Welcome to Shalhevet!

Shabbos Toldot
(11/20-11/21)

Our mission is to best represent and serve the needs of the Orthodox Jewish community at NYU in an inclusive, welcoming manner. Charged with providing fun, engaging programming for the Orthodox Jewish community at NYU, Shalhevet offers religious, educational, social and other activities.

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News and Events

Member of the Week

Due to Thanksgiving there will be no Shabbat services or dinner. Please e-mail Tamar Rohatiner if you need a place to go.   

Shalhevet Elections—December 7^th! If you are interested in running, please send your bio to Rachel Berg by November 30^th.   

Don’t Forget to Register for Shabbat For 2000! If you are registered, please pick up your wristbands at the Bronfman Center and bring at least one can of food with you. 

We have begun to sell the first ever Shalhevet Cookbook with diverse and delicious recipes and pictures from your Shalhevet peers! Each cookbook costs $10 and the money will be donated to help fight breast cancer. If you would like to order a cookbook, please give any board member, specifically Micole Horowitz, the money and your name. The cookbooks will be coming in two weeks and the deadline to order one is Tuesday, November 30th. Thanks for your support!

Events Happening This Week:

Monday November 23^rd:

  Learn Karate 7:30pm @ The Bronfman Center, 2^nd Floor

Come to the Bronfman Center for an awesome karate demonstration and lesson from our very own Asaf Gal and Staci Myer-Klein.

  Emergency Bone Marrow Drive 5:30-7:30pm @ The Bronfman Center, 3^rd Floor

Alan is 49, father of 2 girls. He was diagnosed with leukemia and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant to survive. Since tissue type is inherited, Alan’s best chance of finding a genetically matched donor lies with those of Jewish ancestry. However, there are many patients of all back grounds in need of donors for transplants, so we encourage everyone to join the registry.

Rabbi Sarna would love to meet with you personally, no appointment necessary!

He is in the Kosher Caf: Mondays 1-2pm, Tuesdays 12-1pm, and Wednesdays 12-1pm.

He is around after Shacharit every morning, at JELO, and at mishmar.

His Drop-in office hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 on the 5^th floor of the Bronfman Center.

He is also at Shabbat dinner in Weinstein.

Or you can e-mail rabbi.sarna@nyu.edu to make an appointment or to come to the Sarna’s home for Shabbat lunch!

Text Rabbi Sarna for any halachic questions for an immediate response 917-991-7169.

Non-NYU Announcements:

• Bnei Akiva Mission to South Carolina with Habitat for Humanity—January 3^rd to January 10^th. If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you should us on our mission to South Carolina!  We will team up with Habitat for Humanity as we volunteer our manual labor and construction skills to build an actual house!  The work will be meaningful, collaborative, and most importantly fun.  We will drive from New York to South Carolina on Sunday (1/3), work from Monday through Friday (1/4-1/8), spend a rockin' Shabbat together (1/9), and then drive back on Sunday(1/10).  We will have some type of group discussion every day about topics relevant to the trip in order to supplement our daily physical activity with some intellectual growth as well.  The group will be no larger than 20.  Good times will certainly be had by all! All are encouraged to apply, even those with no construction experience or affiliation with Bnei Akiva.  Applications can be accessed at http://jotform.com/form/92994700503.  Please apply by November, 20th.  For any questions or comments, please contact Daniel Bendavid at 201-543-1376 or dbendy@gmail.com
• Yeshivat Hadar Winter Learning Seminar--Boundaries : Halakhah & Jewish Values in non­Jewish Spaces. A week of intense Talmud Torah with some of America's most exciting teachers at Yeshivat Hadar. Who: Current university students—men and women—with advanced textual skills (e.g. yeshiva background or the equivalent) When: Jan. 11 -1 4, 201 0, 7:30am-9pm Where: Yeshivat Hadar, 1 90 Amsterdam Ave. (@69th St.), NYC Cost: $180 (includes breakfast and lunch every day) Contact: Aryeh Bernstein (bernstein@mechonhadar.org) www.yeshivathadar.org

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Past Members of the Week

To nominate someone for member of the week send a picture and bio to shalhevetweb@gmail.com