December Jewish Gainesville Cafe Chabad, Kosher on Wheels, Chanukah Programs

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From: Rabbi Berl Goldman

Upcoming Events - Chabad @ UF 12/8/09 Celebrate Chanukah! Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center at the University of Florida Chanukah Events 2009-5770 www.JewishGator.com 352-336-5877   Lights, Latkas, Sushi­ Ultimate Chanukah­ Grand Student Bash! When: Saturday night, December 12th (second night Chanukah) Time: 9-11pm Who: For Students only At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) Suggested donation: $5 Featuring: Live Band * Latkeh and Sufganiyot eating contest (win a prize) * Menorah Lightings (help make A Guinness Record) * Sushi Bar * Dreidels and Gelt * Pot luck raffles and much more! Don't miss the Jewish UF and SFC student finale event of the year! Downtown Chanukah Family Festival Join in the lighting of a Giant Menorah and show your Jewish pride! Date: Sunday evening, December 13 (third night Chanukah) Time: 5:00 - 6:30pm At: The Downtown Community Plaza (E. University Ave. corner SE First St.) Featuring: Live Entertainment * Large Chocolate Menorah * Hot Latkes * Sufganiyot * Chanukah Gift Shop * Dreidels and Gelt and much more * Music and Dancing with the Chutzpa Klezmer Band! Live Entertainment 5:00pm Giant Menorah Lighting 6:00pm Special dignitaries will light the Menorah! Greeting from the Prsident of UF, Mayor, City and County Commissioners   For more information or to help sponsor the Downtown Menorah Lighting, contact Rabbi Berl or Chanie Goldman at: Rabbi@JewishGator.com - 336-5877 - www.JewishGator.com Kids Konnect Chanukah Cooking program Date: Monday evening, December 14th Time: 5:00-7:00pm Featuring: Chanukah Cooking Activity * Social Interaction * Light Dinner with Chanukah Treats For all Jewish 3rd-5th graders! Cost: $10 * Maimonides members $8 At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) For more information or to rsvp please contact, Randy Kraft at: maimonides@jcncf.org 335-5545 or Rabbi Berl & Chanie Goldman at: Rabbi@JewishGator.com - 336-5877 Kids Konnect Chanukah Program is co- sponsored by: Maimonides Society & Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center Chanukah Lights At the VA Date: Tuesday afternoon, December 15th Time: 1:30 pm Featuring: Chanukah Treats * Games * Educational Credit * Live Music with Klezmer and much more At: Gainesville VA Hospital auditorium Sponsored by: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center Lox & Latkes Chanukah for Seniors Date: Wednesday morning, December 16th Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm Featuring: Bagel & Lox Brunch with hot Latkes * Live music & entertainment * Mark Alan Humor and Magic At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) For more information or to rsvp please contact Randy Kraft at: maimonides@jcncf.org 335-5545 or Rabbi Berl & Chanie Goldman at: Rabbi@JewishGator.com - 336-5877 Lox & Latkes is co-sponsored by: Maimonides Society & Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center   Women's Chodesh Club Feel beautiful inside and out Date: Wednesday evening, December 16 Time: 7:30pm Cost: $10.00 At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) Discuss: Great Jewish women throughout history Create: Unique jewelry & exotic potpourri mixes Taste: Chanukah appetizers and desserts For more information, directions or to rsvp please call Chanie at: 336-5877 or 219-5908
Cafe Chabad Kosher, social night out! No reservations necessary! Come hang out with friends and enjoy good Kosher food. An opportunity to get a fresh, home- cooked, delicious meal, and taste a variety of Kosher culinary delights. Tuesday night, December 8 6:00 - 7:30pm Cost: Students $7 Adult $10 Child $6    Café Chabad is subsidized by: Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Betty Wolf In loving memory of his father: Chanoch Elazar Ben Toviah Noach - Leonard Wolf At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) Chassidic Discourses   Broaden your horizons & change your perspectives on life study Chassidus. Wednesday, December 9  8:45 - 9:45 At: Tin House, 330 NW 20th Street  Chanie's Kitchen Mix, bake & experience the secrets of Kosher cooking Presented by: head chef Chanie Thursday, December 10  8:30pm For students only At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) Havdalah Service As the Shabbat Queen departs and darkness descends, the Havdalah ceremony fills us with hope and courage. Start your week on a high note. Every Saturday night fifteen minutes after Shabbat is over, join us for Havdalah service followed by a short inspirational living Torah video presentation.   Donate today! Please send in your generous contribution today by clicking here and help strengthen the Jewish experience at the University of Florida.   Mezuzahs Need a Mezuzah for your new dorm room or apartment? Contact Rabbi Berl at Rabbi@JewishGator.com   Jewish Learning Network Do you want to learn, but don't have the time for an official class? Join JNet, the Jewish Learning Network.  Join hundreds across the globe who have been set up with a phone learning partner.  Pick a topic of your choice, Choose a convenient time, Try it today.  