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<span style="color:#000000;">Your generous giving to the Chabad Jewish Center of Novato allows us to continue making a difference in people’s lives.</span></span></p>

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<span style="color:#000000;">With your contributions and donations, we are able to provide:</span></span></p>

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<span style="color:#000000;">We need your continued support, so that together we can make a difference for:</span></span></p>

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<span style="color:#000000;">YOU make all this and more possible! Thank you for your continued support. </span></span></p>

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