Pre Shavout Lecture with Sandra E. Rapoport May 7
April 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 7:30pm
A Special Pre-Shavuot Lecture and Author Event
Attorney and Bible Scholar
Sandra E. Rapoport
Author of the award-winning book
Biblical Seductions: Six Stories Retold
Based on Talmud and Midrash
“Ruth: Handmaid to Heroine”
Books will be available following the presentation
for purchase and signing at a special discount
(cash or checks only - no credit cards, please)
Refreshments will be served
Complimentary Admission |
Sponsored by Sarita & Ben Greszes and Tina Machnikoff
Megillat Ruth tells the story of a Moabite widow-the Talmud says she is a Moabite princess-
who burns her bridges, leaves her homeland, attaches herself to her Israelite mother-in-law,
and migrates to Judah to build a life among hostile strangers. How and why does Ruth
transform herself from childless Moabite widow to Em Malchut-a mother and grandmother
of kings in Israel? Join us for a vibrant and exciting analysis of the heroine of this Tanach
jewel.
Great Neck Synagogue
26 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023
516.487.6100 | www.gns.org
Winner of the 2011 National
Jewish Book Awards Finalist
Prize, and a Boston Globe “Top
-Ten Bestseller” (April 2011)
Visit biblicalseductions.com for
more information about the
book, the author, reviews, and
upcoming classes.
Rabbi Polakoff Siyum
February 25, 2013
On Shabbat, April 20, we will celebrate 25 years of Rabbi Polakoff’s dedicated leadership of our synagogue and community.
As part of our celebration, we will be completing all of Mishna, making a siyum on that Shabbat as a tribute to Rabbi Polakoff.
Click here to sign up to learn Mishnayot in honor of Rabbi Polakoff.
New Classes: Youth and Adult
October 17, 2012
NEW CLASSES
YOUTH CLASSES
***New Jr. High Girls Chesed Club
The club will meet weekly at Great Neck Synagogue on Tuesdays from 7:00 - 7:45 pm to plan and discuss various organizations to contact and events to run that will benefit the larger Jewish community. Rabbi Lichter will supervise the club and act as an advisor to their suggestions. The club will host its first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter.gns.org for more Information and to sign up your daughter for this Chesed opportunity.
***New Jr. High Boys Tefillin Class
A class taught by Rabbi Lichter on Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:15 pm for Bar‐Mitzvah aged boys who would like to learn about the laws and reasons behind the mitzvah of Tefillin. The class will meet in the Braun Youth Center and a pizza dinner will be served. The first class will be Thursday, Oct. 18th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter@ gns.org to sign your son up for the class.
Parsha & Pizza
This class, taught by Rabbi Lichter, focusing on Parshat Hashavua will continue to meet this year on Wednesday nights from 7:00 - 7:30, geared for 2nd grade to 5th grade. Pizza dinner is served, prizes and seforim are awarded to attendees. The first class is Wednesday night, Oct. 17th in the Chalfin Room at Great Neck Synagogue. Contact Rabbi Lichter for any questions about the class. ilichter@gns.org.
High School Class
Our high schoolers meet with Rabbi Lichter on Thursday nights for dinner and learning from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The class focuses on the daily issues that High School teens confront in their lives and provides for both a social and educational atmosphere. The first class is Thursday night, Oct. 18th at Great Neck Synagogue. Drop in on Thursday nights and you’ll be hooked.
SCHOLARS & SCHOLARSHIP - NEW SERIES
Tuesday, October 16, 8:30pm with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Join us for the first of three special study sessions on the Ten Commandments, culminating with a lecture by David Hazony, author of ‘The Ten Commandments: How Our Most Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life’.
TALMUD TORAH
Matan Bat Mitzvah Program begins Wed. Oct., 17th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the Chalfin Rm. with Morah Netta Jensenson. Please contact Rabbi Lichter to register your daughter at ilichter@gns.org.
Summer Learning Program 2012
July 18, 2012
SALLY & SEYMOUR OLSHIN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM
Our Annual Summer Learning Program is enabled only through the generosity of our sponsors. It is to their credit that the voice of Torah is strengthened each summer in our community.