If you are interested, sign up today at www.JNet.org or e.mail Rabbi Berl at Rabbi@JewishGator.com   E-mail List To add a friend or relative to our growing e-mail list, or if you are not on our snail mailing list and would like to receive information by mail as well, let us know at: Rabbi@JewishGator.com   Jewish Gator information: Classes, programs, Services, activities! Pictures, Parshah, candle lighting, Jewish thought, Ask the Rabbi & much much more! Log on today: www.JewishGator.com Miami Torah Experience     Miami Torah Experience is 9 days of learning, recreation and two trips, including a snorkeling endeavor in Key Largo. The program will be hosted in Miami, Florida from Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - Thursday, January 7, 2010. As an introductory special, we're offering full scholarships and travel subsidies of up to $300 to those students who apply before November 20, 2009. Apply now! Dessert Showdown Taste test your Shabbat sweet tooth at the Friday Night Live dessert buffet. Each week a different two students will attempt to create their masterpiece desert. Every month a desert Queen or King will be crowned Call or e.mail to reserve your desert week 336.5877 - Chanie@JewishGator.com   Cholent Showdown Taste test your Shabbat palate at the Shabbat morning Kiddush. Each week a different student will attempt to create their masterpiece, Cholent, Dafina or Chamin Every month a Cholent King or Queen will be crowned Call or e.mail to reserve your Cholent week 336.5877 - Chanie@JewishGator.com	Minyan - Daily Evening Services  7:30pm (fall semester) Snacks served The Minyan is in loving memory of: Malkah Bas Doris May her memory and good deeds be an eternal inspiration to her family, loved ones and all of Klal Yisroel. Amen! At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) Kosher on Wheels   Tuesday, December 8 5:00 - 7:00pm A rolling supermarket, full trailer stocked with fresh Kosher groceries will make a stop to provide students and community residents in the area with a large variety of Glatt kosher meats, dairy products, Israeli favorite brands and kosher groceries. A shopping experience like never before! At: Lubavitch- Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium)  Friday Night Live! Get into the Jewish Gator Spirit! Shabbat on Fifth Ave!   December 11 - 7:30pm Join us with your friends for Prayer, followed by Kiddush, Song, Challah, delicious Shabbat dinner, warm words of Torah & dessert buffet. Services & Shabbat dinner will be held at: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium) All are welcome!   Shabbat Morning Services   December 12 Shacharit: 10:30am Torah Reading: 11:30am Followed by Mussaf, Kiddush & Farbrengen Snorkel and Study An experience of your lifetime   This Winter Break, December 31-Jan. 7, enjoy the Coral Reef and Jewish Learning in depth with college women from all over the country and some from abroad in beautiful Key Largo. If you hurry and apply at www.snorkelandstudy.org  you can get a FULL SCHOLARSHIP which includes hotel accommodations, all meals, a snorkeling trip and classes with internationally acclaimed Jewish educators. The Airfare is not included. Deadline for Full Scholarship is November 19 so hurry up and do it!   Second Annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah Extravaganza Have you missed out on an authentic Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration? Well, it's not too late, you can have Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah! Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center and LCSG will be a hosting an amazing Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration, for any Jewish man or woman who has not had an opportunity to formally celebrate that important milestone. Free of Charge. You will prepare for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah with 4 classes followed by the grand traditional Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration. All Bar/Bat Mitzvah participants will have the opportunity to invite their friends and families for the grand bash/celebration. A limited amount of candidates will be selected, first come, first serve. Invite your friends to sign up today. For more information and to sign up contact: Rabbi Berl Goldman: Rabbi@JewishGator.com or Taylor Newman: Newman88@ufl.edu Bar Mitzvah: (lit. "son of the commandment") A Jewish boy who reaches the age of thirteen, the age of adulthood in Jewish life, thus becoming religiously responsible for his own conduct; also refers to the event marking this milestone. Bat Mitzvah: (lit. "daughter of the commandment") A Jewish girl who reaches the age of twelve, the age of adulthood in Jewish life, thus becoming religiously responsible for her own conduct; also refers to the event marking this milestone. One-on-One Learning Annoyed with "organized religion?"  Challenge Rabbi Berl or Chanie. You never know what you may teach them. Both Rabbi Berl and Chanie are available for 1-on-1 learning or discussions on any Jewish topic of your choice.  No questions off-bounds! Call or E.mail to set a date and time to study 352.336.5877 - www.JewishGator.com

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