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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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Programs
Visitors Info
Welcome to the Poconos! Check out our Visitor page for different eateries, kosher establishments and more
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Learning & Inspiration
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Halachic Times
Scranton, PA 18510
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3:41 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
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4:33 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir)
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5:34 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah)
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9:14 AM
Latest Shema
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10:29 AM
Latest Shacharit
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1:00 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom)
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1:38 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah)
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5:23 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”)
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6:57 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”)
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8:26 PM
Sunset (Shkiah)
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8:59 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim)
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12:59 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah)
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75:05 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour)
Shabbat & Holidays
Candle Lighting Times
Scranton, PA 18510
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Shabbat Ends
Daily Thought
Look deeply within each person you encounter, no matter how brilliant or dull, refined or crude, righteous or wicked you judge this person to be.
Beyond their clothes, beyond their skin, beyond their behavior, beyond their words.
Beyond the emotions they show, the personality in which they dress, past whatever masks they don to conceal their inner woes.
Look deeply and see the vicious war each one fights inside, the battle to remain human in a maddening world—a world you will never know, for no two of us are placed in the same world and no two of us confront the same challenges—
—the angst of facing those failures and deficiencies you...



