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Upcoming Events - Chabad @ UF 1/26/10
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, January 26  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, January 27  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, January 28  8:30pm For students only 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!   January 29 - 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   January 30 Shacharit: 10:30am Torah Reading: 11:30am Followed by Mussaf, Kiddush & Farbrengen 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.  Hilchot Niddah - Jewish Laws and views on Family Purity   A class on the laws of Jewish marital intimacy for the serious female college students. Take this class and think about love, relationships and marriage in a whole new way Sunday, January 31, 8:45-9:45 At: Tin House, 330 NW 20th Street  Free Trips to Israel An experience of a lifetime!     If you are Jewish, ages 18-26 and have never visited Israel on a peer educational program, we would like to invite you on a ten-day, adventurous, inspiring and educational tour of Israel. For Free! Join the over 150,000 young Jews who have enjoyed this incredible gift. For more information and to sign up please visit: www.IsraelExpress.org or www.JewishGator.com This trip is a gift of birthright Israel 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  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 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	Click to Help Haiti!   Jason Rosenberg, a local Jewish doctor, is part of the team from The Orthopedic Institute in Gainesville, FL. They are working to help as many people as they can who  have been injured in the Haitian earthquake. They are set up in in border town of Jimani, DR and are operating on crush and burn victims  (many of them children). They are on day 6 and need a little emotional boost - Please help by  signing up to follow them on Twitter (its easy!) The Orthopedic Institute is donating $1 towards the Haitian recovery  for each follower! Please take a second to follow them : http://twitter.com/TOIHealth Thanks so much! Please forward   jLearn is the latest Jewish learning experience for students at the University of Florida. You will have the opportunity to choose from a selection of 4-6 week courses on a variety of interesting Jewish related topics. Sign up now at jLearn.org and enjoy special perks! 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)   Coffee, Cake & Jewish Study   Delve into stories from Jewish history and study various ethical and mystical insights into Judaism. Saturday/Shabbat Mornings, 9:30-10:15 am  At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium)   Bar/Bat Mitzvah Group Study Session #1   Sunday, Januaruy 31, 4:00-5:30  At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center 2021 NW 5th Ave (five blocks north of the stadium)   Second Annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah Extravaganza  Check out this article about the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration!   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. Heroes Family Weekend 2010!   Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Florida Presents: Heroes Family Weekend 2010! February 19--20  Invite your parents, family and relatives!  An inspirational weekend, showcasing Jewish life at UF Honoring our parents and students Friday night: February 19 - 7:30 Experience the warmth of Shabbat Services and Dinner Starring the parents; our inspiration and guiding heroes Saturday morning: February 20 - 10:30 Enjoy morning services and Torah reading followed by Kiddush lunch Saturday evening: February 20 - 9:00 Buffet dinner, Comedy Entertainment, Music Awards ceremony and special student presentations Starring the students; our leaders our heroes, guaranteeing a Jewish tomorrow! A showcase of Jewish life at the University of Florida For all parents, family and relatives of current Jewish UF and SFC students. Please send us your parents name and contact information and we will send them a Family Weekend Invite RSVP today! At: Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center 2021 NW 5th Avenue Gainesville, Florida (five blocks north of the stadium)