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Chabad by the Sea is the S. Cruz center of the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement.

Motivated by a profound love for every Jew and spurred by boundless optimism, Chabad sets into motion a dazzling array of programs and services to serve Jews from all walks of life.
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Daily Thought
If He loathes evil, then why does He allow it in His world? How can He breathe life into a world while all that is good and beautiful is ravaged by that which He hates? It must be that His hatred of evil is not like the hatred of a mortal being for those who oppose him. Nothing can oppose Him, none of His creatures can cause Him harm. To Him, darkness is light and light is darkness, the wicked and the righteous are equal in their insignificance. He rejects evil not for any reason, but only because He has chosen to reject these things, and that very rejection is what brings evil into being. So too, He has chosen that those who vanquish...
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