah had only one child...