A Pounding Heart + A Trembling Soul = A Joyous Passover
by Rabbi Shlomo Galperin
During WWII Holocaust years, many from the Eastern regions fled deep into Soviet Russia to get away from the Nazi onslaught penetrating deeper into Russia … Read the rest
...by Rabbi Moishe Denburg
My new Zeide (through marriage to Mushky) Rabbi Shlomo Galperin tells stories of how his family in Tashkent Russia began stockpiling and fermenting beets for Passover starting around Chanukah-time. This year in Albany we didn’t start … Read the rest
...Here’s the story behind these crumbling old Hebrew booklets. A grounds or maintenance staff person at UAlbany saw them in the trash. He couldn’t read Hebrew but knew enough to know that they probably don’t belong in the garbage. He … Read the rest
...THE SHABBATON THEME!
The theme of this year’s Upstate NY regional Chabad on Campus Shabbaton 2017 is “Come One, Come All!” reflecting the Rebbe’s insight to the names of the two joined Torah portions of this week “Vayakhel-Pekudei” which symbolize … Read the rest
...In connection with the “Come One, Come All” theme at the regional Chabad on Campus Upstate NY Shabbaton 2017, held on the anniversary of our son Moshe’s Bar-Mitzvah Parsha of “Vayakhel-Pekudei” here’s the video and text of his speech … Read the rest
...Before we get to the “Rusty Nickel” story, here’s the Shabbos House UAlbany background how it came about – and how it went down:
Years ago, in our first years at Shabbos House, when I still served as Kosher Kitchen … Read the rest
...#ualbanyShabbat360 2017 will be held on Friday night March 3rd, 2017 in the glass-atrium of the CNSE Nanotech ZEN Building. See this Shabbat 360 2017 link for more details on tshirt signup, walking groups, and more!
We’re glad this beautiful … Read the rest
...One of the big things in the news this week was the confirmation hearings and public debate over Trump’s controversial Secretary of Education Betsy Devos. Intense discussion of her qualifications, educational background, personal wealth and political contributions, opinions on education … Read the rest
...You may know this line from official oaths of office. It’s also the opening line and theme of a heartfelt Sephardic melody that was adopted by Chabad.
“Azreini Ey-l Chai Lehachniyah et Yetzer Hamefateh Hameiriah…”
Help me living G-d to … Read the rest
...Often you see retweets or posts captioned with a single word that says: THIS. It’s an emphatic word that embodies specificity, focus, and clarity. It’s unambiguous, it isn’t confused, there’s no nuance, no wavering. THIS means that you are absolutely … Read the rest
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