Fridays
Friday Knight Live
Services 7:30 PM · Dinner 8:15 PM
A four-course Shabbat dinner with gourmet home cooking, spirited singing and great company. Zero pressure, total pleasure.
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Chabad Jewish Student Center · UCFFamily. Shabbat.
Family. Shabbat.
Home away from home.
Warmth, wisdom and a good time at a house you can call your own. Open to every Jewish student at UCF & Valencia, whatever your background.
Chabad is
Where being Jewish is fun.
Shabbat
Every Friday night: a four-course home-cooked dinner, great conversation and friends from every corner of campus.
Join us for Shabbat →Learning
Sinai Scholars, JewishU mini-courses, and one-on-one study. Ask anything, at your own pace.
Explore learning →Israel
Go on a free 10-day Birthright trip with Rabbi Chaim and the Chabad at UCF crew. It may be the best trip of your life.
Israel opportunities →Every week
See all events & RSVPThis week at Chabad
Saturdays
Shabbat Morning & Kiddush Lunch
Services 11:00 AM · Lunch 1:30 PM
Meaningful, relaxed services followed by a full deli Kiddush with the best cholent in town.
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Tuesdays
Chillin N Grillin
6:30 – 8:00 PM
A free hot kosher BBQ, authentic Jewish schmoozing and some food for thought to top it off.
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Sundays
BLT: Bagels, Lox & Tefillin
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lay tefillin, say the Shema, and enjoy OJ, bagels, lox and cream cheese. No experience necessary.
RSVPWeekly programs run during the Fall & Spring semesters. Holiday and special events are listed on the RSVP portal.
Welcome
A home where every Jew is family.
Welcome to the Chabad Jewish Student Center, a resource for the students and faculty at UCF & Valencia. We look forward to personally welcoming you at the Chabad House, where you'll find warmth, wisdom and a good time at a house you can call your own.
Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, unaffiliated, or just curious: there's no membership and no judgment. Come for dinner, stay for the friends.
Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie Lipskier
For parents
We're here for your student.
Birthday cakes, chicken soup when they're sick, and a Shabbat table every week. Visiting? Join us for Friday night.
Parents' corner →
For alumni
Once a Knight, always family.
Stay connected, come home for Homecoming Shabbat, and help the next generation through the Alumni Chai Club.
Alumni →Come by
3144 N Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
407.949.8838 · info@jewishucf.com
The Chabad House
Steps from campus on Alafaya Trail. Stop in anytime and say hi.
Chabad Jewish Student Center at UCF3144 N Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
407.949.8838 · info@jewishucf.com
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One weekly email with everything happening at Chabad.
Be part of it
Every Shabbat dinner, class and trip is free for students.
Like every Chabad House, Chabad at UCF raises its own budget locally. Gifts from parents, alumni and friends keep the doors open and the soup warm.