Chabad of the Abingtons - Jewish Discovery Center

What they offer

Chabad of the Abingtons - Jewish Discovery Center is a Chabad house in Clarks Summit, led by Rabbi Benny Rapoport.

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

For children there is a preschool, after-school programmes and a mother-and-child group.

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 funerals.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly, distributes food packages and runs a club for seniors.

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