Our Mission

Chabad Israeli Center is headed by Rabbi Naftali and Henya Hertzel. Rabbi Hertzel was born and raised in Israel and received rabbinical ordination at Beit Midrash L’Rabanut in Greater  Fort Lauderdale, where he also subsequently taught before moving to Boca Raton and founding MADA. Rebbetzin Hertzel was born and raised in New York, attended Bais Chana Seminary in Tzvat, Israel where she became a certified Judaics teacher and has taught Judaics and Hebrew in Jewish day schools. MADA is a part of the West Boca Raton Chabad, which was founded in 1989. this center is part of an extensive network of glorious institutions and Chabad houses founded by the Lubavitcher Rebbe around the world, whose goal is to bring the wonderful light of Judaism and Hasidism to all masses in Israel out of kindness, respect, and appreciation for others.