All are welcome to join Rachel and Rabbinic Intern Adina for a fun and relaxing weekend in the Poconos! We will celebrate Shabbat together as a community. This retreat experience is open to anyone in their 20s and 30s. Check out the schedule of what we will be doing down below!
Shabbaton Schedule:
Friday:
- 4 PM Check in begins and optional challah braiding
- Lighting Shabbat candles together & assembling cheese boards
- 6:30 PM Check in closes – Must arrive before then
- Musical Shabbat service
- Delicious Shabbat Dinner
- Shabbat songs
- Chocolate and wine pairing activity
Saturday
- Breakfast – stays out all morning so feel free to sleep in!
- Optional outdoor activity choice:
- Adina: Hike with songs and spiritual themes
- Rachel: Jewish food hike!
- Hamantaschen history and hamantaschen filling (we will bake them after Shabbat!)
- Foodie Tribe-style Lunch (each person will have a chance to assemble the vegetarian sandwich of their dreams)
- Time to hang out/relax/explore
- Philly favorite snack!
- Slow Shabbat songs
- Breakout sessions – choose between:
- Foodie option
- Music option
- Havdalah, followed by Mishloach Manot packing – Mishloach Manot is the tradition of giving gifts of food to friends and family on the Jewish holiday of Purim. We will create packages that you can take home with you to give away!
- Make your own pizza dinner
- Cocktail/mocktail making
- Campfire and smores
Sunday
- Brunch cooking together!
- Clean up and pack cars
- Closing program
- Pack lunches and goodbye – leave by 12:30
Pictures of the really cool house we are staying at (complete with 18 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms):
