Summer Learning Program: 2010 & Sponsors

June 22, 2010

Sally & Seymour Olshin Adult Education Program

Great Neck Synagogue Summer Learning Program

Roshei Yeshiva Lecture Series

On Various Topics of Jewish Learning

Jewish Professional Lecture Series

Focusing on the interface of Halacha with Science, and Economy.

July 6, 2010 at 8:25 pm

(following Mincha at 8:15 pm)

Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch

“Dating ourselves: Issues in Using the Secular Calender”

Rabbi Maybruch is a rebbi and a sgan mashgiach at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan in New York. His shiurim on Gemara, Halacha, Tanach, and Machshava have been enjoyed by the bnei haYeshiva as well as many communities in the United States and Canada. During the past six years, he has devotedly taught a weekly interactive halacha shiur for women in New York City.Torah and Halacha to enable them to observe the mitzvos properly and appreciate the beauty of a Torah life.

July 13, 2010 at 8:35 pm

(following Mincha at 8:10 pm)

Rabbi Dovid Hirsch

“What Can I Say & When Can I Say It:

When Lashon Harah Is Permissable”

Rabbi Hirsch is a 1990 graduate of Yeshiva College, where he majored in computer science. Upon graduation from YC, Rabbi Hirsch received the Rothman Award for Excellence in Talmud. He earned his M.S. degree in Jewish Education from Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration in 1993. That same year, he was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). After Rabbi Hirsch was granted semikhah (rabbinic ordination) from RIETS, he was named a fellow of the Gruss Kollel Elyon. Rabbi Hirsch has taught Talmud and halakhah (Jewish law) and Jewish Thought in the Stone Beit Midrash Program at YU and was appointed Rosh Yeshiva on June 7,2000. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he is married to Miriam Hirsch. The couple has three children, Esther, Rochel, and Rivka.


July 27, 2010 at 8:35 pm

(following Mincha at 8:00 pm)

Rabbi Baruch Simon

“Can’t We Just Eat: Laws of Blessing on Foods”

Rabbi Simon, the Colonel Jehiel R. Elyachar Professor of Talmud at the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies, received his semikha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva University’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) in 1988. A graduate of Yeshiva University’s High School, Rabbi Simon earned his B.A., magna cum laude, in Judaic Studies from Yeshiva College Rabbi Simon was a fellow of the prestigious Caroline and Joseph Gruss Kollel Elyon and a fellow of the Katz Kollel. Before teaching in the Yeshiva Program,  Rabbi Simon was a member of the Halakha faculty at the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies at Yeshiva University.

Jewish Professional Lecture Series

August 10, 2010 at 8:15 pm

(following Mincha at 7:45 pm)

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

“If Maimonides was alive today:

Contemporay Medical Ethics Trough the Eyes of the Rambam”

Edward Reichman is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Philosophy and History of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) of Yeshiva University, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures widely in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He is the recipient of a Kornfeld Foundation Fellowship and the Rubinstein Prize in Medical Ethics.  He is a past member of the advisory board of the Institute for Genetics and Public Policy. His research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law.

August 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm

(following Mincha at 7:35 pm)

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine

“Love your neighbor as yourself and The market Place”

Aaron Levine is the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University. A Phi Beta Kappa at Brooklyn College, he earned his Ph.D. at New York University.  He was ordained in Jewish civil and ritual law at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School and is the spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s Young Israel of Ave. J. A noted authority on Jewish commercial law, Professor Levine’s research specialty is the interface between economics and Halakhah, especially as it relates to public policy and modern business practices.  He has published widely on these issues, including five books and numerous monographs. His books include Free Enterprise and Jewish Law (1980); Economics and Jewish Law (1987); Economic Public Policy and Jewish Law (1993); Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics (2000); and Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law (2005).   An Associate editor of Tradition, Rabbi Levine also serves on an ad hoc basis on the Bet Din (rabbinical court) of the Rabbinical Council of America for disputes in monetary matters.  Dr. Levine is a member of the World Jewish Academy of Science and the recipient of the Irving M. Bunim Prize for Jewish Scholarship. In 1982, he was respondent to Milton Friedman in the Liberty Fund symposium on Morality of the Market.

SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM

Dear Friends,

Each year our Summer Learning Program is run through the generosity of sponsors. It is to the credit of our sponsors that the voice of Torah is strengthened each summer.

Sponsorship is one hundred dollars. Please call the office to be included in this noble effort.

We will once again be including a sponsor’s list in the Shabbat Announcements. If you would like to sponsor a “Day of Learning” at an additional cost, in honor or in memory of someone, please call Mark Twersky and let him know.

Thank you for helping support Torah.

Very cordially yours,

Rabbi Dale Polakoff

Rabbi Shalom Axelrod

Philip Machnikoff, Chair

SPONSOR LIST (IN FORMATION)


Gilbert Aronowitz

Carol Buckmann in memory of Mayer Siegel, z”l

Debbie & Hal Chadow

Debbie Wang Etzion & Gloria Wang Miller for Fay Saltzman

Lorraine & Harold Domnitch

Marc Epstein

Tina & Philip Machnikoff in memory of Rabbi Michol Scholar

Alisa & Michael Hoenig

Barbara & Gedale Horowitz

Joan & Henry Katz

Ruth & Milt Mitzner

Carol & Jeff Kaufman

Gloria & Harvey Kaylie in memory of Lorraine White

Sam Levitt in memory of his brother Milton Levitt

Cindy & Glenn Ludwig

Sydelle & Robert Knepper

Sonia & Sam Movsas

Jolanta & Frank Rosenstein in memory of and honor of our parents

Karen & Robert Spitalnick in memory of Jonas Steigman

Gisela Steigman in memory of Jonas Steigman

Melissa & Sam Toledano in memory of his father

Hadassah & Jacob Wachstock

Memorial Lecture: Wednesday, May 12

May 4, 2010

A Memorial Lecture on topics from Rabbi Yehuda Lieb Movsas’ book will take place on Wednesday evening, May 12, 8:30 pm in the Braun Youth Center.

Participating in the discussion will be Rabbi Dale Polakoff, Rabbi David Movsas and Rabbi Dovid Rhodes.

All are welcome.

Classes

March 24, 2010

All classes will resume after Passover.

Chag Sameach!

Tikun Lail Shavout 2010

March 13, 2010

JOINT GNS-YIGN

TIKUN LAIL SHAVUOT PROGRAM - 5770

May 18, 2010 at YIGN

11:30 - 12:30

GREAT NECK GOES TO JERUSALEM: SO WHAT’S THE STORY

WITH THE SECOND DAY OF YOM TOV?

Rabbi Yaacov Lerner

12:40 -  1:40

ARE THE WINDS OF CHANGE BLOWING?: WOMEN IN

COMMUNAL ROLES

Rabbi Dale Polakoff

1:40   -  2:00     Refreshments

For the remainder of the evening, there will be two choices of shiurim during each time period.

2:00   - 2:50

MY TORAH OR YOUR LIFE: UNDERSTANDING “KAFA

ALEIHEM HAR K’GIGIS”

Rabbi Shalom Axelrod    (Main Sanctuary)

G-D’S RESPONSE TO RABBINIC SCANDAL AND ITS LESSONS

FOR JEWISH LEADERSHIP (AND LAYMANSHIP)

Rabbi Shmuel Ismach  (Beit Midrash)

3:00  - 3:50

FROM AMERICAN TO SWISS: WHAT’S SO HOLY ABOUT

KOSHER CHEESE?

Michael Bleicher, Rabbinic Intern    (Main Sanctuary)

THE CURIOUS DEATHS OF NADAV AND AVIHU: SEVENTY

FACES TO THE TORAH?  MAYBE EVEN ONE HUNDRED!

Dr. Efraim Weinblatt       (Beit Midrash)

4:00  - 4:50

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RABBIS OF THE MISHNA CONFRONT

PAGAN ART?

Rabbi Ben Skydell     (Main Sanctuary)

TECHELET - DO I NEED TO GO OUT AND BUY A NEW TALIT?

