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About Chabad
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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Youth Programs
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Learning & Inspiration
  • Why We Say SelichotThe Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and
    Jews would...     Read More
  • Selichot Begin Early Sunday MorningSeveral days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers a... Read More
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Oak Park, IL 60302
Light Candles at
6:59 PM  -  Friday, September 4
Shabbat Ends
8:00 PM  -  Shabbat, September 5
Weekly Torah Portion
Nitzavim-Vayelech
Upcoming Holiday
Rosh Hashanah
Sep. 11 - Sep. 13
Daily Thought
Impossible Bridge
What is a mitzvah? An act of uniting heaven and earth. But heaven is spiritual and earth is material. To make...