by: Mordechai and Nisa Harris
This weekend we spent shabbas as the JLIC fellows in SUNY Albany. The weekend was good and we were able to spend the weekend with a small group of students on campus. There was a North East Chabad on Campus retreat weekend to SUNY Binghamton that pulled a lot of students, as well as poor weather, and Midterms. However, our weekend was very productive. In the absence of the Chabad Rabbi, we really ran the show the whole weekend. We ran davening and gave Divrei Torah, prepared an Oneg Friday night, lead services Shabbos Day, arranged a lunch and learn, had a Seudah Shlishit with Biblio-Drama, and enjoyed a musical Havdalah. We capped the night with a trip to “Where The Wild Things Are” at the local IMAX with Students who were interested in the impromptu trip. All in all, being a smaller shabbas, we were able to enjoy a much more personalized and intense weekend with the students on campus.