Sponsorship is one hundred eighty dollars ($180). Please call the Synagogue office at (516) 487-6100 to be included in this noble effort. We will recognize and honor all of our sponsors in a special Shabbat Announcements listing.
To sponsor a “Day of Learning” at an additional cost in honor or in memory of a loved one, please contact Mark Twersky.
Thank you for helping support Torah.
UPCOMING LECTURES
Reservations required for dinner: 516-487-6100
Admission free to lectures
Tuesday, July 17
Dinner - 7:30pm | Mincha - 8:05pm
Maariv following lecture
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Philosophy & History of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, YU
“The Resuscitation of Halakhah:
Resuscitation episodes in rabbinic literature
and their use in contemporary Jewish medical ethics”
Tuesday, July 24
Dinner - 7:30pm | Mincha - 8:00pm
Maariv following lecture
Dr. Michelle Friedman
Chair, Department of Pastoral Counseling,
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Mount Sinai Hospital
“A Different Derekh: Religious Life in Transition”
Tuesday, July 31
Dinner - 7:15pm | Mincha - 7:55pm
Maariv following lecture
Rabbi Baruch Simon
Col. Jehiel R. Elyacher Chair in Talmud,
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Yeshiva University
“Reflections on the Siyum Ha-Shas:
The Role and Value of the Oral Law”
Tuesday, August 7
Dinner - 7:15pm | Mincha - 7:45pm
Maariv following lecture
Rabbi Dovid Hirsch
Eva, Morris, and Jack K. Rubin
Memorial Chair in Rabbinics,
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Yeshiva University
The Procedure of Chalitzah:
The Lessons of Emotionally Fraught Halakhot
Tuesday, August 21
Dinner - 7:00pm | Mincha - 7:25pm
Maariv following lecture
Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff
Judaic Studies Faculty,
Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University
New York Educational Director, Birthright Israel
“How To Have A Really Good Time:
Exploring Five Levels of Pleasure in Jewish Thought”
Class Schedule
October 19, 2011
Sundays
Rabbi Dale Polakoff Midrash on the Parsha
9:20 - 10:00 am, Great Neck Synagogue
Mondays
Rabbi Reuvein Goldstein, Community Senior Kollel
8:30 - 10:00 am, Great Neck Synagogue
Rabbi Ian Lichter
The Stories of the Prophets - Jewish History Revisited - Sefer Shmuel II
8:30 - 9:30 pm, Great Neck Synagogue (Begins 10/24)
Rabbi Dale Polakoff
Topics in Aggadata
9:00 - 10:00 pm, Bilfeld home, 1 Magnolia Dr. (Begins 10/24)
Tuesdays
Rabbi Reuvein Goldstein, Community Senior Kollel
8:30 - 10:00 am, Great Neck Synagogue
Rabbi Ian Lichter
Insights into Masechet Sanhedrin (1st & 3rd of the month)
8:30 - 9:30 pm, Great Neck Synagogue (Begins 11/1)
Wednesdays
Rabbi Ian Lichter
Touring the Melachot of Shabbat: Origins and Rationale
8:30 - 9:30 am, Great Neck Synagogue in conjunction with the Senior Kollel
Rabbi Yossi Singer
Gemorah
8:30 -9:30 pm, Great Neck Synagogue
Rabbi Ian Lichter
Contemporary Topic Chabura
9:00 - 10:00 pm, rotating homes in the community (Begins 10/26)
Thursdays
Rabbi Reuvein Goldstein, Community Senior Kollel
8:30 - 10:00 am, Great Neck Synagogue
Rabbi Dale Polakoff Women’s Chumash Class: Chumash Bamidbar
9:15 - 10:30 am, Great Neck Synagogue (Begins 10/27)
Rabbi Dale Polakoff Power Chumash: Chumash Shemot
8:30 - 9:30 pm, Great Neck Synagogue (Begins 10/27)
Fridays
Rabbi Yissocher Frand, Parshat Hashavua Shiur
8:30 - 9:30 am, broadcast at Great Neck Synagogue
Shabbat
Parshat Hashavua Shiur with Great Neck Synagogue’s Rabbinic Team
8:30 - 9:00 am, Great Neck Synagogue
Gemorah Masechet Ta’anit with Great Neck Synagogue’s Rabbinic Team
1 hour before Mincha, Great Neck Synagogue
Motzei Shabbat
