Sanctuary Spaces

Make for Me a sanctuary . . . First spoken to the itinerant Israelites, the imperative to build has echoed across Jewish history. The tabernacle in the wilderness became the Temple in Jerusalem, as, with intense physical labor, Jews created spaces to encounter the Divine. Today, even as forces of hatred and destruction monopolize our attention, Chabad Houses are rising around the world. Sanctuaries in the truest sense, these buildings offer comfort, community, and spiritual connection. The newly opened Chabad centers presented here are designed to nurture Jewish life across continents for decades to come.       

This article appears in the Autumn-Winter 2025 issue of Lubavitch International, to subscribe to the magazine, click here.