Hope you are enjoying a relaxing, rejuvenating Spring Break with family or friends, whether home or away. Make the most of it!
We had a very nice Cozy-Shabbat last weekend (more students than expected!) and had a Catan-game cookie cake for Moshe’s birthday. We look forward to another quiet Cozy-Shabbat this weekend, if you are up here please join us (7pm Dinner, 1pm Lunch). When we come back from break Shabbat (and Holiday) Dinners will be 8pm for the rest of the semester.
WHEN YOU RETURN, IT’S ALMOST PASSOVER!
Passover flyers went up on the Podium last night! Please see this Passover 2026 Form. Please use it to let us know your Passover holiday and Seder plans, and also if you need a religious letter to take off for any part of the holiday. It’s best for us to work off one form. It also helps us be better prepared.
SENDING LOVE “VIA WOLT” TO ALUMNI IN ISRAEL
Many of our alumni in Israel have been in and out of shelters and it can be disruptive and difficult especially for those with young children. We’re sending “Wolt” (similar to Uber-Eats) for them to order-in some food or treats as a thoughtful gesture during a stressful time. If you’d like you can contribute $5 or $10, or amount of your choice via the payment options at: shabboshouse.org/donate (please write WOLT in the memo).
OUR PASSOVER PREPARATIONS HERE
We got our Shmurah Matzah order delivered, yesterday our second order of meat and chicken arrived, we put in an order for Seder wine and grape-juice, and there’s lots more to shop closer to the holiday. We are nowhere near Koshering and turning over the kitchen, but we’ve made some headway with Passover cleaning. We thankfully have a new double-wall oven installed to replace the old pareve ovens that went. To ease the food prep as Raizy recovers we invested in a commercial food processor that also dices. We’ll be serving some 14 festive Passover meals here over the holiday stretch. Some of you will be up here for all of the holiday, others for parts of it, we look forward to celebrating with you! Your signup on the Passover 2026 form is helpful for us to better guesstimate on how many to prepare for. (Also if you need letters for any missed classes, tests etc).
SELL YOUR CHAMETZ!
It’s not too early to sell your Chametz using the Chabad.org/chametz form.
WHAT MAKES THIS PASSOVER DIFFERENT?
We’re working on it! Each year we like to come up with relevant themes and messages that are unique to this Passover, and Passover 2026 is no different. We have a lesson from the Israeli coffee barista who went viral, some thoughts on the Strait of Hormuz being in the news in these weeks leading up to the holiday, and since we can’t avoid mention of the fact that Passover begins on Aprii Fools Day this year. Stay tuned for these ideas – and more! Would love to hear your insights as well!
THIS COMING WEEK
We’ll send out another email next week, but we’re back on for Torah-Tuesday (the last one before Passover) on “The Order of Out of Order”, we’re planning a glass-mirror etching craft at Girls-Night on Wednesday night 8pm, and maybe a Guys Night, too. Stay tuned. This coming Shabbat will be at Hillel before a long stretch of Passover holiday all at Shabbos House.
Hope you can make the most of the rest of break, enjoy quality time with family and friends, so you can come back and finish up strong!
Love,
Mendel and Raizy
Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center