Tuesday 19 May 2009
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SCM Unity Shabbaton
Welcome to the Synagogue Council's newly created Shabbaton page. We hope that, after reading about the August 7-9 weekend, you'll be able to join us for this wonderful getaway featuring study, prayer, great food, music and socializing.
Shabbaton Schedule
Friday, August 7
3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Check-in, Registration, Light Snack
4:15 - 4:30 Mincha/Afternoon Service (mechitza) Louis
4:30 - 5:45 Opening Session
Welcome & Icebreaker
5:45 – 6:00 Ruach & Candlelighting
6:00 - 7:00 Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv
7:15 - 10:15 Dinner, Ruach, Birkat Hamazon
Group Study with Rabbi Avi Heller,
“You Complete Me: Thoughts on Love
from Adam and Eve”
10:15 Lailah Tov/Good Night
Saturday, August 8
7:45 - 8:45 a.m. Boker Tov/Good Morning
Daf Yomi (Daily Talmud Study) with Dr. Jesse Hefter
Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 11:15 P'sukei D'zimrah (Introductory hymns/psalms) Shacharit/Morning Service
Torah & Musaf/Concluding Services
11:15 – 11:30 Kiddush, Full Group
11:30 - 12:45 Combined Torah Study on Parshat Ekev
Rabbis Benjamin, Heller & Meszler
12:45 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch, Ruach, Birkat Hamazon
2:00 – 4:30 Shabbat M'nucha - Free Time
4:30-5:30 Concurrent Study Sessions - Please Select One
Rabbi Benjamin – “A Jewish World-View:
Uncovering Philosophical Themes in the Shema”
Rabbi Heller – “The Future’s so Bright:
A New Perspective on Jewish Time”
Rabbi Meszler – “What Judaism says
About Being a Father and a Son” (women invited)
5:30-6:15 Mincha/Afternoon Service
Creative Session
6:15 - 8:15 Shalosh Seudas (3rd Shabbat Meal)
and Group Study with Rabbi Joseph Meszler
“Martin Buber: An I-Thou Encounter
with the Hebrew Bible”
8:20 – 8:35 Maariv/Evening service
8:40-9:15 Havdallah
9:30 -11:00 Saturday Evening Cabaret
11:00 After hours Kumsitz/Late Night Sing-A-Long (optional)
Sunday, August 9
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Daf Yomi (Talmud Study) with Dr. Jesse Hefter
8:15 - 9:00 Morning Meditation (doors close at 8:25 a.m.)
9:00 - 9:45 Shacharit/Morning Service
10:00 - 11:45 Brunch and Group Study with Rabbi Fred Benjamin
“Why Jonah is so Much More Than a Fish”
11:45-12:45 p.m. Closing Session
1:00 p.m. Room Check Out
The Unity Shabbaton is made possible, in part, by a generous gift from
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston