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  • Sukkot & Simchat TorahSept 25-Oct 4
    Enjoy the warm embrace of the Sukkah with the community.
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Looking for a place where Judaism thrives, spirituality is heartfelt, and creativity is part of the furniture? A place where an unlettered Jew, a Chassidic Jew and a hippie all share a passion for their people? A place where the tradition, modernity and culture merge? A place where your questions are valid and you can make a difference? A place where you are not judged, but are welcomed exactly as you are? A place where Judaism is celebrated with joy and meaning? Welcome to the Chabad Jewish Center of Thornhill Woods!
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Learning & Inspiration
  • Why You'll Love Simchat TorahThere is something genuinely restorative about being unguardedly, uncomplicatedly happy in public. A... Read More
  • First We Light, Then We DanceBlessings and instructions for Shemini Atzeret candle lighting. Read More
  • The Boy Who Walked Out of the Gas Chamber AliveMiraculously, just as he finished the Shema, a German officer entered the gas chamber with an abrupt... Read More
Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Thornhill, ON
Light Shabbat / Holiday Candles at
Light Holiday Candles after
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Sep. 25 - Oct. 2
Daily Thought
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads. We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads. If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not with others, some as lonesome souls. One head is higher, one is lower, one is here on earth, the other in the clouds or beyond, and some minds know only their own space that no one else can know. But we dance with our feet, and all our feet are here on the same earth—none higher and none...
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