Bais Chabad's members come from
Shabbat afternoon minyan, held at a
all over the religious spectrum —
private home; Shabbat morning ser-
religious from birth to secular and
vices were held at Ealy Elementary
everywhere
in-between.
School for six years.
Mindy
Soble
still dabbles — join-
Three years ago, Silberberg super-
ing family at Temple Israel, davening
vised the creation of an eruv, enclos-
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek and
ing the neighborhood as private
learning at the Bais Chabad.
property so that wheelchairs and
"What strikes me about Chabad
strollers may be pushed to syna-
most is the tradition — and Rabbi
gogue.
Silberberg," she said. "He's a won-
In the last three years Bais Chabad
derful teacher. The learning there is
has doubled in size, spending
excellent. He's able to integrate a
$450,000 to add the new library, a
variety of levels of Torah into one
renovated mikvah, kitchen and
lesson.
downstairs social hall and an expand-
"His clarity is helpful for a lot of
ed parking lot.
people," she continued. "He has a
The open acceptance of Jews from
special talent, a special gift. That's
all streams is part of the appeal of
been a source of light."
Silberberg's shul, noted Cindy Wolf,
who grew up a Conservative Jew
attending Congregation B'nai Moshe
in Oak Park but who now calls the
Bais Chabad home.
"When a stranger comes in, every-
body says 'Good Shabbos,' intro-
duces themselves, makes you feel at
home," she said.
She recalled that when B'nai
Moshe left Oak Park seven years ago,
she tried the Bais Chabad and found
it "very comfortable, warm, friendly,"
Wolf said. "As I began becoming
more observant, the rabbi and his
wife always noticed the positive
things.
"That's part of the Chabad philos-
ophy — if somebody's not shomer
Shabbos (Shabbat-observant) but
doing one little thing, they focus on
the one little thing. It's never like,
`That doesn't matter because you're
still doing these things wrong.' It's
always, 'Gee, what you're doing is
great.'"
Shortly after joining Chabad,
Wolf met
her husband,
Phillip.
Invited to
the same
house for
Shabbat
lunch, they
chatted on
the walk
over, went
out a few
days later,
and became
engaged two
weeks after
that.
Like the
Shankers
Top: Engler says education is prized. Above: Congregants filled the
and the
renovated women's seating area Sunday.
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