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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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  • Today Is the Fast of the 17th of TammuzIt commemorates five tragic events that occurred on this date. Read More
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Daily Thought
Behind intolerance hides the most primal sense of ego, a clandestine belief that “I and my kind are the only thing that should be.” People may give reasons for their intolerance, but the reasons are secondary. They despise others for the space they consume. Stripped to the bone, it is senseless hatred without reason. It is the core of all evil. It is what holds the human soul in exile from the garden. And its only cure is in unbridled acts of kindness, in opening your heart to the other guy regardless of how different and...
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