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What's Happening?
at Shabbos House and the UAlbany Jewish Community...

see also the detailed google-calendar on the Schedule/Calendar page
 

  Please be patient as we explore options to revamp the entire website this summer. Thanks!
  See invite & schedule for Moshe's Bar-Mitzvah Weekend and the Torah Dedication- March 8-10th 2013
 
Looking forward to
FALL 2011
  • 8/28: Look for L'chaim/Shabbos House's Table at Library-Palooza 12-3pm, and SA Block Party 3:30-7pm. Find out info, catch up and also get our new giveaways...
  • Two Sheva-Brachot celebrations: Wed 8/31 (Mendel's sister) with community, Tues 9/20 at Torah-Tues (5:45pm session) for a soon-to-be-married alumna.
  • We are having Rosh Hashanah, even though most students are headed home. If you are here, please join us. We will be here for Yom-Kippur with a Friday pre-fast by Hillel, services in the Campus Center etc. See our High Holiday 2011 page for details, or see the Google Calendar on the Schedule Page.
  • Sukkot and Simchat Torah are very special holiday times at Shabbos House. Check out the schedule, come and celebrate with us.
  • TIC-TAC-TOE a special series for this semester: "What makes you TIC with Marc Elliot" (see more about Marc at www.marcelliot.com) on Monday 11/14; a Torah-Tues on 11/15 "TACkling a tough Talmud story about Rabbi Eliezer and the Ugly Man"; and a special activity-day 'Get your TOEs wet.." volunteering with special needs kids at Shabbos House on Sunday 11/20. This co-sponsored by UAlbany's Disability Resource Center, UJA NY's JSAM grant, Shabbos House, L'chaim (SA funded), UAlbany Hillel and the Friendship Circle.
  • new series of classes, see Fall 2011 Torah-Tuesday schedule, including classes on Harry Potter, Biz Law, and two guest presenters.
Spring "WC" Newsletters now online You can view our 8-page "What's Cooking?" newsletter updates online. We mail them twice a year to homes of students, alumni and friends of Shabbos House. Please send us your earthly address if we don't have it, and please update us when you move. Thanks!

Click here for an index of our recent and past newsletters in PDF format:  What's Cooking Newsletter PDF Index.
 

Torah-Tuesdays New topics and schedule for Fall 2011 see our Torah-Tuesdays Page. Also look for a new student-led Torah sharing program at Shabbat lunch once monthly - we're looking for students to spearhead this new program.
Study & Trip Opportunities
w/Shabbos House
Check our Study and Trip opportunities page, for enriching Jewish study immersion programs and experiences. affiliated with Shabbos House and national Chabad on Campus. Obviously we have many opportunities for formal and informal Jewish learning right here on campus, check out our Torah-Tuesday study schedules or contact Mendel and Raizy for one-on-one learning, group study, or simply if you have a question, issue or problem you'd like to discuss. Also check out the UAlbany Dept of Judaic Studies for secularly accredited programs in Hebrew, history, literature and other courses through the University.
Fuller Road Jewish As Nanotech expands on Fuller Road, and better access is built with new sidewalks and the Fuller Road make-over, Shabbos House looks forward to serving as a "Fuller Road Jewish Center" for those at Executive Park at Stuyvesant Plaza and at the growing Albany NanoTech complex just up Fuller Road, as part of the regional Nano-Chabad Initiative.
"What's Cooking?" Update You can view our newsletter updates online. If you'd like to get these things at home, send us your earthly address, please update us when you move. Thanks!

Click here for (PDF format) in the
 What's Cooking Newsletter PDF Index


 
Cookbook Available!  "A Taste of Shabbos House" Cookbook  costs $20 each, plus $2.50 (s/h). But after many copies sold - it is now out of print. It is now back in print!!

90 pages coil-bound, with over 130 recipes (tried and tested!) used at Shabbos House, peppered with Torah and student quotes on the food experience at Shabbos House.

This fundraiser was made possible by the diligent efforts of Adam Kofinas (SH intern Spring '04, incoming Hillel Student President Fall '04). Thanks so much!

Contact Shabbos House for your copy!
518-438-4227 / shabbos@albany.net or mail@shabboshouse.com

 

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Back by popular demand...
The SUKKALEH Song
the nightly Sukkah anthem at Shabbos House, which lasts long after the holiday
is translated from an old Yiddish song.

My Sukkahleh is small,
not fancy at all,
but is specially dear to me.
Schach I threw on a bit,
hoping to cover it,
there I'd sit and think. (2X)

The wind was a cold one,
the cracked walls were old ones,
the candles were flickering low.
At times as if dying,
but suddenly rising,
as if they did not want to go. (2X)

My sweet little daughter
sensing the danger,
got scared and started to cry.
Father, she cried,
don't stay there outside,
the Sukkah is going to fall! (2X)

Fear not my child,
it's been quite a while,
the Sukkahleh still stands strong.
The wind has been worse, my dear,
but it's almost 2000 years,
yet the Sukkahleh still stands strong! (2X)

 

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