We are all looking forward to a Shavuot that will offer so much of the Torah learning and Tefilla that we normally associate with Zman Matan Torateynu. Please tape the schedule below to your fridge, and join us for learning, davening, and celebrating. We have a wonderful Scholar-in-Residence for Yom Tov, and in breaking news, will be able to offer some refreshments during the Tikkun Leyl and at other shiurim. Our re-opening journey continues, and your participation affirms our community’s resilience!

7:35 PM: Mincha/Maariv in the Main Sanctuary Shiur with Nick Merkin between Mincha and Maariv מנהג ישראל תורה היא: The Cosmic Significance of Cheesecake

TIKKUN LEYL SHAVUOT 10:40 PM: Introduction to חלום דניאל: The Daniel Barach z"l Shavuot Program, with Rav Yosef and Philip Barach 10:55 PM: Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier The Book of Naomi: A New Perspective on the Protagonist of Megillat Rut 11:45 PM: Rav Yosef Was “We Will Do and We Will Hear“ Actually a Bad Idea? 12:30 AM: Rabbanit Alissa Receiving the Torah in a Time of Reopening 1:00-3:00 AM: The YP Tikkun Leyl Power Hour! hosted by Josh Kahn and featuring: Emil Stern, Zev Hurwitz, Danna Shapiro, and Benji Kurnick. Tikkun Leyl Afterparty with Rachel Olshin. Sponsored by the Blumofe Family, in loving memory of Rabbi Dr. David Blumofe, z''l

9:15 AM: Morning Tefilla in the BDJ Main Sanctuary and the Blumofe backyard Post-Davening Shiur with Rabbi Zuckier in the BDJ Main Sanctuary - Emperor Julian’s Attempt to Rebuild the Temple in 363 CE: The Bayit Shlishi that Wasn’t 5:00 PM: Mid-Afternoon Shiur with Rabbi Zuckier Location: the Weinreb Backyard, 1735 S. Canfield Ave - What Does the Divine Image Look Like? Exploring Interpretations of Tzelem Elokim 7:35 PM: Mincha in the BDJ Main Sanctuary Shiur between Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein - Who Were the Kohanim, Really? 8:10 PM: Maariv in the BDJ Main Sanctuary 8:32 PM: Candlelighting

9:15 AM: Morning Tefilla in the BDJ Main Sanctuary and the Blumofe backyard Yizkor Drasha with Rav Yosef 5:00 PM: Marilynn Lowenstein z"l Twilight Tikkun, with Dr. Hannah Wexler Location: the Wexler Garden, 1605 Durango Ave - V’im Lo Achshav:  Is Jewish Mindfulness Possible? The Marilynn Lowenstein Twilight Tikkun is sponsored by Dr. Ruth and Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, in loving memory of Ruth’s parents, our friends Steve and Marilynn z”l 7:25 PM: Mincha/Maariv in the BDJ Main Sanctuary Shiur between Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Zuckier - Current Trends in American and Israeli Neo-Chasidic Thought and Practice 8:33 PM: Havdalah

Shavuot Yizkor Appeal on Behalf of BDJ's Youth Programming Your support of our shul throughout this past year and your participation in our journey “back” have been inspiring and essential. One of the things we have been working especially hard on has been providing meaningful Shabbat and Sunday morning programing for our children and Teens. Your support, along with the enormous dedication of our staff and our volunteers, have kept youth programming going during Covid, and are fueling the work to bring it back to 100% over the coming months. This Yom Tov, as we honor and remember our loved ones during Yizkor, let’s strengthen these efforts through contributing to our Yizkor appeal. Thank you! Please click here to make your contribution.

Shavuot Member Mashup A big thank you to our Shavuot Member Mashup hosts, for opening their homes and backyards to host old friends and new this coming Yom Tov: Sari Abrams and Yosef Kanefsky Cindy Steinschriber Claire and Zev Hurwitz Sari and Jason Ciment Miriam Katz Susan Fink and Robert Smith

Shavuot Resources The complete Shavuot schedule, including zmanim, can also be found on the BDJ website, here. Our Shavuot Project journals will be heading your way soon! The full Shavuot Project book is also available to download here. Lastly, thank you again to Abe Rosenberg for preparing an at-home tefilla guide for Shavuot, available here.

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier is a postdoctoral fellow in Jewish Studies at McGill University and a lecturer at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. He recently received his PhD in Ancient Judaism at Yale University and was a member of Yeshiva University’s Kollel Elyon. Previously he served as Director of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Yale University. Shlomo is an alumnus of Yeshivat Har Etzion and RIETS, as well as of the Wexner and Tikvah Fellowships. He has lectured and taught widely across North American synagogues and at Yale Divinity School, Drisha Institute, the Tikvah Fund, and Bnot Sinai. A Founder of The Lehrhaus, Shlomo serves on the Editorial Committee of Tradition and has edited two books on contemporary Jewish thought.

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