This tour is thoroughly recommended for any visitor to New York who wants to enjoy a great travel experience. What you see and experience on this tour will stay with you long after the memories of the tourist sites of manhattan have been forgotten. These men where very knowledgeable and engaging and we all learnt more in a few short hours than we could have from any guide books. Well worth while – 5 stars!
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Jewish Tours
In Chassidic Communities
Since 1982 we offer Jewish Tours through our Chassidic neighborhoods to anyone who wishes to learn more about Jewish or Chassidic life. We either walk by or walk inside of many hidden gems to see and learn about Judaism and Chassidism in history and in practice. Join our adventure through a community….
TOUR CHASSIDIC COMMUNITIES
Jewish Tours
In Chassidic Communities
Since 1982 we offer Jewish Tours through our Chassidic neighborhoods to anyone who wishes to learn more about Jewish or Chassidic life. We either walk by or walk inside of many hidden gems to see and learn about Judaism and Chassidism in history and in practice. Join our adventure through a community….
Exclusive Jewish Tours in Chassidic Communities
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Secrets Of Jewish Chassidic Life
Why our Tour Is The Perfect Choice?
01.
The original Jewish Tours
Rabbi Epstein turned what began as classes into tours of the community in 1982 so visitors can experience the community through the eyes of a local.
02.
Licensed Chassidic Guides
All our guides grew up exposed to all sects of Judaism including multiple chassidic, yeshivish, and orthodox groups providing a wide breath of knowledge on all of Jewish life.
03.
Go Behind Closed doors
Many of our locations take you behind closed doors (at guides discretion) to gain an insider's view into Judaism, Jewish, Chassidic, and Chabad life. Our tours don't just walk by we walk inside and gain a deeper understanding of the practices, customs, and traditions while answering all your questions you were afraid to ask.
Satisfied Customers
Mushkie Karp
- 04/05/2016
Clinton Aarts
- 04/02/2020
aitch642013
- 23/12/2013
Cannot thank Rabbi Epstein enough for a wonderful tour. Thoroughly enjoyed it and learned so much. Cannot recommend highly enough
Cath1607
- 04/01/2016
Our tour with Rabbi Epstein was an enjoyable and educational visit. With passion and approachability (and a twinkle in his eyes), the Rabbi shared key beliefs and history of the Chassidic Community) and their relevance to our group.
Lisa_J777
- 16/12/2012
We went on this Tour over four years ago and it still feeds my Soul to this day. No words can describe it’s impact. Rabbi Beryl Epstein is so welcoming and his prayer for me and my Mother at the end, I believe is baring fruit in my life at this very moment. I love NYC but on this particular, having not seen most of the amazing sites NY has to offer chose to go on a Jewish Walking Tour. It’s WILL colour your life one way or another from the day you visit. To witness the simplicity of the dedication and passion to Gods Laws warms even the hardest of hearts. We are not excursion veterans, we discover our own places but this one was so worth it and now I have grown more as a person I think I would definitely go back again to expand on what I got from the tour the first time. Enjoy it. You won’t regret it.
Mark P.
- 17/10/2014
I did this tour on a Monday so I was part of only a group of 3. Our tour was led by Chaya, who had been raised in the neighborhood. Chaya was very knowledgeable and always willing to answer questions. I feel that we definitely got to see a side of Crown Heights that is hard to access without an insider so I am very grateful for the experience.
Jamie Scott
- 02/08/2021
Everything perfect. I really liked the tour and the guide was fantastic
Andrea Ciccocelli
Can you imagine a tour that can change your life? Well this tour can. Bar none, the best tour I have ever taken! Rabbi Beryl shared some information that changed my life. He “brings home” why some of the Jewish observances are so important. The tour gave so many of our observances MEANING. I learned so much!It’s a great tour, seeing the scribes, the mikvah, and the matzoh factory — but the heart and soul of the tour is Rabbi Beryl and his unique way of teaching. He makes everyone feel welcome and part of the tour — not just an observer. I can’t image anyone, Jewish or otherwise, not learning so much about the heart of Jewish New York from this tour. Enjoy, it may change your life — It did mine!
Alison S.
- 07/02/2013
The tour is a tremendously rich experience for me. It is among the best events I have ever attended. So much of what I learned of the Chassidic laws and practices makes sense to me. They are like values I already embrace, but with added dimension as to the fullness of meaning and the possibilities for interpretation. I don’t agree about many things I discovered, but that is of no import. It is all thought provoking and much is absolutely right on, without doubt, true! A very good thing, and not something one gets from just any tour. This was part tour, part theology/philosophy lesson.
At this tour you truly enter a different world, philosophically and literally. The Crown Heights neighborhood is amazing. With the exception of modern accoutrements you would think you had stepped back into another century. The day we were there, October 6, 2013, there was a Kosher Food Festival going on on Kingston Avenue. Wonderful music filled the air and I never saw so many strollers and small children at an event in my life – a fact that I think the community would be proud of having been noticed! There was a challah braiding activity booth for kids – wonderful – I wanted to join in myself.
Rabbi Beryl Epstein, our tour leader is an approachable, charming man and an entertaining and informative speaker. Couldn’t be better.
I’m reluctant to mention the only negative thing about the tour, because for me it was really no huge deal in comparison to all the wonderful things about my experience and it does not keep me from giving a five star review. It’s the lunch. I mention it because I think many people would have a big problem with it. I also don’t think the lunch is at all necessary to make the tour worthwhile. It could be eliminated and the tour would be well worth its price.
I cannot emphasize enough how very special this experience is for me. I recommend it to anyone traveling to New York City.
Edith A
- 08/10/2013
The History
Family-owned tours
Rabbi Beryl Epstein began running classes for visitors to the Chabad Rebbe and evolved over the years to one of the most respected and world-renowned tours in NYC. Through humor and charisma he shared Chassidic love and welcomed visitors on a journey through Chassidic life providing what people found to be a profound Jewish experience.