Our Shavuot Scholar-in-residence Dr. Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton.  A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), he is the author of numerous books and articles.
He has written Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy and The Limits of Orthodox Theology, both of which were National Jewish Book Award Finalists.
Other books of his include Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox, Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters, and Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History.

In 2019 he published Iggerot Malkhei Rabbanan which contains more than thirty years of correspondence with some of the world's most outstanding Torah scholars. He regularly publishes widely read scholarly articles on the Seforim Blog and is currently writing a book on the thought of Rav Kook.

SHAVUOT ADULT LEARNING
The Bayit invites you to join an incredible Shavuot with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Marc B. Shapiro.
(Note: All class topics with Dr. Shapiro are bolded.)

Friday, June 3rd
5:30 PM: Yizkor Zoom
6:30 PM: Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat
7:50 PM: Mincha
Following Tefillah: Shabbat Dinner & Lecture (8:30 PM) with Marc Shapiro: Sense and Censorship: Is Historical Truth an Orthodox Value?  Sold out! If you would like to join please email yael@thebayit.org.

Shabbat, June 4th
Following Shacharit (Approx: 11:00 AM): Djerba - The Most Interesting Jewish Community You've Probably Never Heard Of
7:00 PM: Mincha
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv (8:15 PM): Are We Really One?: Orthodox Unity and Separatism from Germany Until Today

Tikkun Leil Shavuot
9:05 PM - Candle Lighting & Ma'ariv
10:30 PM - R’ Elli Kranzler: “What was Avraham Avinu doing at Har Sinai?”
11:30 PM - Dr. Marc Shapiro: Some Unusual Orthodox Responses to the Rise of Nazism
1:00 AM - Rabbi Emily Goldberg: “Faith, Hope & Music- This is the Message on SeriusXM”: Gospel Tunes for Halakhic Jews
2:00 AM - Dr. Elliot Rabin: Tefillah in the Time of Climate Change
3:00 AM - Rav Steven: “If I Only Have an Hour…: Priorities and Values in Our Torah Learning”
4:00 AM - Rav Ezra: What *Torah* Was *Actually* Given at Sinai?

Sunday, June 5th - Shavuot Day 1
4:55 AM & 9:00 AM - Shacharit
Following Shacharit (Approx: 11:15 AM) Judaism and Islam: Some Historical and Halakhic Perspectives 
7:30 PM - Mincha
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv (7:45 PM) Rabbi Shlomo Goren: The Revolutionary Chief Rabbi
8:35 PM - Ma'ariv
9:06 PM - Candle Lighting After This Time

Monday, June 6th - Shavuot Day 2
7:15 AM & 9:00 AM - Shacharit
10:30 AM (approx.) - Yizkor
After Musaf - Megillat Ruth (Male & Female Readers)
7:45 PM - Mincha
Between Mincha and Ma'ariv (8:00 PM): Armchair Conversation: Dr. Marc Shapiro and Rav Steven
9:00 PM - Ma'ariv
9:09 PM - Havdalah

For Youth Shavuot programming schedule click here.
For Tween and Teen Shavuot programming schedule click here.