Support Jewish life in San Miguel

In the heart of San Miguel, there's always a place for you

Something about this city opens people up. The light, the color, the slowness of it. Jews from everywhere find their way here — and somehow, they find their way to us.


A woman from Chicago walks in on a Friday afternoon, not sure why. A couple from Tel Aviv stumbles across us the night before Rosh Hashana. A man who hasn't been to synagogue in thirty years sits down at our Shabbat table and doesn't want to leave. This is what happens in San Miguel. Something about this place makes people open — and when they're open, they find their way to us.

We exist for every one of them. For the traveler passing through and the family that's been here for decades. For the expat who wants her children to grow up knowing what it means to be Jewish — in Mexico, of all places, in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

We don't ask where you've been or how observant you are. There are no membership fees, no forms to fill out, no prerequisites. If you're Jewish and you're here, you're welcome. That's the whole policy.

None of this runs on institutional funding. Chabad headquarters doesn't write us a check. Every candle lit, every meal served, every conversation that goes late into the night — it exists because people who've been touched by this place choose to give back. You can be one of them.

"I hadn't lit Shabbat candles in fifteen years. I walked into Chabad of SMA on a Friday evening and felt, for the first time in a long time, that I was home."
— A visitor from New York

Join the Chai Club

The most powerful thing you can do is commit to a monthly gift — even a small one. Monthly donors are the foundation of everything we do. They're the reason we can say yes when someone shows up unexpectedly.

Chai (חי) means life in Hebrew. Your monthly gift keeps Jewish life alive in San Miguel all year long.

Prefer to send a check? Make it payable to Chabad of SMA
5815 Aylesboro Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
EIN: 83-1267778  ·  Tax-deductible in the US

Help us build something permanent

We've begun the most ambitious project in our history — a permanent Jewish center for San Miguel de Allende. A home for Shabbat, for learning, for community. A place built to last for generations to come.

Learn about the building campaign