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Chanukah UALBANY 2013

UAlbany Chanukah celebrations get off to a late start due to the Thanksgiving Break, but there will be plenty opportunity for communal celebration once everyone gets back on Sunday or Monday after Thanksgivi

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Chanukah & Thanksgiving: 5 Connections

So much ado and fuss has been made of this year’s Chanukah and Thanksgiving coinciding. New names have been coined from Thanksgivukkah to Chanksgiving, new contraptions such as Menurkeys have been inve

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1st Night Chanukah 5774/2013

Most students are home now for the extended Thanksgiving Weekend, and this year the first half of Chanukah as well. It’s quieter here to say the least, but now and then, it’s nice to have a famil

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Splitting Logs & Tanya 29

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Yud-Tes Kislev, Nov 22-23 Shabbat, Last B4 Thanksgiving & Chanukah

The biggest change-up this Shabbos was the twist on the water-bottles, see Mendel’s Messages on “What h

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Paramore and Macklemore

Two of our students went to concerts last week and I (Rabbi Mendel Rubin) asked them to come back with a meaningful Jewish message to share with fellow students at the next Shabbos Lunch. Here’s what w

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Why Kasha Varnishkes?

by Raizy Rubin

We don’t usually serve Kasha Varnishkes (buckwheat and bowtie noodles) at Shabbos Lunch, so here’s the backstory.

My father, Rabbi Shlomo Galperin, was born and raise

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What happened to the water bottles?

Disclaimer: The water bottles were just that, water bottles. This was an educational gimmick and is not in any way an endorsement of alcoholic beverages or of the specific brands with logos pictured abov

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11/21 Mini-Pumpkin-Pie Table + Message

The Lchaim Student Group will be tabling in the Campus Center, Thursday Nov 21st with free mini pumpkin pies (kosher of course, baked fresh at Shabbos House) as a pre-Thanksgiving treat or appetizer, along w

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Letter from Hope House

As part of this year’s Jewish Social Action Month (JSAM) project: A4A@A – Action for Addiction at Albany, a group of Shabbos House students put a fresh coat(s) of paint on the living room/lou