Rabbi Yisroel Reisman - Pathway to the Prophets via satellite
1 hour and a half after Shabbat ends, Great Neck Synagogue
Parent-Child Learning with Great Neck Synagogue’s Rabbinic Team
November 12th - March 3rd - 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Special Classes for Elul
September 6, 2011
SPECIAL CLASSES FOR THE MONTH OF ELUL
Please join us in preparing for the Yomim Noraim with two nights of Pre Yom Tov Shiurim
Tuesday, September 13 and Monday, September 19
7:45-8:30pm Rabbi Polakoff, Understanding Yomim Noraim Prayers
8:30-8:45pm refreshments
8:45-9:30pm Rabbi Lichter, Understanding Teshuvah
Scholars Kollel
July 6, 2011
The Scholars Kollel is on hiatus till August 1. Classes at GNS will resume at that time.
We are still showing a video presentation every Wednesday morning with breakfast following the 7:45 minyan. July 13, 20, 27.
Great Neck Scholars Kollel: June schedule
June 6, 2011
Great Neck Scholars Kollel
Schedule for June
| 06/06/11 | 06/07/11 | 06/09/11 |
| Talmud Torah:Learning how to learn | Talmud Torah:Learning how to learn | Shavuos |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts |
| 06/13/11 | 06/14/11 | 06/16/11 |
| Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
| 06/20/11 | 06/21/11 | 06/23/11 |
| Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
| 06/27/11 | 06/28/11 | 06/30/11 |
| Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief | Hilchos Shaila: The friendly thief |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
Includes Breakfast
* Every Friday morning the Kollel will be having breakfast with Rabbi Frand (video)
*The Kollel has recently launched a Bikur Chollim program. Please contact Mr. Steve Zuckerman for more details.
Great Neck Scholars Kollel Schedule for May
May 18, 2011
Great Neck Scholars Kollel
Schedule for May
| 05/02/11 | 05/03/11 | 05/05/11 |
| Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
| 05/09/11 | 05/10/11 | 05/12/11 |
| Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
| 05/16/11 | 05/17/11 | 05/19/11 |
| Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count | Sefiras Ha’omar:Making it count |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
| 05/23/11 | 05/24/11 | 05/26/11 |
| Talmud Torah:Learning how to learn | Talmud Torah:Learning how to learn | Talmud Torah:Learning how to learn |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
Includes Breakfast
* Every Friday morning the Kollel will be having breakfast with Rabbi Frand (video)
*The Kollel has recently launched a Bikur Chollim program. Please contact Mr. Steve Zuckerman for more details.
Scholars Kollel Schedule for March 2011
February 28, 2011
Great Neck Scholars Kollel
Schedule for March
| 02/28/11 | 03/01/11 | 03/03/11 |
| Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv |
| Uncovering the Purim story | Uncovering the Purim story | Parsha |
| 03/07/11 | 03/08/11 | 03/10/11 |
| Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv |
| Uncovering the Purim story | Uncovering the Purim story | Parsha |
| 03/14/11 | 03/15/11 | 03/17/11 |
| Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Purim:The Purim seuda |
| Uncovering the Purim story | Uncovering the Purim story | Parsha |
| 03/21/11 | 03/22/11 | 03/24/11 |
| Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv | Eruvin:Getting carried away with the eruv |
| Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Shmonei Esrei: Davening with our hearts | Parsha |
Includes Breakfast
* Every Friday morning the Kollel will be having breakfast with Rabbi Frand (video)
*The Kollel has recently launched a Bikur Chollim program. Please contact Mr. Steve Zuckerman for more details.
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