Blowout Crowd at Shabbat Dinner - The Harvard Crimson - MA

This year, Harvard Hillel and Chabad at Harvard hosted the largest Shabbat 1000 to moment at the College, with 700 Harvard affiliates in attendance…Co-director of Chabad at Harvard Elkie Zarchi said that the event was fundamental considering it provided a sense of community for students away from home.“Traditionally, Shabbat dinners are celebrated with family,” Zarchi wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Here at Harvard, students are away from their families, but we would like everyone to feel a part of the extended family that is the Harvard Jewish community.”

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