Minyan / Prayer Services at UAlbany

If it is your first time, this might seem confusing, but we have a wonderful harmonious  system that is very special.  After just a few times, it's a cinch...   be sure to see schedule for detailed and current info!!

shabbat and holiday prayer times:

Friday Night Prayers
begin at 7pm in Spring and Fall, 6pm in Winter (it switches along with Daylight Savings Time). Dinner Follows.

Shabbos Morning Prayers
begin at 10am. Jewish Holidays which fall on weekdays (such as Sukkot) have special morning Prayer schedules (to accommodate classes etc) stay tuned for info.

shabbat and holiday prayer places:

WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER IS @ SHABBOS HOUSE...
Conservative and Reform meet at Chapel House on Friday Nights.
Orthodox meets at Shabbos House for Friday Nights.

See "Map" for Shabbos House and Chapel House locations.

WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER IS BY HILLEL IN THE CAMPUS CENTER...
All three denominations have rooms on the 3rd Floor of the Campus Center (left side)

SATURDAY MORNINGS:
Orthodox services are held at Chapel House each week on Saturday mornings with Torah Reading and all.

"Parsha and a Prayer" for women 11:30-12:30 most weekends at Shabbos House before Lunch.

HOLIDAYS (Sukkot, Pesach etc..)
Prayer services are held at Shabbos House.

additional prayer services:

Sunday Minyan Bagel Brunches
at Shabbos House are once-monthly. Begin at 11am, followed by bagel brunch with all the trimmings.

Weekday Minyans
depend on student interest. Our first year here, there was a regular Monday and Thursday Minyan in the Hillel Office (CC-320). Since then, they've been more sporadic, if at all. Rabbi Mendel teaches at Maimonides (local Jewish day-school) in the mornings, and is therefore not available at this time. If there is demand or interest - it will be possible!

RUACH - Reform Havdalah Services
held on select weeks on various locations throughout campus, at the end of Shabbat.

ROSH HASHANAH
SUNY Albany closes for this important Jewish Holiday, the Jewish New Year, and no prayer services or dinners are held on-campus. Local synagogues and families welcome students, so if you aren't going home (as most do) we (or the folks at Hillel) can help you find a place in town.

YOM KIPPUR
Used to be huge on this college, and three services were sponsored by JSS (and later Hillel) but then less and less students attended (or went home). Being that there was some student interest, Shabbos House provided informal, traditional services with a user-friendly format, and the turnout was much better than expected, and by the 2nd year (2003) had grown considerably.

Now that there's interest - Shabbos House and Hillel assist with arranging two on-campus prayer services, a traditional service and a liberal service, with a pre-fast dinner at Shabbos House, and a break-fast meal on campus. Check schedule for detailed information.

SUMMER
No Minyans are scheduled, but now that we stay here throughout the summer, Shabbos House does provide cozy Friday Night dinners, and students/alumni up here for the summer are very welcome over. And be sure to check Schedule, since we are not home ALL summer weekends.

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