Our Story
Chabad of Steamboat Springs was established in 2024, to serve the Jewish community of Steamboat Springs. Chabad of Steamboat Springs is a place where everyone is welcome, regardless of affiliation or prior level of knowledge. Its sole purpose is to create a warm, welcoming environment to explore and experience Judaism's warm and relevant spiritual inspirations in a non-judgmental and inviting atmosphere.
Since its inception, Chabad of Steamboat Springs strives to meet the needs of the community with religious services, and social events, as well as an array of programming including: Weekly Shabbat dinners, Shabbat services and lunch, Women's circles, Torah classes and more!
Chabad offers "Judaism with a Smile," and a home away from home for everyone who walks through its doors.
Chabad of Steamboat Springs is a local, independent and financially self-supporting entity. Every dollar that we receive comes from the generosity of people like you. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and your donations are fully tax deductible.
Meet the Abelsky's
Rabbi Isaac Abelsky
Co-director
Rabbi Isaac Abelsky is a Brooklyn native who is always on the lookout for a fix of New York kosher burger. After studying Rabbinics and Jewish philosophy in France, Isaac earned his rabbinical ordination from the Central Chabad Yeshiva in Brooklyn. Isaac developed a passion for building strong, beautiful Jewish communities through his extensive outreach assignments to Japan, Brazil, and throughout Europe.
With his boundless optimism, and an innate curiosity about his fellow human passengers, Isaac firmly believes in the power of warm, personal relationships to spark joy and contagious goodness in communities.
Isaac has deep roots in the centennial state, and had the privilege of watching his extended family from up close as they grew the Jewish communities in Aspen, Vail, and Lonetree respectively. This familiarity attracted him to the upbeat and welcoming personalities of Coloradans, and was an important factor in his family’s choosing Steamboat Springs as their new home to build Jewish life and learning.
You can find Isaac with a near permanent smile across his face, eager for conversation, and slightly apprehensive about learning to ski.
Mrs. Chaya (CD) Abelsky
Co-director
Growing up in a close-knit family that built an intimate, thriving manufacturing company, Chaya learnt from a young age how the individual contributions of talent and hard work to a larger project are essential to success. Blessed with an eye for art and design, she diligently worked to become an accomplished painter, and later discovered a passion for fine art cooking.
After spending three summers in Jewish day camps in Georgia, Chaya was hooked on Jewish education. Chaya is looking forward to dedicating her impeccable instincts for event planning and design, and her love of learning and teaching, to the Jewish community of Steamboat Springs.
With her wry sense of humor and attentive ear, she is Chabad of Steamboat’s voice of reason and gourmet chef, all wrapped into one.
Moshe Abelsky
With an insatiable appetite for his grandmother’s “healthy cookies,” Moshe Abelsky takes after his father’s discerning sweet tooth. His blue eyes and endearing negotiating habits, however, are his mother’s gifts. While he might experience some hardship in leaving behind two doting grandmothers, he is undoubtedly thrilled to be leaving his Brooklyn apartment behind for the breathtaking beauty of Steamboat Springs.
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We invite you to join us for our Shabbat and Holiday services, meals, classes, and community social events. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our programs, don’t hesitate to reach out or follow us on our website and social media for updates, event information, and daily inspiration.
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About Chabad Lubavitch
Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. Guided by the teachings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, the most influential rabbi in modern history, Chabad is now the name behind a global organization spanning all 50 states and over 100 countries with over 5,000 Chabad emissaries serving at the helm. Click here to learn more.