Chabad NDG

09/15/2026

Tomorrow!

https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?id=109&reset=1

07/31/2026

Amiti Young Adult Summer BBQ. PM us to learn more about Amiti events for Young Adults 18-35.

06/23/2026

Dear friends,

It has been a very sad day in Montreal.

Today’s tragedy was an all-too-real reminder that our community is small, interconnected, and deeply human. When something happens in one part of our city, we all feel it. A family’s pain becomes our pain. A neighborhood’s fear becomes our fear. A wound in one corner of Montreal is felt in every home.

In moments like this, it is natural to feel helpless. What can I do? Where do I put this heaviness? How do we respond when our hearts are shaken?

As Jews, we do not pretend the darkness isn’t real. But we also do not give darkness the final word. The Rebbe taught us again and again: when the world feels darker, we add light. So I want to encourage each of us to take the anxious energy, the sadness, the fear, the helplessness and turn it into acts of goodness and kindness.

Here are a few simple things you can do today:

Give tzedakah. Even a few dollars. Put a coin in a pushka. Support someone in need. Tzedakah has a way of taking pain and turning it into purpose.

Tomorrow morning put on tefillin, or encourage someone else to put on tefillin. A Jew wrapping tefillin is a powerful declaration: we are connected, we are grounded, we are not afraid to be who we are.

Light Shabbat candles this week. Bring more light into your home, your family, and our city.

Put a Mezuzah on your door or check your mezuzahs. The mezuzah reminds us that our homes are places of faith, protection, and Jewish pride.

Call someone who may be scared, alone, or overwhelmed. Sometimes it’s a simple as saying, “I’m thinking of you. You’re not alone.”

May Hashem comfort the families of those who were lost, bring healing to the injured, strength to the police and first responders, and peace to our city.

And may we merit the day when tragedy is no more, when darkness gives way completely to light, with the coming of Moshiach now.

With love and blessings,
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

04/01/2026

Happy & Kosher Pesach! Chag Kasher V’Sameach!

03/15/2026

Mazel Tov Taryn & Phillipe on Oren’s Bris. May he grow to Torah, Chuppah and a life of good deeds just like his parents.

01/21/2026

Rabbi Bernath’s New Book: The Forgiveness Experiment Now #1 New Release on Amazon!

The Forgiveness Experiment: What Would Your Life Look Like If You Let It All Go?

01/15/2026

IT’S FINALLY HERE.

After 17 years of conversations, questions, stories, and real-life wrestling with what forgiveness actually means,

The Forgiveness Experiment is available now on Amazon.

This isn’t a book about being nice or letting people off the hook. It’s about what happens when forgiveness stops being something you’re supposed to do and becomes something that frees you.

Through Jewish wisdom, psychology, and lived experience, the book explores why we forgive, why it’s so hard, and what real letting go looks like when it’s honest and human.

Available now:
Kindle
Paperback
Hardcover and audiobook coming next week

If forgiveness has ever felt unfinished, confusing, or heavy, this book is for you.

Link in comments below.

12/14/2025

Dear NDG Friends,

Our hearts are heavy today.

A Chanukah celebration in Sydney was shattered by terror. Innocent lives were taken, including a beloved Chabad shliach, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, HY”D, who was bringing light into the world.

And the question lingers: How do we celebrate tonight? Chanukah answers. With one small flame. Light doesn’t argue with darkness. It doesn’t panic. It shines — and the darkness retreats. That is our response to fear. We add light.

Not because the pain isn’t real, but because it will not define us. Not because one flame feels like enough, but because we know what one flame becomes.
That’s why tonight matters.

Join Us TODAY – 5:30 PM
Grand Menorah Lighting | 6058 Sherbrooke West
Lighting of the 9-foot Grand Menorah�Music�Traditional Chanukah treats & hot cocoa�Dignitaries present

• Outdoor event�• Highly secured�• Open to the entire NDG community — all backgrounds welcome�• Allies warmly encouraged to attend�• Family-friendly

RSVP: https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=91

If you were unsure whether to light tonight — light. If someone’s home feels dark — help it shine. We don’t hide. We don’t disappear. We shine. Be the light. Now more than ever.

12/11/2025

Yes! We have Menorahs and Candles for you for Chanukah!

The first night of Chanukah is Sunday night!

We’re at 6058 Sherbrooke West (corner Hampton). You can call us at 514.507.8800 or message us or just stop by and pick it up.

Happy Chanukah to YOU!

Let’s make NDG shine a little brighter this year… one warm smile, one shared moment. Lots of love to you and your loved ones.

(Don’t forget you are invited to join us for the kindling of the Sherbooke Menorah at 6058 Sherbrooke West - This Sunday at 5:30pm - looking forward to greeting you.)

11/30/2025

It’s not because rejection feels good.. it doesn’t. It shakes you. It stings. It forces you to sit with yourself.

But a fake promise? That’s a slow leak in the soul. It keeps you waiting for someone who isn’t coming, imagining a future that was never real, rehearsing conversations that will never happen. It keeps you asleep with your eyes open.

Clear rejection… wakes you up. It places you back in your own body. It returns your energy to you… the energy you’ve been pouring into a hope that wasn’t yours to hold.

Sometimes love doesn’t show up as a yes. Sometimes love shows up as a clean, honest no. Because the universe doesn’t take from you. It reveals what was never meant to stay. It clears the space so something true, something aligned, something real can finally find you.

So don’t fear the door that closes.
Fear the one you keep knocking on long after your soul has outgrown it. Let clarity set you free. And let your next chapter be built on truth, not almosts.