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Menorah in the Mall 2026

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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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5:06 PM  -  Friday, November 6
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6:09 PM  -  Shabbat, November 7
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Chanukah
Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
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Male and Female
There are crucial issues to which the Torah devotes only an allusion, yet the story of finding a bride for Isaac consumes an entire chapter. Because this truly is the theme of all of Torah: The union of male and female energies, so that the world can operate in harmony. The union of heaven with earth. Of soul with body. Of your spiritual life with your business life. Of light and mystery. Of Creator and...
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