Shavuot 2021

TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT

In partnership with Fabrangen and Shirat HaNefesh
Begins after Havdalah

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SCHEDULE

Refreshments available throughout the tikkun

9:55 pm - 10:45 pm • Session 1

Haninah Levine: “Bereishit: Human and nature, eretz and adamah”

Morris Rodenstein: “Cremation - Is it good for the Jews?”

10:55 pm - 11:45 pm • Session 2

Bill Galston: "These and these are the words of the Living God"

Richard Gladstein: “Nusach and Klezmer: Chaverim and Shekinah” [will include playing music]

11:55 pm - 12:45 am • Session 3

Rabbi Charles M. Feinberg: “Abortion in Jewish law and practice”

David Balto and Ira Zukerman: "Righty tighty, lefty-loosey: Sayings and ethics of many of our forefathers, including Pirke Avot from the Jewish tradition, and Atisa’s slogans from the Buddhist tradition"

12:55 am - 1:45 am • Session 4

Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block: "Bitachon - Cultivating trust in chaotic times"

Rabbi Michael Werbow: “Are you ready for some Torah?!?!?! What have we done to prepare for Shavuot and will continue to do to prepare ourselves for being open to receiving Torah?”

1:55 am - 2:45 am • Session 5

Stan Dorn: “Can the Shma's blessings bridge the gap between ought and is?”

2:55 am - 3:45 am • Session 6

Simcha Kuritzky:  "The making of modern Israel 1782 to 1948" (illustrated with contemporary coins, medals, tokens, and notes)

3:55 am - 4:45 am • Session 7

Mark Berch:  “Four puzzles from the Book of Ruth”

Teen Tracks:  9:00 pm - 12:00 am
(details below)

TEEN TIKKUN

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

Rising 8th graders and all high schoolers are invited to
learn with Rabbi Kelley and Rabbi Werbow, eat cheesecake
and study with the larger congregational community.

Questions? Contact Rabbi Kelley.