Kosher Dining Program
Fall 2008 Kosher Meal Plan Information and Registration will be available mid-June. Please check back then! Questions? Please call 301-422-6200, ext. 202 or ext. 203.
Shabbat & Holiday Options
Spring 08 Hillel Full Meal Plan: All Shabbat meals are prepaid and non-refundable. The following dates are excluded from pre-deduction: Passover meals beginning with Dinner on Friday 4/18/08 through Dinner on Sunday 4/27/08. Shabbat dinners are prepaid and non-refundable. Students who wish to participate in these meals may do so by reserving a place the Wednesday before and pay by declining points, cash or credit card.
Holiday meals are NOT included in the Shabbat or Friday Dinner Only meal plans and must be reserved and paid for separately.
How do I sign up?
Subscribe online and pay using your Master Card, VISA, American Express or Discover. You may also sign up on-line for off-line payments including paying by check or an off-line credit card. Various payment rates are available. All payments must be made in full. An installment plan option, using a checking account debit, is available for full-meal plan purchases only.
Hillel will forward the completed contract to The University of Maryland Department of Dining Services Contracts Office. The Contracts Office performs two duties. The student’s meal plan points are “attached” to their University issued Student ID card and any funds charged for a University meal plan are refunded to your Student Account through the Bursar’s Office.
The Maryland Hillel reserves the right to cancel this Agreement and discontinue the Dining Plan when, in its judgment, an emergency or other event limits or prevents satisfactory meal service. I have read and understand all aspects of this Meal Plan Contract, including the reverse. I further understand that the student diner will be familiar and abide by the Terms and Conditions of On-Campus Housing and Dining Services Agreement for Students.
MEAL INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT
University Requirements
The University of Maryland requires that anyone residing in a campus dorm without a kitchen participate in a Full Meal Plan. Those individuals who wish to eat Kosher meals are permitted to substitute the Full Meal Plan at Hillel to satisfy this requirement. This may be done as follows:
- Carefully read and complete the Hillel Meal Plan Contract choosing the Full Meal Plan.
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Subscribe online and pay using your Master Card, VISA, American Express or Discover. You may also sign up on-line for off-line payments including paying by check or an off-line credit card. Various payment rates are available. All payments must be made in full.
- We will confirm your election to dine with Hillel to the University Dining Services Contract Office.
Meal Plan Benefits and Conditions
- The options available to diners provide the convenience of prepayment for meals.
- Lunch and dinner served daily Monday through Saturday; brunch and dinner on Sunday.
- No food may be removed from the dining hall during any “all-you-care-to-eat meals”.
- Declining balance points are usable only at Hillel.
- All meal plan contracts MUST be paid in full prior to the beginning of the semester.
Meal Choices
Vegetarian selections are available at every meal.
Dairy: Sunday all day, Tuesday and Thursday dinners (note: Tuesday and Thursday Dinner hours extended until 7:00 pm)
Meat: Monday-Friday during lunch Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Friday and Saturday dinners
These selections may change due to special circumstances.
Shabbat Policies
Students participating in any Kosher meal plans must become familiar with and adhere to the following policies governing Shabbat reservations, as adopted by the Hillel Board of Directors.
- Meal plan students who wish to bring a guest must make reservations and pay for any guests for Shabbat meals by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. You may choose to pay by using your meal plan points or by another method of acceptable payment.
- Hillel may exercise its right to deny attendance to anyone who fails to pay until all debts are discharged.
Hillel Dining – General Information
The Kosher dining program at the Sabra Deli is a flagship program of Maryland Hillel. It is operated under contract by The University of Maryland Department of Dining Services and is a Glatt kosher facility supervised by the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington. The Sabra Deli, Hillel’s meat deli and grill are open to students on the meal plan and to the general public.
The Full Meal and Points Only plans are primarily declining balance point plans closely modeled after those offered by the University. The declining balance point system allows diners to spend their points without fixed meals per day or week. Diners’ point balances only decline when and for the amount of food that they actually purchase. Meal plan participants pay special reduced meal plan prices for the entrees they purchase. Shabbat and Friday Only meal plans are prepaid, non-refundable, meal purchases.
Diners access their meal plan points with their university issued Student ID card, which they must present for all purchases. For diners on the Full, Points Only, Friday or Shabbat meal plans Shabbat is automatically included and pre-deducted, and does not affect the points balance. The Kosher Full meal plan offered by Maryland Hillel satisfies the University requirement for students living in traditional residence halls or suites without kitchens.
Where, When, How
Participants in the Hillel Kosher meal plan dine exclusively in the Hillel dining hall. Lunch and Dinner are offered. All lunches are meat meals; brunch on Sunday and dinners on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday are dairy meals. Holiday and carryout meals are generally available.
Dining hours are Monday – Friday, Sunday 11:30-1:30 pm; Sunday – Thursday 5-6:45 pm; Friday dinner and Saturday meals follow services at approximately 7:30 pm , 11:30 am, and 5:00 pm, respectively. Carry out sandwich service is available Monday-Thursday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Dining times sometimes vary with sunset times, and holidays and are always posted in advance on the Hillel website and in the Hillel dining hall. Students on the Full, Points Only, Friday or Shabbat meal plans need not reserve their weekday or Shabbat meals. All Shabbat guests must be reserved and paid for in advance.
The Full Meal Plan is a combination of declining balance points and pre-deducted meals. The Points Only Meal Plan is composed solely of declining balance points. The number of declining balance points varies by meal.
KOSHER MEAL PLAN CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information or if you have any questions or concerns please contact Donna Lawrence, VP for Kosher Dining of the UMD Hillel Board of Directors. Donna can be reached via email. If you would like to participate in the Kosher Dining committee that oversees the Sabra Deli and the relationship with UMD Dining Services, please let Donna know.
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