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Welcome to the Chabad at the University of Maryland.
Our aim is to give meaning, share joy and add spirituality to the every day. Our dream is to teach these values in a warm and nurturing environment where people can grow together, enjoying life and Judaism simultaneously.
Chabad recognizes all, regardless of affiliation, background or levels of observances.
We invite you to explore our site and join in our many programs, celebrations, and events. You will find something for everyone including students, parents, faculty, and local community members.
We look forward to personally welcoming you at Chabad where you will find warmth, wisdom and an all-around great time!
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Our aim is to give meaning, share joy and add spirituality to the every day. Our dream is to teach these values in a warm and nurturing environment where people can grow together, enjoying life and Judaism simultaneously.
Chabad recognizes all, regardless of affiliation, background or levels of observances.
We invite you to explore our site and join in our many programs, celebrations, and events. You will find something for everyone including students, parents, faculty, and local community members.
We look forward to personally welcoming you at Chabad where you will find warmth, wisdom and an all-around great time!
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No national funding. No central office. We are 100% funded by you, raised locally, and dedicated entirely to sustaining Jewish life at UMD.
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College Park, MD 20740
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Daily Thought
More than Rosh Hashanah is about the One Above, it is about us below. He created the world. But we drive it to its destiny.
That is why it is called “the beginning of Your works”—even though it is not the anniversary of the creation of the universe, but of the human being. It is the true beginning, as all of time begins on this day.
Because on this day, more than any other, we are empowered to switch tracks, to transform our destiny and thereby the destiny of all of creation. Through us, the bitter darkness that shrouded truth and goodness can become a flaming torch of light.
All is defined by the destiny to which it leads. Even the past...

