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  • Evening of Inspiration 19 KislevCelebrate the Rosh Hashana for Chassidus and the day of liberation of the Alter Rebbe from czarist prison.
    Guest Speaker: Rabbi Naftali Silberberg
    Sunday, November 29 | 8:00 pm
    At JRCC West - 1136 Centre St. Unit 2
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  • Mother & Child Menora MakingSunday, November 29 | 11:00 AM
    Create a beautiful Menorah with your child. Plus grand balloon gelt drop!
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  • Chanukah 2026Bring more light, joy, and Jewish connection into your Chanukah!
    Join us for menorah lightings, family celebrations, creative children's activities, and more!

    Grand Menorah Lighting: Monday, December 7, 2026 | 6:00 pm     more info & RSVP
  • Chanukah WonderlandA festive Chanukah experience for the whole family, filled with entertainment, creative activities, and holiday excitement.

    Sunday, December 6, 2026 | 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    Schwartz/Reisman Centre - 9600 Bathurst Street


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  • 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

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  • 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.
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  • 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.

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  • She Used Tanya to Disarm a BurglarJoanne Zagnoev is a clinical psychologist whose life was transformed by Chassidic teachings. Read More
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Power Beyond Heaven
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven. Which puts all the power in your hands. Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all. That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delusion that you have any power at all, to shift from serving yourself to serving heaven. To experience awe. Surrender yourself to heaven...
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