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NEW FEATURE! THE FACES OF CHABAD THREE DAYS OF ‘WOW’ AT C habad of N orthwest Ct CHABAD OF NORTHWEST CT CHANUKAH GETAWAY RECelebrates 19 Years BY THE NUMBERS SINCE 1996:
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18,502Total total number of Hospital Patients 21,726 Number of Hospital Patients Visited Visited & Comforted in Northwest CT
& Comforted in Northwest CT
3100Mezuzahs Mezuzahs affixed to homes 3,672 Affixed to Homes throughout neck of Woods the woods Throughout Ourour Neck of the
$786,545 Plus, in Scholarships Given given to $721,000 plus, in Scholarships to underprivileged children Underprivileged Children Over 27 Tons of Food Delivereddelivered to the 18,300 pounds ofPackages food packages to theand elderly Elderly Needyand needy CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT CELEBRATED ITS NINETEENTH CHANUKAH BY BRINGING THE LIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY AND THE SPIRIT CHABAD CELEBRATES ITS 25OFTHCHABAD YEAR TO EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE REGION
TREAT IN NORTHWEST CT
This past Chanukah, over four hundred Jews from all walks of life gathered for three days of learning and inspiration, worldclass kosher dining and entertainment at Chabad of Northwest CT’s family retreat (Cretreat.org). Guests were treated to a high caliber of
lectures featuring Rabbis Manis Friedman and Yossi Jacobson, musical performances by the 8th Day Band, Sandy Shmuely and Torah Tots. A 24 hour tea room along with private swim and fitness hours, inspirational ON PAGE 8 farbrengens to the wee hours of the morning and the spectacular Coco Keys water
park completed the entertainment at the annual retreat. The huge increase in this year’s retreat attendees (over 150% growth) is attributed to the great effort, focus on detail and personalized reception by the staff of the Chanukah Retreat. “To see almost all of our
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RABBIS: AN INSIDE LOOK
The Zoom marathon was a farbrengen, a unique experience. By DAVID ELIEZRIE Few have not seen the annual picture of thousands of rabbis posed in front of “770”, Chabad World Headquarters in
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New York, taken every year at 1 the annual Jewish KinusNews Hashluchim, the International Conference of Chabad Rabbis. And thousands have attended the annual banquet that concludes the conference, which always ends
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