Santa Fe Jewish Center - Chabad

06/02/2026

05/27/2026

Great work

05/26/2026

"Missy just turned 13 and has cancer, can we do something special for her?" Was the call. "Sure! Let's go for it" Some tzedakah, some reading, some kosher snack and even a Tefillin wrap (for her dad... ).... I think Missy was happy.. 😄

05/18/2026

05/10/2026

Mother's day lunch at the Manhattan Avenue Deli

05/08/2026

Lag Baomer 2026.

Visiting the Rebbe's resting place, the OheI on this holy and powerful day and prayed for everyone, especially those who requested. I hope your prayers will be answered fully, please keep me posted.

It's passed midnight and I'm chatting with a rabbi friend whose wife gave birth to a baby girl, he's there to share the good news with the Rebbe.

In walks a young man and woman.

Wait, that's former Hostage Omer Shemtov!

"What brings you here at this late hour?" I ask.

"I was having dinner in Manhattan with this friend and she mentioned she never visited the Ohel, so I jumped into a car and brought her over"

We chatted about the meaning of visiting the Ohel, and how this place is where one can connect with the Rebbe's soul and be uplifted.

He shared an incredible story of how in captivity, he found a Chabad weekly publication that had been left by an Israeli soldier. He opened it and it was from the week with the story of Joseph being sold into captivity by his brothers. It gave him much stregth and hope to survived. I pointed out that that's my Bar Mitzvah portion!

A chance encounter midnight at the Ohel.

The Rebbe of all Jews draws them in....

05/08/2026

What an incredible Lag Ba'Omer BBQ and Concert with Pianist Richard Atkins celebration that was!!!

Thank you Rabbi Shmuel and Esther Itkin, Aaron Moskowitz, Jacob Prishkulnik, Josh Nethaniel, Nurit Dalimore and Wendy Steinberg, John Siskin and Aida Noble for pulling it off together!

10/05/2025

*Daily Dose of Wisdom*

*Hugged by a Hut*

A sukkah is an embrace. You sit inside and G‑d is hugging you. All of you, from head to toe.

Whatever you do inside your sukkah—sip a beer, chat with a friend, answer your e‑mail, or just sleep soundly—all is transformed into a mitzvah, a secure and timeless connection with the Infinite.

And then, when you leave the sukkah to enter the world, you carry that hug with you.

All of life can become an embrace. A hug with the Infinite.

Candle Lighting for Sukkot:
Monday, October 6th: 6:21pm
Tuesday, October 7th: 7:16pm

Chag Samech!