Shavuot is the culmination of the Omer period, the 50 days that we count starting the second night of Passover, as we journey with our ancestors from liberation to this moment, standing at the foot of Mount Sinai ready to receive and accept the Torah. We come together to study in celebration of this holiday. Register below to learn with Rabbi Kalender, Rabbi Bedo, and Debra Beland Ackerman on Sunday, May 16, in-person and on Zoom from 6:30-8:00pm at our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot evening of study.

The learning will be followed by a ma'ariv service at 8:00pm. Please register below to attend in-person or receive the Zoom link by Friday, May 14 no later than 1:00pm.

Classes

Teachers will rotate between three rooms, two in-person (masked and distanced) and one on Zoom, so all of our learners will have the opportunity to learn from all of our teachers. In-person attendees will choose a seat in either the sanctuary or social hall upon arrival and remain there as the teachers rotate around the building. Each class will be 20 minutes long. 

Rabbi David Kalender: "Adon Olam Means it’s Time to Eat"
Because of its place in the Shabbat service, we don’t often pause to consider the words of this deeply meaningful statement of Jewish life. Join me in a consideration of this well-known but infrequently studied prayer.

Rabbi Viki Bedo: "The Fixing of Tikkun"
Tonight, like every Shavuot evening, we are staying up to do a tikkun, a Torah learning that is meant to "fix" the Israelites oversleeping the day they were due to receive the Torah. Yet this mystical practice developed much later, just like the concept of tikkun olam. Where does the expression tikkun and tikkun olam come from and what does it mean throughout diverging Jewish texts? Please join me for an exploration of Jewish fixing.

Debra Beland Ackerman: "This Is Not Our First Plague"
The last year has felt like nothing any of us have ever experienced but, for our ancestors, mysterious and sometimes deadly diseases were part of the course of everyday life. From spots to scales to all kinds of rashes in unmentionable places, the Torah is filled with vivid descriptions of illness, as well as with laws about how the community was commanded to treat sick people.

Schedule

Sunday, May 16
6:30-8:00pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot learning on Zoom and in-person
8:00pm Ma'ariv service livestream and in-person (register below)

Monday, May 17 & Tuesday, May 18
10:00am-12:00pm Shavuot morning service livestream and in-person (register below)
9:00-9:30pm Shavuot Ma'ariv service livestream and in-person (register here)