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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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Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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6:21 PM  -  Friday, October 16
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7:16 PM  -  Shabbat, October 17
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Dec. 4 - Dec. 12
Daily Thought
The Spiral Staircase
The Baal Shem Tov described life as a spiral staircase, constantly deflecting away from your target in order to attain it. In Yiddish it’s called a “swindling staircase.” Some wise chassidim have pointed out a connection: Life swindles you into believing you are going in circles when really you are traveling higher each day. This is the way of every true and lasting ascent: Just as you’re making some progress upward, you see yourself falling away and stumbling in the dark. If you could see the whole picture, how all things resolve in the end, you would see how those periods of darkness and failure are truly steps higher and yet higher. They must be. Because we did not create life. G‑d did. And for Him, there are...