Rosh Hashanah 2008 UAlbany Info

Rosh Hashanah 2008 begins Monday Night 9/30 and runs thru Tues Night 10/1

No Campus Services - Local Synagogue Arrangements
Due to the extended weekend SUNY Albany holiday break there will not be any official on-campus prayer services. If you will not be going home for the holiday, please contact Rabbi Nomi Manon Director of Jewish Student Life at 489-8573*24 or Rabbi Mendel at Shabbos House 438-4227 for synagogue and/or home-hospitality arrangements.

Mini-Service at Shabbos House: Shofar, Holiday Foods & Tashlich
For those staying on-campus who did not wish to take advantage of local synagogue opportunities, on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday 10/1 at 5pm, Shabbos House will be hosting a mini abridged service with Shofar Blowing, some Holiday Foods, and a walk to for the water-side Tashlich Service. email RSVP's are appreciated so we can get a count.

Pre-Rosh Hashanah Events

SHOFAR FACTORY: Don't miss the exciting, hands-on Shofar Factory at Campus Center Small Fountain, where you can make your own Shofar out of a ram's horn. Wednesday, 9/24 from 11am until 2pm.

HOLIDAY PACKETS: The L'chaim Student Group along with Shabbos House and UAlbany Hillel put together 2,000 holiday awareness packets with red-apple and caramel-apple flavored Jelly-Belly brand jellly-beans for distribution in the all the Quad Dining Halls. Inside each packet there's also a short list of Jewish holiday info.

May we all have a Happy, Healthy Sweet New Year, with much blessing!

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