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Heichal Menachem works with children, teens, adults, IDF soldiers, and hospital patients in Rishon L’Zion to increase connection to Jewish heritage and strengthen belonging to the Jewish people.

We work “on the ground” in elementary schools, high schools, and preschools to inspire Jewish identity and understanding in as many youngsters as possible.

We also run a weekly after-school program with programming on Jewish values and culture: respect and love for your fellow, reaching out to those in need, Jewish holidays, etc.

Finally, we have a targeted, inspirationalprogram for pre-teens as they approach the Bar-Mitzvah/coming of age period in their lives.

We bring Jewish culture to hundreds of adults and teens throughout the year.

That includes lectures and courses throughout the year, and guidance for individuals and families during life cycle events.

We cultivate healthy marriages through pre-marital counseling and advice.

We are also there for families during times of mourning, offering comfort and emotional support.

We bring Jewish heritage and celebration year-round to soldiers on IDF bases.

Many of the soldiers have had little previous contact with Jewish heritage.

We introduce connection to Jewish heritage holiday programs that celebrate Jewish identity, nationhood, and joy.

We bring Jewish holiday celebrations to our local hospital.

Our celebrations bring the joy of the “outside world” to individuals who are ill and hospitalized.

They bring feelings of belonging and community, of meaning and hope.

We reach out to families facing financial crisis with weekly food staples (more than 100 families a month), guidance and advice.

Our support helps families to recover from crisis and reclaim their independence.

Heichal Menachem is the primary organization that works on a large scale to strengthen Jewish identity in Rishon L’Zion.

Our activities are comparable to Jewish heritage programs that run nationwide.

We are also the only organization to offer regular Jewish programming in the city at no charge.

Though we work with thousands, we can still reach more.

In particular, we seek to increase adult participation in our programs.

However, in order to increase programming, we must have a larger space to offer lectures and workshops.

A new building will also help us meet our goal of working with more children on a regular basis and of creating new, more

diverse community programs.

Community Programs: Adults, Teens, and Families

Informal Education Children and Teens

IDF Soldiers

Inspiring Joy and Hope in Hospitals

Basic Needs and Support for Those in Need

The Heichal Menachem Chabad Comunity

& Jewish Culture Center

The Chabad Comunity & Jewish Culture Center is a non-profit Jewish cultural organization in Rishon L’Zion.

We are passionate about Jewish identity and our work as a thriving Jewish center in central Israel.

Our objective for 2015 is to build a permanent Jewish community center so that we can better serve constituents, develop new and creative programming, and increase the number of participants.

The Need for Increased Jewish Culture in Rishon L’Zion.

Much of Rishon L’Zion’s population is disconnected with Jewish heritage.

Jewish identity is at a low and children are raised with little knowledge of Jewish culture.

We chose Rishon L’Zion, not only because of its need for Jewish education, but also because there are no other programs like ours in the area.

The new Chabad Comunity & Jewish Culture Center which it's external structure is already built, is 5 stories tall and around 2500 square meters, and will include a Sephardi and Ashkenazi synagogues; a Mikveh (Ritual Bath); and rooms for kindness and charity activities in the community.

Now, as we approach intensive progress towards the next level of the Chabad house construction, we are calling upon all our dear friends around the world to come to our aid, and we ask for your generosity to become partners in this special and important project.

It is with no doubt to us that your generous contribution to this project will be for your merit and privilege as you become an associate and partner to the great deeds of the Lubavitcher Rebbe -the leader of Chabad movment. which this project is been build upon his legacy and inspiration to help the Jewish people; materially and spiritually around the globe.

The cost of the new Chabad house project is approximately 13 1\2 Million Shekels.

Ashkenazi Prayer Hall 168 sqm

Ashkenazi Ladies Section 36 sqm

The Rebbes Room 23 sqm

The Synagogue Office 10 sqm

Exhibition Hall 11 sqm

Lobby 31 sqm

Kitchenette 5 sqm

General Room – Security 10 sqm

Sephardi Prayer Hall 283 sqm

General Room – Security 10.5 sqm

Kitchenette 18.5sqm

Sephardi Ladies Section 109.5 sqm

General Room – Security 10.5 sqm

Kitchenette 18.5 sqm

Lecture Room A 130.5 sqm

Lecture Room B 130.5 sqm

General Room – Security 10.5 sqm

Kitchenette 5.5 sqm

Men's Mikveh 54 sqm

Ladies Mikveh Entrance Hall 39 sqm

Preparation Room 1 9 sqm

Preparation Room 2 9 sqm

Preparation Room 3 9 sqm

Preparation Room 4 9 sqm

Preparation Room 5 9 sqm

Preparation Room 6 9 sqm

Bridal Preparation Room 1 12.5 sqm

Bridal Preparation Room 2 12.5 sqm

Mikveh's Room 1 20.5 sqm

Mikveh's Room 2 20.5 sqm

Family Room 42.5 sqm

The Main Corridor 30.5 sqm

General Room – Security 10.5 sqm

Food Distribution Center 36.5 sqm

Clothing Distribution Center 36.5 sqm

The Golden Age Room 36.5 sqm

Ground Floor:

Here are different commemoration possibilities:

Dedication of the entire project

Dedication of the Ashkenazi Synagogue

Dedication of the Sephardi Synagogue

Dedication of the Mikveh

Dedication of the different rooms in the building

You can also choose to contribute to commemorate a family relative.

Floor 3:

Basement:

The following are the project specifications:

We are Unique

Organizational Needs

Our major goal is to build a Chabad Comunity & Jewish Culture Center that will serve all of Rishon L’Zion’s residents with cultural programs that introduce and reinforce Jewish heritage.

The center will allow us strengthen Jewish identity on an even large scale.

The project’s objective is to build a 1,800 square-meter, five-story building that will include both Sephardic and Ashkenazi synagogues (to unite Jewish groups in the city), lecture halls, an invested mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) for both men and women, and a social outreach center that will distribute food and clothing.

Finally, the building will house alternating, interactive and hands-on exhibits on Jewish themes and culture.

Construction is advancing in full force.

We began construction in 2013 and expect to inaugurate the building by the end of 2018. At present, we are working on construction of the basement.

We already have 55% of funding in hand through private donations and support from the Rishon L’Zion municipality. The construction budget is as follows:

A tax-deductible grant of 4,000,000 NIS will allow us to complete the building and to commemorate the building in someone's name.

Building Project: Goals and Objectives

Jewish Identity

Building Timeline

Construction Budget

Project

Amount

Stage One

Stage Two

6,400,000 NIS

Total cost of building

Floor 1:

Floor 2:

What We Do:

11,200,000 NIS

17,600,000 NIS

The Biggest Jewsh Project in the Holy Land

היכל מנחם