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Providing social, educational, religious and cultural experiences for the students at Duke University, UNC at Chapel Hill and the local Jewish community.

Students at Duke University and UNC at Chapel Hill can choose from a plethora of dynamic programming: Weekly Shabbat dinners, events for every Jewish holiday, social gatherings and more.

Chabad at Duke & UNC Chapel Hill has many exciting programs and student leadership opportunities. Students from Duke and UNC Chapel hill are invited to participate in our Sinai Scholars Society that unites Jewish students from across the country in the discovery of Judaism.

Students planning their winter, spring and summer breaks should contact Chabad at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. We are affiliated with several organizations that coordinate all inclusive trips and unique experiences around the world.

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  • Why You'll Love Simchat TorahThere is something genuinely restorative about being unguardedly, uncomplicatedly happy in public. A... Read More
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Candle Lighting Times
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Light Shabbat / Holiday Candles at
6:40 PM  -  Friday, October 2
Light Holiday Candles after
7:35 PM  -  Shabbat, October 3
Holiday Ends
7:33 PM  -  Sunday, October 4
Weekly Torah Portion
Vezot Hab'rachah
Upcoming Holiday
Sukkot
Sep. 25 - Oct. 2
Daily Thought
Dancing With Feet
On Simchat Torah we dance with our feet, not with our heads. We are celebrating the Torah, and the Torah is something we study with our heads. But we dance with our feet, not with our heads. If we would dance with our heads, each one would dance a different dance, each in a different space, some with friends but not with others, some as lonesome souls. One head is higher, one is lower, one is here on earth, the other in the clouds or beyond, and some minds know only their own space that no one else can know. But we dance with our feet, and all our feet are here on the same earth—none higher and none...