Chabad University Student Center - El Lazo

What they offer

Chabad University Student Center - El Lazo is a Chabad house on campus in Capital Federal, led by Rabbi Shlomo Levy.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. Accommodation for guests can be arranged. They kosher kitchens for the community. A mikveh is available. Dishes can be toveled here.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a children's club.

Older children and young adults have a teen club, bar and bat mitzvah instruction, a young professionals' circle and a circle for international students.

They officiate at weddings and circumcisions. Couples are prepared for marriage.

The center distributes food packages, provides humanitarian aid, runs a soup kitchen, runs a free loan fund and helps people through addiction and recovery.

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.