Shavuot 5778
May 19-21, 2018

Register  here by May 11 for a dairy dinner before the Tikkun Leil Shavuot begins.
8th-12th graders are invited to a special USY Shavuot program! RSVP to Adam.
New this year - Hotel TI! Do you or someone in your family need a place to sleep during the Tikkun? Email Yvonne by May 11 to reserve your space.
There is no Himmelfarb Religious School on May 20, but make sure to register your children in K-6 for a morning of hands-on fun and learning about Shavuot.

Saturday, May 19
7:30 pm: Dairy dinner
9:00 pm: Holiday Ma'ariv service and Havdallah
9:00 pm: USY Shavuot ice cream celebration
 

Tikkun Leil Shavuot
The Tikkun Leil Shavuot offers an opportunity to pull an all-nighter devoted to Jewish learning. Mark Berch has planned a full program of interesting sessions, including a play by Rabbi Seidel. Every year, part of the Tikkun is held jointly with other synagogues and minyanim in the area. This year, we are excited to partner with Ohev Shalom, Fabrangen, Shirat HaNefesh, and Minyan Segulah.

You don't have to stay all night, but every year people are surprised by how long they choose to stay. If you've never been before, this is a great year to try it out - since Shavuot falls on a weekend, you can sleep off all that learning on Sunday!
 

Saturday, May 19
9:35 pm - 10:10 pm: Tikkun Session A
       Judith Miller: Miracles
10:20 pm - 10:55 pm: Tikkun Session B
       Cynthia Peterman: The Jews of the Danube Through One Family's Story

Joint Tikkun begins at Ohev Shalom
11:05 pm - 11:30 pm: Book of Ruth hevruta study, led by Rabbi Seidel
11:30 pm - 12:00 am: Performance of "Oved" by Rabbi Seidel and discussion

Sunday, May 20
12:15 am - 1:00 am: Joint Tikkun Session 1
       * Esther Goldenberg: In the Beginning: Vulnerability
       * Noah Lawrence: What Makes the Talmud Different from American Law School?
       * Caleb Kriesberg: Gossip, Tzedakah, and the Book of Ruth
       * Michele and Howard Sumka: Can Israelis and Palestinians Reconcile Through Understanding Their Conflicting Narratives?
1:00 am - 2:00 am: Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld
1:10 am - 1:55 am: Joint Tikkun Session 2
       * Jay McCrensky: Insight into Understanding Evil through the Zohar
       * Shari Kleiner: What Should Believers Believe About Sickness and Medicine?
       * Ira Forman: Anti-Semitism in 2018: Where is the Threat Coming From?

Joint Tikkun returns to Tifereth Israel
2:10 am - 2:50 am: Joint Tikkun Session 3
       * Dani Kazhdan: What Are the Ten Commandments?
       * Ari Ne'eman: Jabotinsky, Ben-Gurion, and Organizing Lessons of the Early Zionist Movement
3:00 am - 3:45 am: Joint Tikkun Session 4
       * Rabbi Ruti Regan: Torah as a Source of Resistance and Resilience
       * Emily Goldberg: Loving Ourselves Like we Love our Neighbors
3:55 am - 4:40 am: Joint Tikkun Session 5
       * Ben Dreyfus: Praying Before Praying: Singing Niggunim to Approach Revelation
       * Jonah Winer: Balancing Humility With Chutzpah in the Everyday
       * Yvonne Shashoua: Deception in Joshua Chapter 9: A Group Reading and Discussion

5:00 am: Minyan Segulah service, co-sponsored by Tifereth Israel at TI
5:00 am: Early Shavuot service at Ohev Shalom
9:00 am: Morning Shavuot service at TI, followed by Kiddush lunch
10:30 am: Youth program for grades K-6 - click here to sign up

Monday, May 21 - Office closed
9:00 am: Morning holiday service
~10:15 am: Reading of Megillat Ruth
~11:00 am: Yizkor service
Kiddush lunch to follow