JEWISH CALENDAR 2015–2016 6 6 77 77 ARTWORK BY MICHOEL MUCHNIK 5 Bais Menachem Chabad Jewish Student Center ‘Your Jewish CHABAD OF OXNARD JEWISH CENTER 112 LOS ALTOS STREET, OXNARD,7403 CA 93035Hopkins Ave. College Park, MD. 20740 home away from 805-382-4770 | [email protected] | [email protected], WWW.CHABADOFOXNARD.COM 301-277-2994 home!’ Facebook: UMD chabad - www.umdchabad.org Bais Menachem Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Maryland, College Park Eli, Nechama, Mendel, Yossel, The Lubavitcher Rebbe Chaiky, Beryl , Avremel , Malky, Whose vision and love for all, continues to inspire us today. Chiyena Gitel and Miriam Backman 7403 Hopkins Ave Between Knox and College Ave Map to Chabad Just a short walk from campus. Take a right at the third stop sign down College Ave. Picture of Seniors attending the Chabad Graduation Dinner ~ Spring 2015 A place to call home and a family to call your own! Welcome to another great year at Maryland! Whether this is your freshman or senior year, we are sure you will find something of interest in our great Jewish programming! * Social events * Learning opportunities * Community service projects * Shabbat and Holiday meals and events Sign up today for our weekly e-mail * Plain old fun [email protected] * The list goes on! Please accept this as a personal invitation from our famiy, and from the extended Chabad family to join us in one of the many events listed through out the calendar! Please take a moment to read through the calendar For up to thecheck moment out our info please as there are many programs and events listed and lots of good pictures to see! Visit and Like our FB page and sign up for our emails for the most up to date info! Facebook page ‘UMD chabad’ Looking forward to seeing you around campus! ‘Like’ theUpcoming page events, for info recent and pictures, updates! Shalom and Go Terps! a map to chabad, and more... Chabad Jewish Student center is YANKEL, a Maryland tradition an affiliate of Chabad Lubavitch of Maryland Story continued through out the calendar... www.chabadmd.com With 35 local centers including: *Annapolis *Baltimore *Bel Air *Bethesda *Chevy Chase *Clarksville* Yankel was a building contractor *Columbia *Gaithersburg *Germantown *Ocean City *Olney *Owings Mills* *Potomac *Frederick *Rockville *Silver Spring *Skyesville* and was being paid by the week With local centers on campus including: for his job. *Towson University *John Hopkins University* This job was likely… *************************** Chabad is on over 200 college campuses. www.chabad.edu for campus info., news articles and more. Kosher & Judaica stores phone numbers are on top of *************************** the month of July. Studying abroad? Traveling? Next year’s holiday schedule is on top of the month of For Chabad Lubavitch centers around the world August. Visit www.chabad.org/centers Calendar made by Backmans Inc. ELUL–TISHREI ROSH HASHANAH: Sept. 14–15 FAST OF GEDALIA: Sept. 16 Rosh Hashanah celebrates the beginning of creation. On this This fast day commemorates the tragic assassination of day, G-d charged Adam with the responsibility of helping Gedalia, the Jewish governor of Judea who was installed after the world reach perfection. Rosh Hashanah, therefore, is a Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of Israel and the subsequent time for us to reflect on the purpose of creation and resolve Babylonian exile. to make our lives more meaningful by contributing to all of creation. YOM KIPPUR: Sept. 23 The Shofar: On Rosh Hashanah we hear the sounding of the Yom Kippur is a 25-hour fast beginning at sunset on Sept. shofar, the ram’s horn. It is the oldest and most soulful of 22, and continuing through nightfall the following night. wind instruments, sounding like a primal outcry from the Although it is a solemn day, it is not a sad day. In fact, in a depth of the soul. Its blasts signify that we proclaim G-d as subtle way, it is one of the happiest days of the year, for we King of the universe and awaken us to repent and return receive one of G-d’s most precious gifts—forgiveness. to G-d. Tashlich: On the first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah it is SUKKOT: Sept. 28–Oct. 4 The Festival of Sukkot is observed through the performance customary to visit a natural body of water that contains fish, of three mitzvot: casting our past sins down the river of time. Sukkah: For the duration of the holiday it is a mitzvah to eat Apple & Honey: Dipping a piece of apple into honey at the in a Sukkah, a temporary hut covered by loose tree branches. first meal of Rosh Hashanah symbolizes the hope that our new year be