Beit Chabad Itaim

What they offer

Beit Chabad Itaim is a Chabad house in S. Paulo, led by Rabbi Yosef Schildkraut.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Kosher meals are available on a meal plan. There is a Judaica shop. They kosher kitchens for the community.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a preschool, a Hebrew school, after-school programmes and a day camp.

Older children and young adults have a teen club, bar and bat mitzvah instruction and a bat mitzvah club.

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

The center visits patients in hospital, looks after the elderly, works with children with special needs, runs a free loan fund, helps people who are homeless, runs medical services, helps people find work, runs a club for seniors and runs social services.

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