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About
Chabad of Traverse City is directed by Rabbi Laibel and Chaya Shemtov and was established in 2023.

We aim to provide an authentic Jewish experience to the hundreds of Jews who live in Traverse City throughout the year and to the many who visit during the summer months. Whether at a Shabbat dinner in our home, a synagogue service, Torah class or children’s program, you will find a vibrant community with whom to celebrate your heritage.
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Learning & Inspiration
  • The Untold Story of Lot and His DaughtersThe bulk of rabbinic commentators, view Lot’s daughters as women of fine and even noble intentions. Read More
  • The Tribe and the OtherWhat makes righteousness Jewish? Can a person truly love all of humanity? Or does that love, spread... Read More
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Traverse City, MI 49686
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Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
Daily Thought
A Torah scroll is a high-precision document. Journey deep inside the mysteries of this scroll and you will discover an amazing network of words and letters similar to the neuro-network of a human being. Each letter of the scroll is a world of its own, surrounded by its own white space, without any other letter touching it. Each letter is of equal value. Even if one of them is missing, flawed, or incomplete, the scroll is not a Torah scroll. Alter a single letter and the meaning of a word is changed, whereby a sentence is inverted, whereby a story is distorted—indeed, every other letter of the Torah...
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