- The Living RoomWelcome to The Living Room - a warm, homey space designed for people to slow down, connect, and simply be. Through curated gatherings, shared meals, movies, conversations, and creative moments, we’re building an easygoing community rooted in comfort, presence, and genuine connection. Learn More
- Passover (Pesach) 2026Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Our Passover megasite has tools, guides, insights, stories, inspiration—and just about everything you need to celebrate Passover. (But bring your own wine.) Read More
About Us
“Love everyone, help everyone,
bring every Jew closer to their Jewishness”
At Chabad Double Bay we promote Jewish awareness and pride with over 40 events each year that are attended by thousands from around the wider community. These include Chanukah at the Bay, Jewish Street Festivals and monthly Saturday night Havdala services.
We offer adult programs ranging from a basic guide to Judaism and reading Hebrew to Jewish philosophy and includes visits by renowned overseas lecturers. Our Synagogue is welcoming warm and personal, striving to make Shabbat, festivals and Simchot accessible and meaningful.
Our ability to continue to offer these services, essential to the community, is thanks to your continuing generosity and support.
Learn More
bring every Jew closer to their Jewishness”
At Chabad Double Bay we promote Jewish awareness and pride with over 40 events each year that are attended by thousands from around the wider community. These include Chanukah at the Bay, Jewish Street Festivals and monthly Saturday night Havdala services.
We offer adult programs ranging from a basic guide to Judaism and reading Hebrew to Jewish philosophy and includes visits by renowned overseas lecturers. Our Synagogue is welcoming warm and personal, striving to make Shabbat, festivals and Simchot accessible and meaningful.
Our ability to continue to offer these services, essential to the community, is thanks to your continuing generosity and support.
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Learning & Inspiration
- A Meditation on Shema YisraelThe first step of Shema is to lift yourself into a space from which you can see the view from above. Read More
- The Origin and Meaning Behind the Ana Bekoach PrayerLearn about Ana Bekoach, a beautiful liturgical poem beseeching G-d to guard and purify those who fo... Read More
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Daily Thought
The words and the stories of Torah are but its clothing; the guidance within them is its body.
And as with a body, within that guidance breathes a soul that gives life to whoever follows it.
And within that soul breathes a deeper, transcendental soul, the soul of the soul: G‑d Himself within His Torah.
Grasp the clothes alone, and you are like the student who hears the words but not the thoughts. Grasp straight for the soul—or even the body—and you will come up with nothing. They are not graspable; they are G‑dly wisdom, and you are a created being.
Instead, examine those words and those stories...


