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Maayan Chai is a Chabad nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide the ideal environment for engaging and meaningful Jewish learning and counseling services. Group study, private classes, and programs for men and women of all backgrounds take place in the Dallas community, as well as online. Our Hebrew School meets once a week and is open to children K-8. Teen classes for students attending non-Jewish schools are also available.
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Everything a human being is given comes in a finite package. Even the tablets Moses carried down from Mount Sinai were defined and bounded.
And so, when G‑d saw Moses mourning over the broken tablets, He said, “Your powers were focused when you smashed the tablets. For now you will receive a Torah you may extend wider than the sea.”
When a human being fails, he shatters the treasures G‑d has put in his trust. But then he cries and picks up the shards to restore what he has ruined.
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