Chabad of Bethesda

What they offer

Chabad of Bethesda is a Chabad house in Bethesda, led by Rabbi Sender Geisinsky.

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, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held.

For children there is a preschool, after-school programmes 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 and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners and looks after the elderly.

Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.