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Chabad of Downtown Phoenix is committed to the themes on which the Chabad movement is based:
a love for G-d,
a love for Torah,
and a love for the Jewish people.

Chabad welcomes and accepts every Jew into an inviting and non-judgmental environment in
which to explore and experience our heritage.
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Learning & Inspiration
  • The Forgotten Pioneer of Chabad Women’s ActivismEidel Pappenheim-Dubin's tragically cut-short life of learning and leadership in Vienna, Krakow, and... Read More
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7:24 PM  -  Friday, June 26
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8:26 PM  -  Shabbat, June 27
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Jul. 2 - Jul. 23
Daily Thought
Learning Torah
We don’t learn Torah to gain knowledge—not even divine knowledge. At the time you are learning Torah, your mind itself is divine. Your mind wraps itself in divine modalities. Your soul twirls and rises in a divine dance. As you wrestle with divine words, pathways and wisdom, you merge with them, so that your entire being becomes Torah. We learn Torah because it is a...