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Welcome to Chabad of Traverse City. Whether you live here year-round or are just visiting Northern Michigan, we would love to meet you. Join us for Shabbat services and dinners, a Torah class, a holiday celebration, or a program for the kids. You do not need to know anyone or have any particular background to feel at home here.

We are Rabbi Laibel and Chaya Shemtov. Since opening Chabad in 2023, we have loved getting to know the people who make this community special. We look forward to welcoming you, too.
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Traverse City, MI 49686
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4:58 PM  -  Friday, November 13
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6:01 PM  -  Shabbat, November 14
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Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
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Thoughts Give Life
Thoughts can give life. Thoughts can kill. For example, a soldier. The Torah commands a soldier at war, “Do not allow your heart to weaken. Do not fear. Do not panic.” Imagine this: An army is racing towards you. Your eyes have witnessed their savagery. How can you command your heart not to fear? Maimonides explains: Don't think those thoughts and you will not fear. Dodge them as you dodge a flying arrow. Because such thoughts threaten not only your life, they endanger the entire...
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