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Name: Ronen Agadi
Major: Finance
Minor: Hebrew
Future Plans: Undecided
Before I started college, my observance of Judaism consisted of nothing more than forcibly going to synagogue on Saturday mornings and keeping the bare minimum of kashrut. Aside from Hebrew school, which I despised, and the ability to read Hebrew very well, although not knowing what the words mean, Judaism didn’t really mean much to me. The reason I believe that the Chabad House is so successful is that it doesn’t infringe upon anyone’s current way of life. One could go out, get drunk and then show up at the Chabad house the next day without having the Rabbi give him any dirty looks.
If not for the Chabad House, I would turn into John Belushi’s character from the film Animal House. People say I look like him anyway. The point is that when a student is fed up with exams, or fed up with partying, or just plain fed up, spirituality and a free home cooked meal is the best remedy. It gives a person something to look forward to in the increasingly hectic life on a college campus. There’s kids to play with (thank G-d, lots of them), there’s books to read, which I never do, and there’s life experience and knowledge coming from the Rabbis, their wives, and even the little kids which no professor could ever compete with.
In all, the Chabad House has been able to accommodate to the needs of all the Jews on campus should they decide to take advantage of their services. Whether they expect there to be 100 or 500 students at their events, there’s always enough food and, recently, room for everyone to enjoy himself or herself. No matter what the circumstances, the Chabad House makes things work, which is why I have no suggestions to make for the future of the Chabad house other than their future is our future.
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