Shavuot 5776 / 11 th 13 th June

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1 Shavuot 5776 / 11 th 13 th June Dear friend We look forward to celebrating Shavuot with you. In the following pages you will find: The BES (including BES@Yavneh) service timetable. Information about our Scholars in Residence, Rabbi Shalom Hammer and Elana Chesler. The BES Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Tea and Torah learning for women (Sunday afternoon). BES Youth Cheesecake and Ice cream Shavuot Bash (Sunday afternoon). Shiur on the Southside (Monday afternoon). Kids Tikkun - kids learning (Monday afternoon). Ne ilat HaChag Seudah on Monday evening 13 th June with all local Shuls. Everything is available online at Wishing you a Chag Sameach.

Timetable of services: Shavuot 5776 / 2016 Erev Shabbat Description June 2015 Morning Services Afternoon / Evening Services 7.00am 7.30pm AC Shabbat evening Shabbat starts at 9.02pm.

2 Timetable of services: Shavuot 5776 / 2016 Erev Shabbat Description June 2015 Morning Services Afternoon / Evening Services 7.00am 7.30pm AC Shabbat evening Shabbat starts at 9.02pm. Early candle lighting at 7.40pm. Shabbat Motzei Shabbat / 1 st night Yom Tov Shabbat ends, light candles for Yom Tov and make Kiddush after 10.23pm. Tikkun Leil Shavuot at 11.45pm. 1 st day Yom Tov 2 nd night Yom Tov Light candles and make Kiddush after 7.40pm. 2nd day Yom Tov Yizkor after leining (10.45am approx). Ne ilat Hachag Seudah following Minchah (at about 9.10pm) Yom Tov finishes at 10.24pm. Fri 10 שבת 11 Sun 12 Mon am 9.30am 8.55pm 9.00pm LS AC 10.00am YS (breakfast 9.30am) Please note there will be no Seudah Shlishit 11.00am 3.10am 9.15am 9.30am 11.00am 9.40pm 9.45pm 6.55pm 7.40pm 9.15am LS 8.50pm (followed by 9.45am YS (breakfast 9.20am) 11.00am CC CY 10.24pm As well as the Tikkun Leil Shavuot, our Scholars in Residence, Rabbi Shalom Hammer and Elana Chesler are speaking as follows: BM CC CC CY RA CY AC AC AC Ne ilat HaChag Seudah) LS BM YS CC CY AC RA Main Shul Croxdale Road Limmud Service Gilah Hall, Croxdale Road Bet Medrash Croxdale Road Youth Service Croxdale Road Children s Service Croxdale Road Yavneh College Hillside Avenue Children s Service Yavneh College Ascot Close Minyan Rambam Sephardi Service Club Room, Croxdale Road Shiur Rabbi Hammer will give the sermon on Shabbat morning at Yavneh, the Shiur at Ascot Close on Sunday evening, the sermon in the Main Shul on Monday morning and Shiur on the Southside on Monday afternoon. Elana Chesler will give the sermon in the Main Shul on Shabbat morning, the Ladies Tea and Torah on Sunday afternoon, the Shiur in the Main Shul on Sunday evening and a 30 minute shiur at Yavneh on Monday morning after Kiddush entitled In-side-out: the multiple dimensions of the 10 commandments. They will both be speaking at the Ne ilat HaChag Seudah on Monday afternoon at Croxdale Road.

3 Shavuot 5776 / BES: Scholars in Residence Rabbi Shalom Hammer Rabbi Shalom Hammer has lived in Israel for 26 years. He has had the unique experience of having served under the Chaplaincy for the Israel Defence Forces as well as an educator in Israeli institutions such as the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem and the Hesder Yeshiva affiliated with Sderot, an institution which promotes Torah study together with service in combat forces of the IDF. Currently Rabbi Hammer serves as a senior lecturer for the Jewish Identity Branch of the IDF, a contributing editor for the Jerusalem Post and founder and director of Makom Meshutaf, an organisation which advocates tolerance and unity between religious and secular Jews in Israel through educational programs. Elana Chesler teaches regularly for US Living and Learning. She is the editor of the Degel Journal of Jewish Thought published by the Alei Tzion United Synagogue community. Elana works as a Manager at Capita Asset Services (part of Capita plc). She holds an MSc in Public Policy and Management and an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies (both from the University of London) and graduated with a BEd from Michlalah (Jerusalem). Elana Chesler Rabbi Shalom Hammer and Elana Chesler will both be speaking at the Tikkun Leil Shavuot as well as throughout Yom Tov and the Shabbat preceding. Full details closer to the time.

