Join us at Riverway from May 2-4, 2025, for a Shabbaton at SANTOSHA, located at Hillholm Estate in Kingfield, Maine. Experience a weekend filled with farm-to-table meals, inspiring Jewish learning, yoga, and quality time unplugged with the Riverway community. Space is limited, and room reservations are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hillholm Estate, named by and built for Amos G. Winter, is a stately Gilded Age Georgian Revival mansion overlooking the rural village of Kingfield, Maine, nestled in the foothills of Maine’s western mountains.
Participation is the weekend will be largely subsidized by the Riverway Project and the cost to participants will be as follows:
- Single Room or Sharing with Partner – $450/person
- Double Room (2 beds to a room) – $399/person
- If you’d like to share a Double Room with a friend, please provide their name during the sign-up process. We can only guarantee the room match if both individuals list each other on their forms. If not, we’ll do our best to pair you with a suitable roommate.
We value making our events accessible to all. While we are unable to offer additional financial assistance for this particular event, we welcome you to explore our many other programs and opportunities for engagement throughout the year. Please contact us to discuss alternative ways to connect with our community - we're here to help find options that work for you.
Reserve your spot!
After reserving your spot, we’ll send you a follow-up questionnaire from our friends at SANTOSHA. This form includes questions about dietary preferences and is required by SANTOSHA for planning purposes.
What’s included in the cost of participation?
- Farm-to-table meals, featuring local, sustainably sourced Maine ingredients and locally roasted coffee and curated tea selection available throughout the day
- 3 optional yoga classes
- Cedar barrel sauna and jacuzzi
- Green clay tennis and pickleball court
- Classic stone fire pit and various outdoor gas fireplaces surrounded by Adirondack chairs, perfect for s’mores
- Direct access to the Carrabassett River, extensive hiking trails, and the valley’s best-kept secret swimming hole
- Your stay in one of Hillholms 20 bespoke guest rooms, each of which features an en-suite bathroom and handmade hypoallergenic soaps and sundries; independently-controlled heating and air conditioning; fully renovated (2023)
- Memory foam mattresses, plush bedding and towels, and no televisions, telephones, alarms, etc. – Let’s unplug!
- Shabbat programming
- Additional programming throughout the weekend lead by Rabbi Andrew, Nalani, and the Riverway Leadership Team
Reserve your spot!
What isn’t in the participant fee:
- Dog fee! Dogs (more than!) welcome (fee charged separately) – If you plan to bring a furry friend with you, please email reservations@santosha.org
- Any Healing Arts you choose to book – we’ll send out a preview schedule, our suggestion would be to book before Torah Study or after lunch on Saturday
A few fun facts about Hillholm Estate you might enjoy as you prepare for our Shabbaton:
- Designed by Freeland and Francis Stanley, renowned inventors of the Stanley Steamer automobile
- Built in a bid to woo Julia Magdalena Roesch, a New York socialite, to marry Amos G. Winter