By Mel Damski
Jewish congregation starting in Skagit Valley
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September 13, 2023
Mel Damski
MEET THE NEW ARRIVALS - Rabbi Shmuli Silver and his wife, Shevy, have moved to Skagit Valley from Brooklyn. Rabbi Silver will lead a new Chabad.
Shopping at Trader Joe's in Bellingham recently, I ran into two young men who I could tell from their wardrobe were ultra-Orthodox Jews. We chatted briefly and they told me that a rabbi from Brooklyn was headed this way to start a Chabad in Skagit County.
A Chabad is a congregation organized by members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty that was founded in 1775 by Rabbi Shneur Zalman in Lithuania. Chabad is a worldwide Hasidic movement known for its outreach activities. It is a system of religious philosophy that teaches understanding and recognition of the creator through the app...
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