Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale

Jewish Community Center

Community Center and Synagogue for people of all ages. Chabad main #: 954 568 1190. Jewish Preschool. Hebrew School. Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Harber Beach, Lauderdale By The Sea.

Chabad Lubavitch of Ft. Lauderdale is a branch of worldwide Chabad Lubavitch, the world’s largest network of Jewish educational and outreach organizations, with abundant and varied programs that touch the lives of millions of people in thousands of communities throughout the world.

In 1990, Inspired and directed by the Rebbe , Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson , of righteous memory, a young shliach and his wife arrived to open a Chabad center in Fort Lauderdale, an area where Jewish life was virtually non-existent. Undetered, Moishe Meir and Penina, found a storefront, and began knocking on doors to put together a minyan. Despite resistance, the Rabbi persevered and with sheer determination was able to start the project which became the vibrant and growing community it is today, occupying nearly a block long campus on the Galt Ocean Mile.

Treasuring the infinite value of every individual, Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale is dedicated to promoting and strengthening Jewish awareness , pride and identity regardless of affiliation or background, and today has five branches throughout East Fort Lauderdale as well as, Shalom Preschool, the Grow Hebrew School, Bar/Bas Mitzvah Club, C-Teen, YJP, Women's League, Mench Club, Friendship Circle, Adult Education including certified JLI classes, Chabad on Call, Wisdom Circle, Friends for Friends, Holiday parties and Events, Daily Services, multiple programs and educational, social and religious services including hospitality rooms in local hospitals.

Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale designed a modern, state-of-the-art mikvah to provide the Jewish women in the Fort Lauderdale community with a unique and invigorating mikvah experience. Our facility offers the best in comfort, hygiene, aesthetics, and privacy. Our mikvah is fully equipped with all the supplies needed to prepare for immersion. The mikvah is under strict halachic supervision.

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Programs

High Holiday Schedule 5787
Sukkot 5787
Adult Education
Mikvah
Kiddush Sponsor
Social / Simcha Hall
Rosh Hashanah Dinner Reservation
Yom Kippur Services
Mezuzah & Teffilin
Kosher Kitchen
Counseling
Jewish Library
Judaica Store
Jewish Learning Institute
Kosher Establishment
Synagogue & Community

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People

Rabbi Moishe Meir LipszycCo-director
Rabbi Menachem Mendel FayershteynDirector YJP and CTeens
Mrs. Gitty FayershteynYJP and Women's League
Rabbi Sholom KatzRabbi
Mrs. Chaya Katz
Mrs. Penina LipszycCo-director
Rabbi Yitzchok NaparstekAdult Education Director
Mrs. Nina NaparstekPre School & Hebrew School Director

What they offer

Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale is a Jewish community centre in Fort Lauderdale, led by Rabbi Moishe Meir Lipszyc.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. A kosher store is run here. There is a Judaica shop. They kosher kitchens for the community. A mikveh is available. Dishes can be toveled here.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a preschool, after-school programmes, a children's club and a mother-and-child group.

Older children and young adults have a teen club, bar and bat mitzvah instruction, a bar mitzvah club, a bat mitzvah club and a young professionals' circle.

They officiate at weddings, circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly and works with children with special needs.

There is a women's group. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. A mitzvah tank goes out from here. The building is wheelchair accessible.