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Chabad of Alabama is committed to promoting Jewish pride, study and celebration. We are committed to providing for the spiritual & material needs of all Jews in the community regardless of their background or affiliation. Chabad welcomes every Jew into an inviting and non-judgmental environment. Through youth and adult education, holiday celebrations, Shabbat dinners, and more, Chabad is your home for everything Jewish.
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Learning & Inspiration
  • Why You'll Love Simchat TorahThere is something genuinely restorative about being unguardedly, uncomplicatedly happy in public. A... Read More
  • First We Light, Then We DanceBlessings and instructions for Shemini Atzeret candle lighting. Read More
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Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Birmingham, AL 35223
Light Shabbat / Holiday Candles at
Light Holiday Candles after
Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Sep. 25 - Oct. 2
Daily Thought
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads. We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads. If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not with others, some as lonesome souls. One head is higher, one is lower, one is here on earth, the other in the clouds or beyond, and some minds know only their own space that no one else can know. But we dance with our feet, and all our feet are here on the same earth—none higher and none...
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