Rabbi Mendel Scheiman and his wife Yochi prepare for Rosh Hashanah dinner, or the Jewish new year, Wednesday while watching their 9-month-old daughter Hindy at their home in Carbondale. The Scheimans have been prepping for the dinner for the past two weeks. “We have two fridges full of food and I had to go get more chairs for people,” Rabbi Mendel said. Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic movement, sent the Scheimans to Carbondale one year ago. “We help students to learn and understand our faith’s teachings,” Mendel said.

Ian Mullen • Daily Egyptian