blessed with sweetness and goodness. For the Lulav & Etrog: Each day of the festival (except Shabbat) we same reason, it is customary to eat other sweet foods, such take the “four species” and shake them together. as tzimmes. Joy: The overarching mitzvah of Sukkot is joy. When our Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, men and women, young and old For more info, inspiration and observances: would join in music, dancing and juggling for all seven days Chabad.org/Elul | Chabad.org/Tishrei of the festival! TORAT EMET WWW.MUCHNIKARTS.COM BY MICHOEL MUCHNIK No Classes! Come enjoy! Holiday Meals at Chinese Shabbat Sinai Scholars Chabad 1 great program, & Labor Day Event! at Chabad! Chabad! 10 commandments, Hands-on crafts One of the biggest 20 students * Roll your own Sushi Homemade, Shabbat events of the Four Monday nights and a stipend too! during the fall semester. * Make your own Shofar Free, and year! register at * Design your own www.sinaischolars. 9/7 Make your own shofar -MD. Kipah Delicious! C o m e fi n d com 10/19 Design Mezuzah cases -Shabbat candle! ------------------------------------------- your fortune ! 11/16 Chocolate from scratch Meet new friends! Sinai Scholars Light Join us on Rosh For freshmen only 11/30 Chanukah items Labor Day Mon. 9/7 Hashanah 9/13-15 At Chabad! on North campus! 1:00-3:00pm on North Campus Fri. 9/18 8:15pm contact us for details. All on North Campus!! September 2015 Elul 5775/Tishrei 5776 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Need a Mezuzah? For more program KI TAVO Contact us today and other info sign 1 2 3 Free 4 5 for yours! up for our weekly 17 Elul 18 Elul 19 Elul 20 Elul 21 Elul email today! Shabbat [email protected] Dinner Free Shabbat or visit Lunch www.umdchabad.org Light Candles at: 7:16 PM Shabbat Ends: 8:13 PM LABOR DAY NITZAVIM 6 7 8 9 10 Free 11 12 22 Elul 23 Elul 24 Elul 25 Elul 26 Elul Shabbat 27 Elul 28 Elul Free Shabbat Registration for Dinner Lunch Labor Day Fair birthright opens JCrafts - Shofar mayanotisrael.com Light Candles at: 7:05 PM Shabbat Ends: 8:01 PM EREV ROSH ROSH HASHANAH: ROSH HASHANAH: FAST OF GEDALIA VAYELECH HASHANAH 1ST DAY 2ND DAY Apples & 13 14 15 16 17 Free 18 19 honey First Look First Look 29 Elul 1 Tishrei 2 Tishrei 3 Tishrei 4 Tishrei Chinese 5 Tishrei 6 Tishrei Free holiday meals! Fair! Fair! Happy Shofar Shabbat Free Shabbat New Come visit our Come visit our Shofar Dinner Lunch Year! Tashlich table! Fast Begins: 5:30am table! Light Candles at: 7:02 PM Light Candles after: 7:58 PM Holiday Ends: 7:56 PM Fast Ends: 7:42pm Light Candles at: 6:54 PM Shabbat Ends: 7:50 PM EREV YOM KIPPUR YOM KIPPUR HA’AZINU 20 21 22 YIZKOR 23 24 25 26 7 Tishrei 8 Tishrei 9 Tishrei 10 Tishrei 11 Tishrei Free 12 Tishrei 13 Tishrei Shabbat Free Shabbat Have an Dinner Lunch easy Fast! Light Candles and fast begins at: 6:47 PM Fast Ends: 7:43 PM All Niter Light Candles at: 6:42 PM Shabbat Ends: 7:38 PM EREV SUKKOT SUKKOT: 1ST DAY SUKKOT: 2ND DAY SUKKOT: 1ST Hungry? Try a INTERMEDIATE DAY Got a question? Want to learn somthing? 27 28 29 30 Contact us today with what you want! Kosher BLT! 14 Tishrei 15 Tishrei 16 Tishrei 17 Tishrei ********************************** Bagel, Lox & Sign up today for Sinai Scholars Free holiday meals in Chabad’s Sukkah! Sukkah Mobile! Teffilin! ‘1 great program, Ten Commandments, Happy 20 students and a stipend too!’ 10th Birthday Light Candles at: 6:39 PM Light Candles after: 7:35 PM Holiday Ends: 7:33 PM www.sinaischolars.com Avremel! CHABAD 7403 HOPKINS Ave (Bet. knox and College ave.) Visit our Facebook Page today! Tishrei Molad: Sunday, 5:07pm + 9 chalakim 301-277-2994, [email protected] ‘UMD Chabad’ TISHREI–CHESHVAN SHEMINI ATZERET/ SIMCHAT TORAH: Oct. 5–6 On the evening of Simchat Torah (in some communities, on the eve of Shemini Atzeret as well) great celebrations take place in the synagogue, focusing on the Jew’s connection to the holy Torah. Children play a central role in the festivities, waving flags and riding on their parents’ shoulders. On Simchat Torah day the yearly cycle of Torah reading is completed and the cycle begins anew. We express this joy by singing and dancing while embracing the Torah scrolls. For more info, inspiration and observances: Chabad.org/SimchatTorah MAMME ROCHEL WWW.MUCHNIKARTS.COM BY MICHOEL MUCHNIK The Sukkah on the back of a truck will be Feet across Maryland! Holiday Meals! Chabad’s Annual trip to all around campus Dance the night away! New York! Oct. 23 - 25 Join us on Simchat Torah! Shabbat Sukkot Oct. 1-4 Spend a Shabbat in a warm JUMP ON AND DO THE LULAV 10/1-3 Jewish community in New York! SHAKE! Holiday 10/5 10:30pm approx.