Keter Torah Schedule – Shavuot 5768
Erev Yom Tov, Sunday, June 8th
Candle Lighting 8:08pm Mincha 8:10pm
Shiur Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “From Sinai to Siddur: How We Got From the Mountain to the Shul”
Ma’ariv 9:10pm
Tikun Leil Shavuot
First Shiur 11:55pm – 12:55am Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “The Eleventh Commandment: The Building Blocks of Daily Kriat Shma”
Second Shiur 1:05am -1:55am Rabbi Duvie Weiss, “Davening in the North Pole: Different Time Zones in Halacha”
Third Shiur 2:05am – 2:55am Rabbi Aaron Leibtag, “Is there a Brit or Chatan in Town? Why Tachanun Is More Than Just a Tefillah We Skip”
Fourth Shiur 3:05am – 3:55am Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “Praise the Lord: The Perking up of Psukei D’Zimra”
Final Shiur 4:05am – 4:45am Rabbi Shalom Baum, “The Siddur and Interpersonal Relationships”
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag will lead an all night symposium of interactive study exploring the Tehillim that form our daily davening
Refreshments sponsored by Dalia and Ed Stelzer l’zecher nishmat Ed’s father, Avraham ben Yaakov, z”l
Youth Shiurim
Grades 4 & 5 11:45pm Rabbi Shalom Baum, “Ask the Rabbi”
Grades 6-8 11:55pm Rabbi Jonathan Knapp, “Shavuot: It Doesn’t Add Up”
High School 11:55pm Rabbi Aaron Leibtag, “From Bleachers to Box Seats: A Look Into the Halachic Aspects of Stadium Seating”
Ma’ayanot High School for Girls Program Hosted by Keter Torah
Women of all ages are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Shiurim from 12:00am -4:30am
First Day Yom Tov, Monday, June 9
Shacharit 4:45am & 9:00am
Daf Yomi 6:55pm
Shiur 6:45pm Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “18 Blessings or 7 Bulls? Understanding the Amidah in Relation to the Avodah”
Mincha 7:45pm
Shiur between Mincha/ Ma’ariv Rabbi Kenneth Brander, “Jewish Institutions Using Tainted Funds”
Ma’ariv 9:00pm
Candles/ Prep After 9:18 pm
Second Day Yom Tov, Tuesday, June 10
Shacharit 7:15am & 9:00am
Megillat Ruth & Yizkor
Hashkama Shiur Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “Conflicting Commandments in Sefer Devarim: Taking the Bible Critics Head On”
Teen Minyan 9:15am Short shiur by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Daf Yomi 7:15pm
Shiur 7:05pm Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, for college and graduate students, “The Post Shavuot Syndrome: The Trauma of Leaving Har Sinai - Both Then and Now”
Mincha 8:05pm
Seudat Preida Sponsored anonymously in memory of Mitchell Gross, z”l
Yom Tov Ends 9:09pm
There will be no youth groups on the first day Yom Tov. There will be regular groups on the second day.
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, founder of the Tanach Study Center (www.tanach.org), is one of pioneers of Torah Education via the internet. His weekly essays on Parshat Ha'shavua, read by literally thousands of subscribers world wide, introduce a vibrant analytical approach to thematic study of the Bible and reflect over twenty-five years of experience as a teacher at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel. Rabbi Leibtag also teaches at Yeshivat Sha’alvim, Midreshet Lindenbaum, Orot College for Women, and at the Gruss Institute of Yeshiva University in Jerusalem.
We thank the following families for helping to make our Shavuot so beautiful and meaningful:
Floral Arrangements Sponsored by
{ Chaim Leffel and Petals Premier
Scholar-in-Residence Sponsored by
{ Hila & Adam Berner and family, in honor of their neighbors on and around Downing Street
{ Alisa & Jonathan Gellis, for the refuah shlema of Yitzchak Bear ben Sheindel and Fayga bat Chaya Sara
{ Becky & Avi Katz
{ Daniela & Laurence Schreiber
{ Barbara & Stanley Shapiro
Tikun Leil Shavuot Refreshments Sponsored by
{ Dalia and Ed Stelzer l’zecher nishmat Ed’s father, Avraham ben Yaakov, z”l
Yom Tov Kiddushim Sponsored by
{ Renee and Howard Blumenfeld
{ Alyson & Moshe Butler
{ Alisa and Jonathan Gellis
{ Stuart and Sylvia Greenstein, in honor of their daughters Talia and Leah, and in honor of Leah’s being named Salutatorian of Frisch's Class of 2008.
{ Sarina Gross, in memory of Mitch Gross, z”l
{ Sarah & Howard Gruenspecht, in honor of their daughter Atara’s marriage, to Sender Gross.
{ Marsha & Myron Iteld, in honor of the birth of their grandson Ethan, to Elizabeth and Jonathan Liss.
{ Marla & Charles Kleiner
{ Shari & Nathan Lindenbaum
{ Barry & Joy Sklar, in honor of Mr. Danny’s Sklar’s 70th birthday.
{ Ayalah & Arie Sznaj
{ Shimon & Fortune Weiss. The Bergenfield and Teaneck Weiss families would like to welcome Ronnie, Chaviva, and the Weinblut girls back to the neighborhood.
Hashkama Kiddush Sponsored by
{ Ephraim & Chava Casper, in honor of Ilan’s graduation from TABC
{ Carl & Shelly Feit, and Kevie Feit, in honor of Margit’s graduation from UMDNJ
{ Brenda & Mark Gardenswartz, in honor of Noah’s graduation from YU
{ Esther & Warren Levie in honor of Mordechai’s graduation from Frisch, and Bentzion’s graduation from Moriah
{ Tilly & Mark Lichtschein in honor of Sima’s graduation from SAR
{ Gail & Joseph Stechler in honor of Talia’s graduation from Brandeis
{ Stanley & Ellen Stone in honor of Zack’s graduation from TABC
{ Daniel & Susan Turk, in honor of Darona’s graduation from NYU
Seudat Preida
{ Sponsored anonymously in memory of Mitchell Gross, z”l
