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About
Since its establishment in 2006, Uptown Chabad has touched the lives of hundreds of families in central North York with programs that engage, educate and inspire Jewish people of every background.
Families benefit from dozens of Uptown Chabad programs and services that include Jewish learning opportunities for adults, teens and children. Inclusive holiday programs, inspiring women’s events, Shabbat Youth Zone and Gan Chabad Preschool are all features of our quality programming.
Scores of families are now regulars at Uptown Chabad’s Family Shul which continues to gain momentum and popularity as a house of prayer that transcends every stereotype.
Mission Statement
At the Family Shul, each person, regardless of background or affiliation is made to feel truly welcome and valued and is given the opportunity to explore and grow in an environment that is warm and non-judgemental.
All Uptown Chabad programs are open to everyone. We rely on you, our friends, supporters and patrons to ensure that our programs and services continue to reach every Jew.
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Families benefit from dozens of Uptown Chabad programs and services that include Jewish learning opportunities for adults, teens and children. Inclusive holiday programs, inspiring women’s events, Shabbat Youth Zone and Gan Chabad Preschool are all features of our quality programming.
Scores of families are now regulars at Uptown Chabad’s Family Shul which continues to gain momentum and popularity as a house of prayer that transcends every stereotype.
Mission Statement
At the Family Shul, each person, regardless of background or affiliation is made to feel truly welcome and valued and is given the opportunity to explore and grow in an environment that is warm and non-judgemental.
All Uptown Chabad programs are open to everyone. We rely on you, our friends, supporters and patrons to ensure that our programs and services continue to reach every Jew.
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Upcoming Events
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Sat, November 7, 2026 - 9:15am
Shabbat Morning Services
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Sat, November 7, 2026 - 10:30am
Shabbat Youth Programs
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Sun, November 8, 2026 - 8:30am
Sunday Morning Service
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Mon, November 9, 2026 - 7:00am
Weekday Morning Service
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Tue, November 10, 2026 - 7:00am
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Daily Thought
Look deeply and you will see that the Torah does not know of man and woman as separate beings.
Each act is performed once through a single body—a body that in our world may appear as two, but which the Torah sees as one.
On the contrary, for both to be assigned the same mitzvah would be redundant, for why should one half of the body do that which the other has already accomplished?
Just as a man fulfills the mitzvah to be fruitful and multiply through the agency of his female counterpart, so does a woman wrap tefillin or wear tzitzit on the body of her male counterpart.
For just as man and woman were first created as a single form, so...










