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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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  • The Other ManWho returns when the battle ends? Read More
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Sep. 11 - Sep. 13
Daily Thought
Why must you see every downturn as a punishment? Perhaps, on the contrary, it became time for you to receive greater things from Above. Only that, like a metal spring, you must first become small before you can unleash your power. Like an olive, you must allow yourself to be crushed to discover your oil. Like a seed, you must first come down from your tree and lose yourself within the earth so you can sprout and grow into a mighty oak. Perhaps all these troubles of yours are G-d's way of helping you along that path, helping you become small. And if so, the remedy...