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Weighing in on every aspect of the construction of the new Chabad Community Center for Jewish Life and Learning, Rabbi Ovadia Goldman saw many layers of an unfolding plan.

“One of the things I always learned in my Jewish mysticism classes is that there is nothing in the world that was created without a blueprint,” Goldman (shown at left with his wife, Nechoma) said this week.

“I learned that it’s virtually impossible to create something that is beautiful, comfortable and sensible without some forethought.”

So the rabbi said seeing the community center take shape — from the initial blueprints to the completed building — reminded him once again that this world has a divine Creator who designed it with loving hands.

Clip art of blueprints

“To me I see a whole different perspective. When I look at the world, this is something that had to have forethought. It could not have happened by chance.”