Loubavitch La-Varenne-St-Hilaire

What they offer

Loubavitch La-Varenne-St-Hilaire is a Chabad house in La Varenne St-Hilaire, led by Rabbi Mendy Benelbaz.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. 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.

For children there is a preschool and a children's club.

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

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

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, serves military personnel, looks after the elderly, distributes food packages and runs a free loan fund.

There is a women's group. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.