Dr. Avi Goldberg       (Beit Midrash)

5:05     SCHACHARIT

5:35     NETZ HACHAMAH

Great Neck Scholars Kollel: March, 2010

March 8, 2010

Great Neck Scholars Kollel

Schedule for March

03/01/10 03/02/10 03/04/10
Laws of Pesach: Passover the Bracha Laws of Pesach: Passover the Bracha Laws of Pesach: Passover the Bracha
Hagada insights Hagada insights Parsha
03/08/10 03/09/10 03/11/10
Laws of Pesach: Passover the Bracha Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz
Hagada insights Hagada insights Parsha
03/15/10 03/16/10 03/18/10
Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz
Hagada insights Hagada insights Parsha
03/22/10 03/23/10 03/25/10
Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz Laws of Pesach: In search of chometz
Hagada insights Hagada insights Parsha

Includes Breakfast

Scholars Kollel Lecture Series

November 9, 2009


ROSH CHODESH LECTURE SERIES

Come join the Great Neck Scholars Kollel

for an  evening of inspiration.

Rabbi Mordechai Kamanetsky dean of South Shore Yeshiva, will speak about “The Holiday Of Chanukah: Its All Greek To Me”.

The Shiur will take place at the Great Neck Synagogue

on Monday, December 14 at 8:30 pm


Refreshments will be served


Men and Women are welcome.

Kollel Schedule for October

October 2, 2009

Great Neck Scholars Kollel

Schedule for October

10/05/09 10/06/09 10/08/09
Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
10/12/09 10/13/09 10/15/09
Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
10/19/09 10/20/09 10/22/09
Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
10/26/09 10/27/09 10/29/09
Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed Lifnei Eiver: Misguiding the perplexed
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha

Includes Breakfast

Great Neck Scholars Kollel:September

August 31, 2009

Great Neck Scholars Kollel

Schedule for September

08/31/09 09/01/09 09/03/09
Rosh Hashana: The books of life, death, and everything in between Rosh Hashana: The books of life, death, and everything in between Rosh Hashana: The books of life, death, and everything in between
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
09/07/09 09/08/09 09/10/09
Yom Kippur: Finding the right way home Yom Kippur: Finding the right way home Yom Kippur: Finding the right way home
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
09/14/09 09/15/09 09/17/09
Yom Kippur: Finding the right way home Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
09/21/09 09/22/09 09/24/09
Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Sukkos: The mitzvah of building

a sukkah

Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha

Includes Breakfast

Scholars Kollel : August Schedule

August 4, 2009

Great Neck Scholars Kollel

Schedule for August

Suggested tuition:$100 per month

08/10/09 08/11/09 08/13/09
The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you.
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
08/17/09 08/18/09 08/20/09
The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you.
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha
08/24/09 08/25/09 Friday, August 27, 2009
The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you. The NYC water issue: Don’t let it bug you.
Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Mesilas Yishurim: Discovering the proper path Parsha

Includes Breakfast

All Night Learning Shavout Schedule

May 22, 2009

Shavuot - 5769

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Community

Tikun Leyl Shavuot (held this year at GNS)

11:30 pm - 12:30 am

A History of Rabbinic Politics in Megillat Rut

Rabbi Dale Polakoff (Ballroom)

12:40 am - 1:40 am

Learning Torah or Doing Mitzvot: Which Is More Important?

Rabbi Yaacov Lerner (Ballroom)

1:40 am- 2:00 am

Brief Break and Refreshments (Gym)

Following the break there will be a choice of 2 shiurim each hour

2:00 am - 2:50 am

Shiur #1 Reigning in Those Rabbis:The Latitude and Limits of              Rabbinic Leadership

Rabbi Shmuel Ismach (Ballroom)

Shiur #2 Conversion and Revelation: An Examination of Geirus    and Matan Torah

Rabbi Shalom Axelrod (Beit Midrash)

3:00 am-3:50 am

Shiur #1 Eliahu: Navi, Miracle Worker, Rider of Fiery Chariots:        Is That All He Does?

Dr. Ephraim Weinblatt (Ballroom)

Shiur #2 G-d Will Provide: The Contemporary Kollel Controversy

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg (Beit Midrash)

4:00 am-4:50 am

Shiur #1 Megillat Rut and Halachik Consequences

Dr. Avi Goldberg (Ballroom)

Shiur #2 Eilu V’eilu Divrei Elokim Chayim:                                     Can Everybody Be Right?

Daniel Schwechter (Beit Midrash)

4:55 am- Davenning        5:26am - Netz (Sunrise)

Youth learning throughout the night in the Youth Center

with Rabbi Moskowitz and Rabbi Jensen

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