BES Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5776 / 2016 1 st night Shavuot, Motzei Shabbat 11 th June @ 11.45pm The old and the new: Engaging modernity whilst remaining loyal to Mesorah Session 1: 12.00am 12.

4 BES Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5776 / st night Shavuot, Motzei Shabbat 11 th 11.45pm The old and the new: Engaging modernity whilst remaining loyal to Mesorah Session 1: 12.00am 12.55am Session 2: 1.05am 1.55am Session 3: 2.05am 2.55am Keynote: Rabbi Hammer Redefining Religious Zionism Youth: Rabbi Kanterovitz Any Questions Press Conference with the Rabbi Elana Chesler Timely & Timeless - the 10 Commandments and the Persistence of Envy Rabbi Berger G-D's voice could be heard throughout the known world on 6 th Sivan - how does that tie in with our efforts to be an outward-reaching model nation in the 21 st century? Youth: Rabbi Hammer Judaism and the Challenges of the Internet Generation Rabbi Hammer Productivity and Preservation: The Modern Day Trappings of Wasting Time Elana Chesler Online gossip: What are the modern day parameters of Lashon Hara Youth: Rav Amos Chasidut, Mizrachi, Sefaradi, Ashkenazi, Chareidi: In today's Jewish society are we all really one Religion? Textual Bet Medrash with Rabbi Kanterovitz (Some learning / Yeshiva / Sem experience would be an advantage) Yom tov Sheni of Shavuot: An understanding of the transmission of oral law. For those on the south side, there will be a Pre-Tikkun Leil Shiur with Rabbi Boudilovsky kindly hosted by Jo and Dan Grose from 10.25pm to 11.30pm. Those who want will then be able to walk to Croxdale Road together. Shacharit will be at 3.10am (Rambam Shacharit in the Club Room). Find out more about our Scholars in Residence at

Shavuot 5776 / 2016 @BES: 11 th 13 th June Tea & Torah Learning

Ruthless Society 1 st day Shavuot Sunday afternoon 12 th June, 5.

5 Shavuot 5776 / 11 th 13 th June Tea & Torah Learning for Women with Elana Chesler The Difference between a Ruth and a Ruthless Society 1 st day Shavuot Sunday afternoon 12 th June, 5.00pm Kindly hosted by Jane and Barry Rose All women and girls welcome

Shavuot 5776 / 2016 @BES: 11 th 13 th June Shiur on the southside with Rabbi Shalom Hammer Maintaining Balance: Judaism s

7 Shavuot 5776 / 11 th 13 th June Shiur on the southside with Rabbi Shalom Hammer Maintaining Balance: Judaism s Opposition to Extremism 2 nd day Shavuot Monday afternoon 13 th June, 6.15pm Kindly hosted by Rabbi Boudilovsky All welcome

8 Shavuot Kids Tikkun Parents and children learning Monday 13 th June (2 nd day Shavuot) 4.30pm BES Croxdale Road Children aged 5-11 with their parents and grandparents welcome And don t forget kids Ice Cream Kiddushim at Croxdale Road and Yavneh on both days of Shavuot

Shavuot 5776 / 2016 @BES: 11 th 13 th June Please join us for a Ne ilat HaChag Seudah with our Scholars in Residence on Monday evening, 2 nd day Shavuot @ BES

9 Shavuot 5776 / 11 th 13 th June Please join us for a Ne ilat HaChag Seudah with our Scholars in Residence on Monday evening, 2 nd day BES Croxdale Road The Challenges facing the Jewish Community Today With discussions and singing Minchah 8.50pm / Seudah 9.10pm approx / Ma ariv 10.24pm All welcome

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