THURSDAY 9/4:
We’re cooking for Shabbat here starting 8pm tonight. Cooking and prepping for Shabbat is a vibe all its own, and helpful, too.
FRIDAY 9/5:
Candle-lighting is 7:04pm. Prayers 7:20pm. Shabbat Dinner here at Shabbos House at 8pm. We’ll have a Dessert Buffet and a little post-dinner Oneg/Farbrengen with Rabbi Eliav and his students. We also have a veteran of NYS Economic Development joining us for Shabbat, too.
SHABBAT 9/6:
Prayers start 10:30am, we’ll need Minyan by 11am or so. Shabbat Lunch 12:45pm. Come for Minyan, Lunch or both. Even if you wake up late! Shabbat ends 8:03pm. We’ll have Pizza and Havdalah by 9pm.
SUNDAY 9/7:
Minyan Brunch 11am. Especially auspicious as we near the high holidays, more on the high holidays below.
TUESDAY 9/8:
Torah-Tuesday at 6pm and 9pm, both times with dairy dinner, on “What Makes This Jewish?” (3rd class in the 4-part “3 Nouns & a Verb” Torah-Tuesday series).
WEDNESDAY 9/10:
Girls Night 8pm at Shabbos House. Stay tuned for details!
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THE SALT GUESSTIMATE WINNER
Max Y. and Zane M. tied for salt guesstimate winner, both said 5 lbs 8 ounces and that was the closest guess! Thanks to all who stopped by our tabling at Block Party, those picked up our unique salt-giveaway for this year, with all of its relevant Jewish campus life messages.
HIGH HOLIDAY RSVP FORM – AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY LETTERS
Rosh Hashanah is almost around the corner! We put up a High Holiday RSVP form (just so we are better prepared), the form also has a spot to request a religious holiday letter for your professors. It’s best for us to write these letters working off the same form, so please use that form to request it. We will try to get them written and back to you in PDF by early next week.
All Rosh Hashanah prayers and festive meals will be at Shabbos House. We know its a class day, so we’ll also do a 10-minute Shofar-Express on campus, too. Yom Kippur’s pre-fast is at Shabbos House, all services will be on campus in CC 375 and Hillel hosts the break-fast at the end.
SAVE THESE PRE-ROSH-HASHANAH EVENT DATES:
9/13: “Midnight Selichot Jam” 12am food and music, 1am Pre-High Holidays Sat Night Selichot Prayer
9/15: “The Goodyear Shana Tova Fair” at Small Fountain, look for an apple cart, honey-tasting, activities and much more – all Rosh Hashanah themed.
9/17: “The Challah Babka Bake” a sweet twist for a sweet new year, on Wednesday night before Rosh Hashanah at Shabbos House.
Re: KOSHER – there’s been some updates, best place to keep up to date with that is via the Kosher at UAlbany Whatsapp chat.
PERSONAL UPDATES: Back on Sunday we attended an alumni wedding in Woodbury on Long Island. We saw and celebrated with a whole group of alumni from 2018-19. Our children started up Maimonides School again this week. Rivka entered 6th grade, Esther Miriam 9th grade and Bluma 12th grade. Bassie works with the High School on programming and Sara staffs the school office. Both Mendel and Raizy teach there, too! A lot went into getting first day ready and special – this year we did a bake-shop themed opening welcome and Chani did a photo-shoot for students and families. On Wednesday Raizy and Mendel drove to an alumna’s father’s funeral in Syracuse, and we met up with alumni in Medical School there, too. We spent Wednesday evening about an hour from here trying to mediate a dispute/miscommunication. Busy week and excited for Shabbat!
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Looking forward to this Shabbat, and to upcoming events and good times together!
Love,
Mendel and Raizy
Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center