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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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Daily Thought
G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1
If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life?
You would see how each journey leads away from home. Away from your birthplace, from those who nurtured you and that which made you what you are. Outwards, away from yourself in so many directions.
But you see your journey from within. From within, every journey...

