Shavuot

Shavuot Services Schedule

Wednesday, June 12
4:45 AM Sunrise Shaharit on the roof led by TBA Clergy

8:15 AM Hashkama Minyan in Dorff Nelson Chapel

9:30 AM Combined services led by Library Minyan in Ganzberg Sanctuary and on YouTube

8:00 PM Evening Minyan in Pilch and on Zoom 

Thursday, June 13

9:15 AM Clergy-led Shavuot Service in Ganzberg Sanctuary and on YouTube

9:30 AM Library Minyan in Dorff Nelson Chapel

11:00 AM (approx.) Yizkor in both locations

8:15 PM Evening Minyan in Pilch and on Zoom

Tuesday, June 11

7:15 PM Minha & Dinner (by reservation)
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All are welcome!

8:30 PM Opening Session: Coming Together
with TBA and IKAR Clergy Teams
Ganzberg Sanctuary/Zoom

8:30 PM Teen Beit Midrash
led by Rabbi Chaim Tureff and Tamara Joseph
for all teens and their adults
Elbaz Family Foundation Gym

9:15 PM All-Night Learning Begins

12:00 AM Keynote Plenary Session
 Who Holds Those Who Hold the Weight of the World?
with Rabbis Kligfeld and Brous
and special snack buffets to keep you awake and learning

1:45 AM All-Night Learning continues

4:45 AM Sunrise Shaharit on the Pilch Roof


Zoom Info for Shavuot Tikkun
7:15 PM Minyan, 8:30 PM Opening
Session, and three of the learning sessions
until 11:45 PM will be on Zoom

Schedule of All Night Learning Sessions: June 11

9:15 PM

Building Community: Lessons on Change and Transformation from the Talmud – Danielle Natelson,  Dorff Nelson Chapel
Images of Atzeret
– Dr. Brent Blair, Hersch Hall
A Taste of Resetting the Table: Speaking Across Conflict – Rabbi Matt Shapiro & Inez Tiger, Lainer Library
Disruptions and Disruptors: Making Judaism Out Of Chaos – Dr. Leah Hochman, Ganzberg Sanctuary/Zoom
Created in the Image of God: A Jewish Exploration of People with Disabilities
– Matan Koch, Adelson Hall
Journey To The Mountain – Yoga For Shavuot
– Rabbi Deborah Silver, Chermisqui

10:15 PM

Queer Revelation: Revealing Us to Ourselves Rabbi Kerry Chaplin, Lainer Library
What’s Stopping You?: Tradition, Innovation & Space Between Rabbis Sofia Zway & Brett Kopin, Ganzberg Sanctuary/Zoom
The Journey to Sinai: A Jews by Choice Panel & DiscussionJews By Choice Panel, moderated by Rabbi Hannah Jensen, Adelson Hall
Acting in the Divine Image of G!d Henry Morgen & Paula Pearlman, Hersch Hall
War and Protest in Israeli Poetry – Dr. Ethan Pack, Dorff Nelson Chapel
One Language, One Heart: Risks and Benefits of Unity Rabbi Josh Katzan, Kopelove

11:15 PM

Yenta Podcast*: How Torah Impacts Our Creativity, Comedy and Writing– Raye Schiller & Dr. Sara Glass, Dorff Nelson Chapel
*no recording taking place
Jewish Surnames Around the World: Diversity and Unity – Dr. Sarah Benor, Hersch Hall
Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out – Yehuda Webster, Ganzberg Sanctuary/Zoom
Is It Kosher for a Jew to Attend a Bullfight? – Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Pilch Hall
Torah of Bikkur Holim: There are Jewish chaplains? – Rabbi Chaim Singer-Frankes & Rabbi Dena Trugman, Adelson Hall

12:00 AM

Keynote Plenary: Who Holds Those Who Hold the Weight of the World? 
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld & Rabbi Sharon Brous, Ballroom

1:45 AM

Mikvah: Rituals to Sustain Us Rachel Marcus & Liana Wertman, Lainer Library
Drawing People In: Fences, Boundaries & Fusions of Space/Community Rabbi Dr. Candice Levy, Dorff Nelson Chapel
Forever in our Torah Era Rabbi Liora Alban, Hersch Hall

2:45 AM

Radical Rabbinic Hope: Stories of Our Sages During Times of Tumult – Rabbi Joseph Shamash, Hersch Hall

3:45 AM

Coming Together in Holy Community – Rabbis Rebecca Schatz & Morris Panitz, Dorff Nelson Chapel

4:45 AM

Sunrise Shaharit on Pilch Roof