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About
Chabad of the Mountains is a vibrant and inclusive community in the heart of the Poconos. Motivated by a profound love for every Jew and spurred by a boundless optimism, Chabad of the Mountains offers an impressive array of programs, classes and services to educate, inspire, and uplift Jews from all walks of life with unconditional love and acceptance.
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Visitors Info
Welcome to the Poconos! Check out our Visitor page for different eateries, kosher establishments and more
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Learning & Inspiration
- Are Dangerous Sports Like Football and Wrestling Kosher?Does the possibility of serious brain injury (CTE) mean that playing in the NFL isn’t kosher? Read More
- Take the Deborah QuizTest your knowledge of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. Read More
- The Parable of the Precious GarmentOn the Shabbat prior to Tisha B’Av, known as Shabbos Chazon, everyone is shown a vision of the futur... Read More
Halachic Times
Scranton, PA 18510
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3:50 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
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4:42 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir)
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5:43 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah)
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9:23 AM
Latest Shema
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10:38 AM
Latest Shacharit
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1:08 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom)
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1:46 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah)
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5:32 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”)
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7:05 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”)
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8:34 PM
Sunset (Shkiah)
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9:07 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim)
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1:08 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah)
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75:00 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour)
Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Scranton, PA 18510
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Shabbat Ends
Daily Thought
In Torah, we mirror on earth that which G‑d performs on every plane of reality.
If so, since the Torah prohibits dislocating even a single stone of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, how could it be that G‑d brought the entire structure to ruins?
For it would certainly be absurd to imagine that the Assyrians or the Romans had the power to set fire to G-d’s house.
It must be that this was not an act of destruction. Rather, it was the initial phase of a much greater construction, one that would be eternally indestructible.
And for that to occur, the Temple had to be temporarily leveled to its foundations...



