Shabbos candle lighting
18 minutes before sunset
Every Friday
All zmanim for Kingston
Mazal tov
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Shabbos candle lighting
18 minutes before sunset
Every Friday
All zmanim for Kingston
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250–300
anash families live in Kingston today, up from about 10 in 2014.
Read the moving guide148 listings in 15 sections, checked by Chabad Kingston.
A warm, young community where a family can still afford a house, about three hours from Crown Heights.
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Kingston has 6 shuls and minyanim: Bais Moshe (425 Tioga Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Bais Tzvi Yosef (17 2nd Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Ahavas Achim (429 Walnut St, Luzerne, PA 18709), Cheider Sheini (445 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, PA 18704), Congregation Ohav Zedek (242 S Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701) and Temple Israel (239 S River St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702). The Shuls & Rabbis page has a map link and contact for each. Read more
Yes. Kingston has a community eiruv, and the Shuls & Rabbis page links to a map of its boundaries. Check with your rabbi each week that the eiruv is up before relying on it. Read more
Options include Bagel Bar (cafe: bagels, pizza and bakery), Around The Table Catering (pareve falafel food truck and caterer) and JCC Kosher Meal Delivery (home-delivered kosher meals). Market 32 (Price Chopper), Walmart Wilkes-Barre and ShopRite and Wise Market also carry kosher products. Always check the hechsher. Read more
Candle lighting in Kingston is 18 minutes before sunset. The home page shows this Friday's time, and Chabad.org has full daily zmanim for ZIP code 18704.