Chabad of Playa Mexico | A Playa To Call Home

We started with nine Jews praying in our living room. We didn't have a minion. And today, Ply Carman is no longer a Jewish destination. It's no longer a place for Jews to come. This is now a Jewish hub. We moved out here in the summer 2010. It's inspiring to see the way how our community and the Kabad House has grown exponentially over the last 16 years. >> From the very beginning when we found Pia Carman, it was like a click. We fell in love with Playa. Over the years, the Jewish community here really grew. >> What started with a small Hebrew school in our living room turned into a oneclass Hebrew school in our Kabad house turned into two classes of Hebrew school. >> Started to build the mikvah 2012. Bought a property in the middle of the town. The mikvah was completed in December of 2013. When we began construction of the mikvah and we were working with the rabbis and the contractors, I remember thinking, how many women are going to use this mikvah? Today, our mikvah is used by hundreds monthly. >> People like to be natural. That's why they come to apply it. There's no boundaries here. People were able to to fill the express the the Judaism. >> Since my father passed away, the rabbis helped me a lot to to do the art side, the kadesh. >> We have been in play for the last year and a half. We love everything about Mexico, the weather, and we especially love the people and the people that make us feel like home. And that's >> the first thing that the rabbi told me is, "Welcome home." And that's what it feels like. We're all happy to be part of Kabad. With all of our local Jewish people and the influx and the continuous growth of the Jewish tourists, Playa now plays host to 10 kosher restaurants. We have a bakery. We now have a kosher butcher. >> We almost sold out every shabas. We could reach sometimes 500, 600. >> I love how every shabas kind of like grows bigger and bigger like probably like five or 10 more people every week. And during Pesak, it's also like 300 people. And even during week, it's also really busy. >> With the amazing growth of the Jewish presence here and all the returning visitors that are coming year after year, this beautiful space that we've been using for the last 15 years. Just can't contain all the the happiness and the energy that people bring. Nice spacious big space. Here we're going to have our kittish hole. Here's going to be the kitchen. the kitchen that makes meals for thousands of Jews to make Shabbat and keep kosher. Here is going to be the big social hall where we host hundreds of people for shabas. Hundreds and hundreds. All the community here is excited for the new Kabal house. It should be a great help for all the Jews that come from all around the world to enjoy a beautiful new Kabal house. partner with us to make this project a reality so we could continue helping more Jews for many generations to come.