Chabad Lubavitch of Wellington

Jewish Community Center

Serving the Western Communities with all of their Jewish needs

Chabad is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering Jewish values, identity, education, and continuity. Chabad does not label Jews. Chabad genuinely believes and teaches that every single Jew is just as important and an integral part of the Jewish nation. Therefore, at Chabad, every Jew feels at home and is always welcome - regardless of background or affiliation.

Chabad is a place where every Jew is family, where the past, present and future are intertwined, where each person in their unique way can benefit from the light of Judaism and where each person can strengthen and ignite their precious flame from within.

It's not just a Shul, it's a home away from home for all, a place to celebrate, a sanctuary for us in our busy lives. The Chabad Jewish center in Wellington is one of over two and a half thousand Chabad institutions worldwide. It strives to implement the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a true lamplighter of this generation, whose guidance and teachings are the inspiration behind all the work that we do.

Rabbi Muskal serves as executive director and Spiritual Leader at the Wellington Jewish Center. He arrived in Wellington with his wife Miriam in 1999 to establish the local independent branch of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Rabbi Muskal brings the lessons of the Torah to life in a meaningful and relevant way to all those who attend his services and classes. With his warmth and charisma, he has made Chabad of Wellington the dynamic community it is today. Email: [email protected]

From WellingtonJewishCenter.org

Programs

Minyan
High Holidays
Chanukah
Purim
Pesach
Shavuot
High Holiday Reservations
Partner with Chabad for the high Holidays
Kids pre Rosh Hashanah event
Chanukah Shabbat Dinner
Teen Chanukah Party
Purim at Chabad
Purim Party RSVP
Purim Basket Gift Project
Pesach at Chabad
Shavuot at Chabad

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People

Rabbi Mendy MuskalCo-director
Mrs. Miriam MuskalCo-director
Rabbi Eli Muskal
Mrs. Tzipy Muskal

What they offer

Chabad Lubavitch of Wellington is a Jewish community centre in Wellington, led by Rabbi Mendy Muskal.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. 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 Hebrew school, after-school programmes, a children's club and a mother-and-child group.

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

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, looks after the elderly, distributes food packages and provides humanitarian aid.

There is a women's group. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. The building is wheelchair accessible.