Shavout Schedules

Shavout Learning Schedule

Celebrating Shavuot, 5773

Tuesday Night, May 14

TIKUN LEIL SHAVUOT @ GNS

*11:30 pm - 12:20 am - Ballroom

Rabbi Dale Polakoff

The Kedusha of the Kotel and Women of the Wall

*12:20 am - 1:10 am - Ballroom

Rabbi Yaacov Lerner

“So What was the real reason why Hashem

staged MaamadHar Sinai - the awesome Revelation at Sinai?”

*1:10 am- 1:30 am -Gym

Break and Refreshments

*1:30 am - 3:00 am

Rabbis Acobas, Ismach, Jensen, Lichter,

Slomnicki and Dr. Atlas - Ballroom

The Modern Orthodox Chinuch Roundtable

This exciting panel will deal with many of the

controversial issues relating to educating both

children and adults and this year will focus on:

Modern Orthodoxy From the Eyes of Our Children

A part of the session will be dedicated to

questions from the audience.

*3:15 am-4:05 am - Ballroom

Rabbi Ian Lichter

“Karaoke and Kedusha - Secular Music in the Synagogue”

*4:10 am-5:00 am - Ballroom

Rabbi Shmuel Ismach

“The Halacha and History of Drafting Yeshiva Students”

Chevruta learning throughout the night in

the Beit Midrash

*5:05 am- Shacharit

*5:37 am- Netz (Sunrise)

Thursday Afternoon, May 16

3rd Annual SHAVUOT BARBECUE & LEARNING @ GNS

This event and learning is sponsored by

Rita Gordonson on the 3rd yahrzeit

of her husband Lewis Gordonson,z”l.

*6:00 - 6:45 pm

Barbecue Dinner in the Gym

*6:45 - 7:45 pm

Child care and special programming for children in Braun Youth Center

*6:45 - 7:45 pm

Panel Presentation and Discussion with Rabbis Polakoff and Lichter

Beit Midrash

Shalom Bayit - the Seven Jewish Habits of Successful Families

A part of the session will be dedicated to questions

from the audience.

*7:45 pm

Mincha

*8:10 - 8:50pm

NEILAT HACHAG

Learning with Rabbi Bronstein

Gym (Mender Auditorium)

“Gatsby and Gratitude: Celebrating God’s Bounty on Shavuot”

*8:50 pm

Maariv

*8:57 pm

Conclusion of Yom Tov

Tikun Leil Shavout & Shavout Activities 2012

Celebrating Shavuot, 5772

Saturday Night, May 26

TIKUN LEIL SHAVUOT @ YIGN

11:30 pm - 12:20 am - Shul : Rabbi Yaacov Lerner

“Lo Tisa - Do Not Take the Name of Hashem in Vain: What’s in a name?”

12:20 am - 1:10 am - Shul : Rabbi Dale Polakoff

“Memorial Day Barbecues or Bechukoteihem Lo Telechu? Following non-Jewish customs.”

1:10 am- 1:30 am - Downstairs Break and Refreshments

1:30 am - 3:00 am Rabbis Acobas, Ismach, Jensen, Lichter and Slomnicki - Shul

The Modern Orthodox Chinuch Roundtable. This exciting panel will deal with many of the controversial issues relating to educating both children and adults including:

Parent/Teacher Partnerships - mixed messages in our community?

Unique Makeup of a Great Neck Classroom: Respect for Various Cultures

How do I as an educator maintain a connection with my students outside of the classroom?

Half Shabbos: What’s the real problem?

Translating the Classroom into the Synagogue - Lessons Adults (even Rabbis) Can Learn from Kids

A part of the session will be dedicated to questions from the audience.

3:15 am-4:00 am - Shul: Dr. Efraim Weinblatt

“Rus Merits the Malchus But Why Dovid? Musings on the Yahrzeit of Dovid Hamelech”

4:00 am-4:45 am - Shul: Rabbi Daniel Schwechter

“Rebbe Akiva and Moshe Rabbeinu: The Grand Rabbis of Torah She Baal Peh and Bichtav”

Chevruta learning throughout the night in Beit Midrash

4:55 am- Shacharit

5:28 am - Netz (Sunrise)

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Monday Afternoon, May 28 2nd Annual

SHAVUOT BARBECUE & LEARNING @ GNS

6:00 - 6:50 pm

Barbecue Dinner in the Gym

7:00 - 7:45 pm

Child care and special programming for children in Braun Youth Center

7:00 - 7:45 pm

Men’s class with Rabbi Polakoff: Main Sanctuary

“It’s A Man’s World? Support, Tuition,Vacation, Camp, Clothing - How Much Does Halacha Expect From Us?”

Women’s class with Rabbi Lichter: Beit Midrash

“Naomi, Ruth, & Boaz:Seduction on the Threshing Floor”

7:50 pm Mincha

8:10 - 9:00pm NEILAT HACHAG

Learning with Rabbi Bronstein: Gym (Mender Auditorium)

“Celebratory Commemorations:From Lag B’Omer to Memorial Day”

9:00 pm Maariv

Shavout Schedule : 5771-2011

Shavuot - 5771

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Community

Tikun Leyl Shavuot (held this year at GNS)

11:30 pm - 12:30 am

King David and Batsheva: Modern Day Scandal in Ancient Times?

Rabbi Dale Polakoff (Ballroom)

12:40 am - 1:40 am

Sefirah, Shavuot and All or Nothing Judaism

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           Common Sense and Halacha: Where They Meet, Where They Don’t and Why

Rabbi Shmuel Ismach (Ballroom)

Shiur #2           Behind Closed Curtains: Privacy in Halacha

Rabbi Ian Lichter (Beit Midrash)

3:00 am-3:50 am

Shiur #1           Is a Divided Yerushalayim Really So Bad?  A Biblical Perspective

Dr. Ephraim Weinblatt (Ballroom)

Shiur #2           Peering Through the Prism of Halacha:                                         The Mission to Assassinate Osama bin Laden

Rabbi Michael Bleicher (Beit Midrash)

4:00 am-4:50 am

Shiur #1           Pruzbul and the Power of the Chachamim in Monetary Matters

Dr. Avi Goldberg (Ballroom)

Shiur #2           TBA

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

Beit Midrash Learning throughout the night in back of Beit Midrash and in Chalfin Room