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Chabad of Ocala and The Villages strives to reach every Jew in Ocala, The Villages and surrounding communities regardless of their affiliation, level of observance, or background.

We seek to provide the needs of the Jewish community both spiritually and physically by creating a warm Jewish environment where every Jew will feel at home.
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Learning & Inspiration
  • Why You'll Love Simchat TorahThere is something genuinely restorative about being unguardedly, uncomplicatedly happy in public. A... Read More
  • First We Light, Then We DanceBlessings and instructions for Shemini Atzeret candle lighting. Read More
  • The Boy Who Walked Out of the Gas Chamber AliveMiraculously, just as he finished the Shema, a German officer entered the gas chamber with an abrupt... Read More
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Ocala, Florida
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Weekly Torah Portion
Upcoming Holiday
Sep. 25 - Oct. 2
Daily Thought
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...