Beit Chabad Heichal Menachem Santana

What they offer

Beit Chabad Heichal Menachem Santana is a Chabad house in S. Paulo, led by Rabbi Ariel Aharon Antebi.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. Kosher meals are available on a meal plan. Accommodation for guests can be arranged. They kosher kitchens for the community. There is a mikveh for men.

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

For children there is a Hebrew school and after-school programmes.

Older children and young adults have bar and bat mitzvah instruction.

They officiate at circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage. A chevra kadisha serves the community.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly, distributes food packages and counsels families facing cults and missionaries.

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