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Short recaps of some of our recent Shabbaton events — some written by our own members, some submitted by attendees or organizers, so the angles differ. If you don't find your event here, submit your own short post.
Learning Curve on Kiruv
By Rivka Streicher
When Rabbi Aryeh Royde and his friends did their first Traveling Chassidim Shabbaton 13 years ago, they were still looking for the right formula and direction: To discuss “truth”? To teach the dos and don’ts? To make people frum? What they’ve learned along the way is that the Jewish neshamah...
New City, NY — Night of Music & Dancing in the NHC Sukkah
September 30, 2013, Nanuet Hebrew Center Staff
What do you do when you bring about 100 Jews of all ages and walks of life into Nanuet Hebrew Center's Sukkah, and add the music of two live bands (co...)
Cleveland, OH — Community-Wide Celebration with The Traveling Chassidim
May 11, 2013, Local Jewish News - Cleveland Jewish Community
The Traveling Chassidim are a group of Belz Chasidim from New York, who have been making waves in many Jewish circles around the country. They visi...
Elkins Park, PA — An Unforgettable Shabbaton
May 7, 2013, Etz Chaim Website
Etz Chaim had an unforgettable Shabbaton, May 3rd and May 4th, with the renowned Traveling Chassidim. Featuring inspiring Chassidish/Carlebach Friday...
Baltimore, MD — “Chassidim Are So Cool”
January 30, 2013, Rivka Malka Perlman, Director WOW Inspired Baltimore, MD
Baltimore didn't know what to expect when we invited The Traveling Chassidim to spend Shabbos with us. What we got made us so happy that we're still...
Forshay, NY — With the Boston University Students
December 11, 2012, Rabbi A. Loketch, Executive Director Meor Boston
This past Shabbos we brought a group of 30 students from all walks of Jewish life. Most of them never experienced Shabbos before. They didn't know w...
One Shabbat — With New York College Students
December 23, 2013, Event Participant
This past Shabbos over 75 college students from Albany, Brooklyn and Queens joined together with over 50 families of the Flatbush community for a p...
NE Philadelphia, PA — Shabbaton with the Philly RAJE Students
April 18, 2013, Sumie Isaacson, RAJE Philadelphia
This past Shabbos we had the privilege of having the famous Traveling Chasidim as our guests. We had hoped that they would be an inspiration and a...
Chicago, IL — With the Buffalo Grove Jewish Community
December 10, 2012, Tzvi Feifel, Buffalo Grove, IL
This week I had one of the greatest shabbatot of my life. Incredibly, it occurred not in the bubble of an isolated yeshiva, or in one of the great Eur...