Synagogue Council of Massachusetts

Join us at our 12th Annual Unity Shabbaton taking place August 7-9, 2009
at the Holiday Inn in Tewksbury, MA!
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Shabbaton Schedule

Friday, Aug. 7 Event Location

3:00-4:15 PM Check-in, Registration, Light Snack Ballroom Foyer

4:15-4:30 PM Mincha/Afternoon Service (Mechitza) Louis

4:30-5:45 PM Opening Session
Welcome & Icebreaker Chippendale

5:45-6:00 PM Ruach and Candlelighting Louis

6:00-7:00 PM Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv Louis-Mechitza
Chippendale-Egalitarian(with Peter & Ellen Allard)

7:00-10:15 PM Dinner, Ruach, Birkat Hamazon
Group Study with Rabbi Avi Heller
“You Complete Me: Thoughts on Love from Adam and Eve” Heppelwhite

10:15 PM Lilah Tov/Good Night Chippendale

Shabbat, Aug. 8 Event Location

7:45-8:45 AM Boker Tov/Good Morning
Daf Yomi (Daily Talmud Study)
with Dr. Jesse Hefter Ballroom Foyer

Continental Breakfast Heppelwhite

9:00-11:15 AM P'sukei D'zimrah
(Introductory Hymns/Psalms)
Shacharit/Morning Service
Torah and Musaf/Concluding Services Louis-Mechitza
Chippendale-Egalitarian

11:15-11:30 AM Kiddush all together Ballroom Foyer

11:30 AM -12:45 PM Combined Torah Study on Parshat Ekev
Rabbis Benjamin, Heller and Meszler Chippendale

12:45-2:00 PM Lunch, Ruach, Birkat Hamazon Heppelwhite

2:00-4:30 PM Shabbat Menucha - Free Time

4:30-5:30 PM Concurrent Study Sessions - Please Select One
Rabbi Benjamin – “A Jewish World-View:
Uncovering Philosophical Themes in the Shema” (in Chippendale)
Rabbi Heller – “The Future’s so Bright:
A New Perspective on Jewish Time” (in Louis)
Rabbi Meszler – “What Judaism says
About Being a Father and a Son” (women invited) (in Heppelwhite)

5:30-6:15 PM Mincha/Afternoon Service
Creative Session Louis (Mechitza)
Chippendale

6:15-8:15 PM Seudat Shlishit (3rd Shabbat Meal)
Group Study with Rabbi Joseph Meszler
“Martin Buber: An I-Thou Encounter with the Hebrew Bible” Heppelwhite

8:20-8:35 PM Maariv/Evening Service Louis

8:40-9:15 PM Havdala Louis

9:30-11:00 PM Evening Program Heppelwhite

11:00 PM After hours Kumsitz/Late Night Sing-A-Long (optional)

Sunday, Aug. 9 Event Location

8:00-9:00 AM Daf Yomi (Talmus Study) with Dr. Jesse Hefter Ballroom Foyer

8:15-9:00 AM Morning Meditation (doors close at 8:25 AM) Chippendale

9:00-9:45 AM Shacharit/Morning Service Louis-Mechitza
Chippendale-Egalitarian

10:00-11:45 AM Brunch and Group Study with Rabbi Fred Benjamin “Why Jonah is so Much More Than a Fish” Heppelwhite

11:45 AM-12:45 PM Closing Session Heppelwhite

1:00 PM Room Checkout

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