Shavuot

Thursday, May 21

7:30am: Shacharit and Bris for Baby Covkin

7:56pm: Candle Lighting
7:56pm: Maariv  

Center City Kehillah Lay-Led Learning: For More info and schedule, click here.

 

Friday (Day 1), May 22

9:00am: Shacharit
10:00am: Kids Davening
10:30am: Baby tefillah (0-2)
11:30am: Kiddush lunch sponsored by

• Alison Simon in commemoration of the 26th yarhzeit of my sister Rachel Eve Savett, Chaya Rachel bat Avrum v Katya.

   

• Rachel Levy and Sam Stern in honor of Jacob’s 7th birthday!

   

12:30pm: R' Aviya Eschenazi: Harav Ouzziel and Yerushalmi Realism Part II
5:45pm: Daf Yomi
6:45pm: Mincha followed by Maariv
7:57pm: Candle lighting

 

Shabbat (Day 2), May 23

8:00am: Daf Yomi
9:00am: Shacharit
10:00am: Kids Davening

• Gan Tefillah (3s)

• B'Yachad (4-5s)

• Kids Davening (6+)

10:30am: Tot tefillah (0-2)
11:30am: Kiddush lunch sponsored by:

• David Diamond & Audrey Kraus in honor of their 30th wedding anniversary!

• Dan, Ellie and Rina Rabinowicz to celebrate newest baby girl Rabinowicz!

• Friends of Lisa Levy to celebrate her as she prepares for her move to Harrisburg! We will miss you!, wishing Lisa the best of luck on her next adventure from Rabbi David, Lori and Ayelet Seed, Nancy Wygant in honor of Lisa Levy, with gratitude for her friendship and all the times she's hosted me for Shabbes and Yom Tov dinners, and Ed Letzter & Marjie Risman in honor of Lisa Levy, our friend, who will be moving to Harrisburg.

• Sarah Medved Clark welcoming Sarah's parents to The Shtiebel and South Philly—thank you for coming all the way from Seattle to see what we've been raving about!

• Channa and Jacob Lenoff with immense hakarat hatov to the community for feeding us and checking in after the birth of Adira.

   

Shavuot ALL DAY TIKKUN 1:00pm – 7:45pm
All sessions upstairs, main room or back room. You are welcome to attend classes, or learn on your own or with a chevruta in the room! There will be Shtiebelers who will be available to consult about the Beit Midrash throughout your afternoon. Snacks and food throughout! Sponsor here and choose the Shavuot day sponsorship to be a snack sponsor.

Thank you Channa and Jacob for sponsoring cheesecakes!

 

1:00 – 1:45pm
• R' David Seed: “Don't Worry, Be Happy" - in these challenging times, how does Judaism suggest we might find happiness and satisfaction?
• R' Tim Tomer Yitzchok Cravens: Conversation about Kavanah

2:00 – 2:45pm
• Jamie Medved Clark: Gevina Non Grata: A D'var Halachah on D'var Hama'amid that's WHEY above our pay grade!
• Dan Neiss: Wrestling With Heaven: A Dive Into Tower of Babel

3:00 – 3:45pm
• Louis Polcin: Hidden Hope: Josephus' Message to Am Yisrael after the Churban

4:00 – 4:45pm
• Chaim Fruchter: Adventures in Mishnah Berurah
• Dr. Lindsay Metzker: The Sociology of the Soloveitchiks: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Cohesion and Conflict in Jewish Community
Lindsay asks that participants be limited adults only for this session to help keep the energy focused!

5:00 – 5:45pm
• Rabba Rori Picker Neiss: When Meekness is Weakness and the Chicken Bone that Shattered the Temple
• Russel Neiss: Not in God’s Image: Golems, Humanzees, Mermaids, and the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

6:00 – 6:45pm
• Daniel Krupka: we laika the moon: lunatics for kiddush levanah
• Zohar Hodkin By Whose Rules? Defining 'Law-Abiding' for the Jewish People

7:00 – 7:45pm
• Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter: No Strings Attached? The Theology and Halacha of Gift-Giving in honor of Lisa Levy - wishing her much success and bracha on her move to Harrisburg - we'll miss you so much!

7:50pm: Mincha

Seudah Shlishit followed by Maariv sponsored by:

• Eitan Runyan: Commemorating the Yahrtzeits of my great-grandparents, Theodore "Teddy" Blinder and Barbara (Wollin) Blinder (Chaim Yankel ben Yosef v'Feiga and Bracha Leah bat Moshe v'Esther, 5 Sivan and 19 Iyyar)

   

9:04pm: Havdalah

 

Kid's Tikkun 4:00pm-6:00pm

4:00-4:45pm

• Babies: Singalong with Marlee

• Toddlers: Storybook Yoga with Lily Siegel-Klein

• Kids 3-6: Torah Trivia & Drama with Rabbi Joshua Frankel

   

4:45-5:15pm: ICE CREAM!

5:15-6:00pm:

• Kids 6+: Shavuot Scavenger Hunt with Zoe Myers-Bochner