Our Shavuot Services, Programs, Dinner and Celebrations featuring our Scholars-in-Residence, Yitzhak Sokoloff and Issam Sa’adah will take place Thursday evening, May 21st through Saturday evening, May 23rd. Join the clergy for an exciting Shavuot celebration of prayer, learning, songs, food and, of course, ice cream!
Note: In the sessions listed below, those lead by our visiting scholars are indicated by an asterisk “*”.
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: “You God Put the Torah Into Our Hearts to Comprehend, to Listen, to Learn, and to Teach.”
Thursday, May 21st – Erev Shavuot
Crystal Ballroom
7:00 p.m. – Minhah
7:15 p.m. – Dinner (Dinner is free and generously sponsored by Jacqueline and Hilbert Eshaghpour) CLICK HERE TO RSVP by noon on Thursday, May 21st.
7:45 p.m. – State of the Israeli State in Wake of Polarization and Years of War*
9:00 p.m. – Festival Ma’ariv Service
9:20 p.m. – Enjoy dairy desserts, coffee and tea
9:30 p.m. – Intimate Dialogue with Young Adults (ages 17-30) 10:15 p.m.* This discussion is in-person only. Click here to register.
Friday, May 22nd – Shavuot First Day
9:15 a.m. – Festival Shaharit Service (followed by kiddush)
11:00 a.m. (during service) – How Can 5 Million Palestinians and the Jewish Democratic State of Israel Coexist?*
6:30 p.m. – Festival Minhah and Shabbat Ma’ariv Service
Saturday, May 23rd – Shavuot Second Day
9:15 a.m. – Festival Shaharit Service including dedication of Memorial Plaques and Yizkor (followed by kiddush)
11:00 a.m. (during service) – Addressing the Monster that is the Iranian Regime*
12:45 p.m. – Isaam Sa’adah’s Journey and Peace Work*
4:30 p.m. – Shamash’s Noshes & Minhah with Torah at 5:00 p.m. (11 Robin Way, Great Neck. RSVP appreciated.) CLICK HERE TO RSVP.
8:10 p.m. – Shabbat and Festival Minhah
8:35 p.m. – Ma’ariv and Havdalah
*featuring Scholars-in-Residence Yitzhak Sokoloff & Issam Sa’adah
The ice cream distributed on Shavuot to the children in the Waxman Youth House, Religious School, and Beth HaGan Early Childhood Center are a gift from Rebecca & Sassan Sassouni in memory of Rebecca’s paternal grandmother, Malek Berookhim Yousefzadeh, upon her sal/yahrzeit.
Torah is meant to be taught by all. We all have something to teach. For Tikkun Leil Shavuot – Thursday May 21 – TIGN members will be our teachers. All are encouraged to volunteer to share a short teaching connecting Judaism to our lives and world. Rabbi Schweber is ready to guide you. If you are interested, please reach out to him at rabbischweber@tign.org.
