FRESH SUSHI ALL NIGHT!

 

The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit invites you to join for an incredible weekend of learning with Shavuot Scholar-in-Residence  Rabbi Saul J. Berman

Rabbi Saul J. Berman was born and raised in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. He was ordained at Yeshiva University, from which he also received a B.A. and an M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University Law School, and an M.A. in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. He did advanced studies in Jewish Law at the Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University Law Schools. He was Rabbi in Berkeley CA (1963-1969), Brookline, MA (1969-1971) and at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan (1984-1990.) He was an early leader in the Soviet Jewry movement in the 1960s and 1970s. In March 1965 he participated in voter registration efforts in Selma, Alabama and was twice arrested just prior to the march from Selma to Montgomery. From 1971 until 1984 he served as Chair of the Department of Jewish Studies at Stern College for women of Yeshiva University, which grew into the largest Undergraduate academic Department of Jewish Studies in the U.S. He continued since 1984 to serve as Associate Professor, and then as Professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College where he teaches Jewish Law related to medical ethics, contemporary social and political issues, the statues of women, and Liturgy. Since 1990, he serves also as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of Law, as the Nathan and Rose Rotter Fellow in Talmudic Law, teaching seminars in Jewish Law. From 1997 until 2007 he also served as Director of Edah, an advocacy organization for Modern Orthodox Judaism, and in 2009-2010 he was an Inaugural Fellow of the Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization at NYU Law School. Rabbi Berman is the author of many articles and of a forthcoming book on the subject of Testimony by Jews Against fellow Jews in Non-Jewish Courts. He and his wife, Shellee, have four children, three in-law children, and eight grandchildren three live in Israel and five live in New York.

Shabbat, June 11

During Shabbat Morning Services - "On Being Shomer Mitzvot" Shiur with Rabbi Saul Berman

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Children and families are invited to join Rav Steven and Menachem for our Annual Torah Celebration and Siyum.  Featuring: Questions and trivia, fruit platters, cheese & crackers, pastries, vegetables, and candy!  Visit www.thebayit.org/youthshavuot to sponsor Shavuot Youth programs.

Between Mincha and Maariv Shiur - TBA

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Saturday night, June 11 - Leil Shavuot - Pre-Teen & Teen Schedule:

PRE-TEENS (Grades 4-6)

• 10:30 PM - Session 1 - "Chosen or Choosing" with Assistnat Youth Director David Fain         
• 10:30 PM - Special optional shiur for parents with Rav Steven
• 11:15 PM - Sushi and soft drinks in teen lounge 
• 11:20 PM – Session 2 - "Learning Megillat Ruth Through Text and Play" with Menachem Menchel
•   12:00 AM - Dessert! Ice cream sundaes

TEENS (Grades 7-12)

• 9:30 PM – Sushi dinner
• 10:15 PM - Session 1

Teens' Panel: "Why Be Jewish?" with panelists: Ariella Goodman, Meitarel Glas, and Sam Schwartz. Moderated by Menachem Menchel

• 11:30 PM - Session 2

​" Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook: Is there Harm of Being Seen? Exploring Hezek Reiyah" with Rav Ari

• 12:30 AM - Session 3

Annual Closed-Door, Open Forum with Rav Steven (teens-only)

• 1:30 AM - Snacks
• 2:00 AM - Session 4

"Learning Megillat Ruth Through Text, Play, and Theater" with Menachem Menchel 

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Saturday night, June 11 - Leil Shavuot

10:45 PM - 12:15 AM - Beth Aharon Tikkun Leil Shavuot

11:15 PM - 12:10 AM - "Opening Learning: Teachings of the Netivot Shalom - Around the Tisch with Dr. Elli Kranzler"

12:15 AM -1:15 AM - "The Immigrant Crisis: A Biblical Perspective" with Rabbi Saul Berman

1:20 AM - 2:00 AM - "Top 5 Things you Might Not Know About Moshiach" with Rabbi Ari Hart

2:00 AM - 2:40 AM - "Walk This Way: Derech + Eretz = ?" with Rabbinic Intern Bracha Jaffe

2:40 AM - 3:20 AM - "What Is a Mitzvah? Bahya Ibn Pakuda's Radical Reframing of Jewish Practice" with Elliot Rabin

3:20 AM - 4:00 AM - "Ashrekha Yisrael: Rabbinic Code Words for Purity and Holiness" with Rabbinic Intern Dan Margulies

4:00 AM - 4:40 AM - "Is Work a 4 Letter Word?" with Rabbinic Intern Garth Silberstein

5:00 AM - Shacharit

Sunday, June 12 - Shavuot Day 1

8:30 AM - Shacharit

During Services - Shabbat Morning Drasha with Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat 

6:40 PM - 7:40 PM - "On Hearing God's Answers In Our Prayers" with Rabbi Saul Berman 

7:40 PM - Mincha

Shiur Between Mincha and Maariv - TBA

8:40 PM - Maariv

9:10 PM - Candle Lighting After This Time

Monday, June 13 - Shavuot Day 2

7:00 AM - Shalom Bayit

8:30 AM - Shacharit with Megillat Ruth (Male Readers)

9:40 AM - 12:00 PM - Extended Youth Groups with Free Play and Cheesecake Baking

10:30am (approx): Yizkor

After Musaf - Megillat Ruth (Male & Female Readers)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Youth story time including Cheesecake Decorating, Snacks and Free Play

6:20 PM - Megillat Ruth (Male Readers)

6:45 PM - 8:00 PM - "Armchair Conversation: Reflections on The Promise and Challenges of Modern Orthodoxy Today" with Rabbi Saul Berman and Rabbi Steven Exler

8:05 PM - Mincha

8:15pm-9:05pm: Graduation/Siyum Program including words from our graduates.  Visit www.thebayit.org/graduation to list your graduate and help support the celebration.