We are grateful and excited to be back in our home to learn and daven together for Shavuot. This year, we are very fortunate to have Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier join us as our Scholar-in-Residence and we look forward to learning from him, as well as from our friends, in shiurim throughout the chag. This year's Shavuot program will also inaugurate חלום דניאל, honoring the memory of our dear friend Daniel Barach z"l.

As you will see below, we are looking forward to a Shavuot filled with Torah learning and Tefilla. Please jump in and after a long 14 months, let’s learn together! The only major difference you will notice in the Shavuot schedule is that the Tikkun Leyl Shavuot will end at 2:00 AM, and that there will not be “Vatikin” minyan this year. We made this decision due to uncertainties around whether we’d be able to serve food and drink, due to Covid protocols. L’shana Haba’ah!
Member Mashup is Back!

Ready to get out of your bubble? Not sure how?

Let us help with the Shavuot Membership Mashup! We'll set you up to host or be hosted for a Shavuot meal, with guidelines on adhering to public safety and health protocols. Please fill out this questionnaire (about food, about your household, about your vaccine status), and we'll do our best to set you up in a way that feels comfortable. It's been a long time since we could enjoy meals together, and we're excited to help reinvigorate this important part of our communal life.

Mincha/Maariv in the Main Sanctuary
  • Shiur with Nick Merkin between Mincha and Maariv
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 Hear and We Will Do“ Actually a Bad Idea?

12:30 AM: Rabbanit Alissa
  • Receiving the Torah in a Time of Reopening

1:00 AM: The YP Tikkun Leyl Power 45
  • 3 speakers @ 15 minutes each
Sponsored by the Blumofe Family in honor of Rabbi Dr. David Blumofe, z''l
Post-Davening Shiur with Rabbi Zuckier
Emperor Julian’s Attempt to Rebuild the Temple in 363 CE: The Bayit Shlishi that Wasn’t

Mid-Afternoon Shiur with Rabbi Zuckier
Location: the Weinreb Backyard**
What Does the Divine Image Look Like? Exploring Interpretations of Tzelem Elokim

Shiur between Mincha/Maariv
TBD
Yizkor Drasha with Rav Yosef

Marilynn Lowenstein z"l Twilight Tikkun, with Dr. Hannah Wexler
Location: the Wexler Garden**
V’im Lo Achshav:  Is Jewish Mindfulness Possible?

Shiur between Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Zuckier
Current Trends in American and Israeli Neo-Chasidic Thought and Practice

**addresses to follow**
Not able to join us in person this Shavuot?

We’ve got you covered! We are delighted to offer an online learning option erev-Shavuot for those who are unable to join us in person. Save the date for a class by Rabbi Zuckier on May 12 at 1pm (via Zoom), as part of Drisha's 3-part series "Divrei Dever: Response in Plague Time," where he will teach about responsa from this year. Additionally, R' Zuckier will be providing source sheets for his talks at shul for those who wish to study with us at home. And our Shavuot Project journals will be heading your way soon! 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.