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  • Community Shabbat DinnerExperience the warmth and beauty of a community Shabbat Dinner.
    Enjoy a 4 course dinner, complete with Lchaim, song and inspiration.

    Friday, October 30 | 6 pm Candle Lighting | 7 pm Dinner     more ino & rsvp
  • RCS: NextGenesisA new monthly course for women, where the early narratives of Genesis emerge not as distant beginnings but as a living reflection of the human soul.

    First Class: Monday, November 9 | 8 pm

    more info & RSVP
  • Bar Mitzvah ClubGive the gift of knowledge to your son who is becoming Bar Mitzvah
    He will learn: Hebrew Reading ~ How To put on Tefilin
    We will also Prepare each child to read their individual Torah Portion.
     more info & RSVP
  • Building CampaignParner with us as we embark on the next phase of building our future home. Learn more
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The JRCC West Thornhill centre is a vibrant place, where Jewish people from the Former Soviet Union and their families; beginners and advanced, thinkers and doers, young and old, come together as one to study, to pray, to rejoice, to grow and connect.

We are here for each and every single member of our community. Whether you need someone to talk to, need help, or just in general to know that you are not alone —please don’t hesitate to reach out and connect.
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  • Who Wrote Adon Olam and How Did It Become So Famous?While it is always tempting to theorize that it became popularized due to well known singers and can... Read More
  • What Is a Bris?Get the quick info you need on this super-important Jewish ritual that ties us with G-d and our nati... Read More
  • Take the Abraham's Family QuizWho was Keturah? Read More
  • Abraham: A Father to All NationsThe Torah tells us that Hashem changes Abraham’s name from Avram to Avraham, which means “a father t... Read More
  • Albany, Canaan, or Wherever You Find YourselfIn memory of my dear father & teacher, Harav Yisroel Eliezer ben R’ Moshe Rubin. Read More
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Candle Lighting Times
Thornhill, ON
Light Candles at
6:03 PM  -  Friday, October 23
Shabbat Ends
7:03 PM  -  Shabbat, October 24
Weekly Torah Portion
Lech-Lecha
Upcoming Holiday
Chanukah
Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
Daily Thought
Traveling to Yourself
G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1 If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life? You would see how each journey leads away from home. Away from your birthplace, from those who nurtured you and that which made you what you are. Outwards, away from yourself in so many directions. But you see your journey from within. From within, every journey...
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