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Chabad Jewish Center of Oak Park-River Forest offers a wide range of Jewish classes, programs and services. Creating a home for Jewish Life in the Oak Park River Forest area
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  • Can I Use (or Reuse) a Yahrzeit Candle for Something Else?Is it considered a candle made specifically for the departed? Read More
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Oak Park, IL 60302
Light Candles at
6:35 PM  -  Friday, September 18
Shabbat Ends
7:35 PM  -  Shabbat, September 19
Light Holiday Candles at
6:32 PM  -  Sunday, September 20
Holiday Ends
7:31 PM  -  Monday, September 21
Weekly Torah Portion
Ha'azinu
Upcoming Holiday
Yom Kippur
Sep. 20 - Sep. 21
Daily Thought
Recovery
On Yom Kippur, we are all in recovery. Recovery of our true selves. Look beneath the stormy waves of life, beyond the failures, the guilt, and the pride. Beneath the surface dwells a calm, pure soul that only desires to fulfill the divine purpose for which it came to this place. To run to do a mitzvah. To absorb the wisdom of Torah. To find an infinite G‑d in all you do upon this earth. Embrace that essence. Return to it. Recover that which is truly...