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Founded in 1983, The JYL strives to enhance the quality of life amongst all segments of the community and to eliminate exclusion by promoting inclusion in our wide variety of programs and services for children, adolescents and adults.
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Learning & Inspiration
- 9 Meditations Based on the Writings of the Sixth RebbeThese meditations are culled and adapted from Hayom Yom, a collection of pithy teachings, aphorisms,... Read More
- How to Liberate Your Mind From Dark Thoughts: The Rebbe's ApproachThe Second Instalment of The Rebbe’s Private Counsel Read More
- Behind Closed DoorsThe release of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson from Soviet Russia was more than a victory for an ind... Read More
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Daily Thought
The last written work of the Rebbe before his stroke centered on the following thought. The Rebbe personally handed a copy to thousands of people. I believe it is a summary of who we are and what we must do:
Self-sacrifice in a land of freedom penetrates to the bone.
I saw men and women who sacrificed all they had to defy the religious persecution of the Bolshevik regime. They came to a land
of freedom and comfort—where is their greatness now?
Then there is the child of that land of freedom and comfort, worshipping it, chasing after it—but inside he is crushed by the spiritual void. His inner being does not let him alone, the spark...