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Insight’s from Joseph’s Butler Baker Question at Rebbe’s 1973 Launch of the Public Menorah Campaign

In launching the Chabad campaign for public Menorah lightings, at a farbrengen on Chanukah 5734/1973, the Rebbe took inspiration from the biblical story of Joseph in prison, his interaction with the butler and the baker.

One morning Joseph awoke and … Read the rest

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The Yud Tes Kislev Sheva Brachos

It so happens that we hosted an alumna’s Sheva Brachos on Yud Tes Kislev, the 19th of Kislev, aka the Rosh Hashanah  of Chassidus. So we were thinking of a meaningful thought-provoking centerpiece that could be fitting both for the … Read the rest

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Two Ways to Keep Warm

There’s an old Chassidic saying that there are two ways to keep warm when it’s bitter cold out. You can warm yourself by putting on a thick heavy fur coat. Or you can warm yourself AND others by lighting a … Read the rest

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Jacob, Rashi and White-Bark Trees

In our Thanksgiving 2025 getaway to the Adirondacks we passed a whole bunch of birch/polar/aspen trees, the white bark trees, on our way up.

Made me think of this question I had about a Rashi in today’s Chumash Vayeitzei Day … Read the rest

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The Jay Covered Bridge

As part of our Thanksgiving 2025 getaway we visited the historic Covered Bridge in Jay NY, built in 1857. It’s a beautiful spot. On one side of the bridge the cragged rocks and descent create a roaring rapids, and just … Read the rest

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The Fridge, Tzfat Shabbat and Thanksgiving

It so happens that our big double-door kitchen fridge went on the blink and died earlier in the week. It served us well for close to ten years, but it’s a workhouse and we use (and abuse) it a lot. … Read the rest

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Pegisha 2025 Highlights

This page is in progress, we’ll be adding to this, and some photos in the next few days…

Chabad on Campus’ NYC Pegisha was the largest yet with 2000 registered students in attendance!

Below are some of Mendel’s highlights and … Read the rest

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Bubbe Bluma’s Resilience

The 11th of Cheshvan is the yartzeit of Rochel Imenu, matriarch Rachel. And it’s also the yartzeit of Bubbe Bluma Galperin, Raizy’s grandmother. Our daughter Bluma was born two months after her passing and is the first great-granddaughter to be … Read the rest

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Pink Partitioned Plates

For Pink Shabbat this October 2025 we put out some big plastic partitioned plates as part of the themed decor. Didn’t realize that people have such strong opinions about them! Evidently people know this type of plate from school lunches, … Read the rest

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President Havidan at Shabbos Dinner Fall 2025

by UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez
at Shabbos House Chabad Shabbat Dinner, October 2025 

Glad to here again to celebrate a wonderful Shabbat dinner with you as a campus community here at Shabbos House. I’m happy to be here with my … Read the rest

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