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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
In the beginning, a world of twos was created. Heaven and Earth. Body and soul. Good and evil. Life and death. Light and darkness. Those who chose Heaven abandoned the earth. Those who chose the body abandoned the soul. Those who chose evil destroyed life. Those who chose good believed it would only come with death. Until Torah entered the world. Heaven met Earth and the two embraced. The soul found meaning within the body. Good found purpose in its journey through darkness. And those who died will return to find truth in this world. Torah is a way of peace...
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