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Welcome to Clifton Park Chabad Jewish Center! Here at Chabad, you will find a wide array of programming designed to enhance Jewish life in southern Saratoga County. We strive to create an environment where every person is welcome, every individual Mitzvah is cherished, and where Judaism is an accessible reality to all Jews regardless of background, affiliation or age!
Through Shabbat Dinners, Holiday events, Jewish Womens circle, Chabad Hebrew school and everything in between, we are cultivating a community together. We look forward to meeting you in person at a Shabbat dinner, Torah class or a casual coffee date.
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Stop applying for jobs that are already taken!
Why do people throw away everything they have just to chase someone else’s life?
Take Korach. He was a brilliant, high-ranking Levite blessed with wealth and prestige. He was part of the royal family - Moses’ own cousin. By every measure, he was a man handpicked by Heaven for a specific and honored role in the Divine plan. And yet, somewhere deep inside, a poison began to ferment.
He looked across the camp at Aaron and envied his position as Kohen Gadol. He obsessed over what he didn't have and ignored the gifts he did have. Those calculations hardened into a rebellion that ultimately swallowed him whole.
The Torah is teaching us something profound. Every person has been sent into this world with a mission that no one else in history can fulfill.
Can we say that again?
Every person has been sent into this world with a mission that no one else in history can fulfill!
Your life was given to you on purpose. Your family was assigned to you for a reason. The talents you possess are tailor-made for your unique calling. Even the circumstances you wake up to each day, with all their beauty and all their mess, are the corner of the world G-d entrusted to your care.
Korach forgot this. He spent his days mentally living inside somebody else's reality. "If only I were Aaron." "If only I had Moses' authority." And while he was busy auditioning for a role Heaven never offered him, his own mission, the one custom-built for his soul, sat untouched.
The earth swallowing him was almost a physical metaphor for what had already happened within. He had buried his own purpose long before the ground ever opened.
So here is the question that should keep us awake at night:
Are we willing to step into the role Heaven actually gave us, or are we still applying for jobs that are already filled?
The Rebbe taught our generation exactly what our assignment is. We do not have to wonder what Heaven expects of us. Our mission is to add in goodness and kindness, to illuminate the world with Torah and mitzvot, and to prepare ourselves and the world for the coming of Moshiach.
No one else can do your part. No one can replace your mitzvah, your smile, your act of charity, your words of encouragement, or your influence on another person. Every deed tips the scales and brings the world one step closer to its destiny. So stop applying for jobs that are already taken.
Embrace the mission that is yours.
Add another act of goodness. Do another mitzvah. Bring more light into the world.
Let's get it done and bring Moshiach now.
Shabbat Shalom!
Light candles at 8:19 pm
Shabbat ends at 9:31 pm
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Ever wondered how Jewish values shaped the foundation of America—or how the American experience transformed Jewish history?
Join us starting this Monday for a brand-new, fascinating course, Sinai and Civics, that explores the deep, complex, and inspiring relationship between the Jewish people and the United States.
There's still time to register: jewishcliftonpark.org/events/usa/
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