T INSPIRE FILM WIDE PREMIERE TZEI PROJEC

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1 C o n v e n t i o n P r o g r a m c qa Welcome to the 4 t h A N N U A L PROJECT INSPIRE CONVENTION February 8-10, 2013 hay (xc` g x) l - g k Stamford Plaza Hotel STAMFORD, CT info@projectinspire.com WORLDWIDE PREMIERE of the new PROJECT INSPIRE FILM The Shake at the MOTZEI SHABBOS PROGRAM

2 Friday, February 8, Shevat :00 4:00 PM Conference Registration and Hotel Check-In (Hotel Lobby) Hospitality Buffet (Atrium Lobby) ENJOY A WORKOUT 1:00-2:30 PM Women s Swimming and Fitness Center 2:45 4:15 PM Men s Swimming and Fitness Center PRE-SHABBOS CLASSES 2:00 PM Pluralism: Is There More than One Way to be a Good Jew? Rabbi Motty Berger 3:00 PM The Malka and the Kallah - Unveiling the Metaphors of Shabbos Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim 4:00 PM Early Mincha 4:15 PM Inspire Yourself: If Only Hashem Would Show Me He s There... How to See That He Does Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein 5:00 6:00 PM Kids Meal Ethan Allen For children 12 and under only 5:00 PM Later Mincha followed by Kabbalas Shabbos /Maariv Divrei Chizuk v Hisorerus - Rabbi Eytan Feiner West/Central 5:02 PM Hadlakas Neiros/Candle Lighting (Sunset: 5:20 PM) Outside Gazebo 5:30 PM Women Only: How to Make Shabbos Relevant Through a Deeper Understanding of Hadlakas Neiros Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt 6:30 PM Seudas Shabbos Dinner East, State Ballroom, Terrace and Gazebo

3 8:30 PM OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION West/Central Welcome and Introduction Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Introduction Mr. Elly Kleinman, CEO, Americare Companies Keynote Address: Mi K amcha Yisroel - Reflections From the Past, Vision For the Future Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, ` hily Project Inspire Partners Changing the World Rabbi Chaim Sampson, International Director, Project Inspire 10:00 10:50 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #1 Greenwich West Ethan Allen King David JP Morgan Women Only: B Zchus Nashim Tzidkanios - In the Merit of Righteous Women Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi Symposium: Answering Difficult Hashkafa Questions for Yourself, Your Family and Other Jews Panelists: Rabbi Motty Berger, Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim, Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein and Rabbi Chaim Sampson (Moderator: Rabbi Simcha Barnett) Fate and Mazal What is Within Our Control... in Shidduchim and in Everything Else? Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein Inspiring Our Children - Can We Do Better? Rabbi Daniel Mechanic How Laughter Gets Us Through Tough Times Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein Compelling Evidence for the Truth of Torah Rav Hillel Weinberg, ` hily Aquatic Perfection and the Wild World of Weather How Water Highlights Hashem s Omnipotence; the Role of Mikvah; Shabbos and L chu N ranina Rabbi Eytan Feiner 11:00 PM Oneg Shabbos Buffet Men East Women Terrace Men & Women Atrium Lobby 3

4 11:00 PM Professional Shadchanim Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Ahuva Cherns Available 12:00 AM Ethan Allen 11:30 PM Tisch with the Traveling Chassidim East 11:30 PM Interactive Workshop for Single Women Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt 4

5 Shabbos, February 9, Shevat :00 AM Daf Yomi JP Morgan Rabbi Yitzi Oelbaum, Magid Shiur, Kollel Agra D Pirka, Queens 7:30 9:30 AM Breakfast Atrium Lobby Coffee available 6:30 AM 8:00 AM Shacharis: Parshas Mishpatim/Shekalim/Birchas Hachodesh - Mussaf West/Central 11:00-11:30 AM Gala Shabbos Kiddush Men Opposite Men s Shul Women State Ballroom Prefunction Men & Women Atrium Lobby 11:30 AM KEYNOTE SESSION West/Central Introduction Rabbi Yoni Zakutinsky, Director of Project Inspire, Brooklyn How to Make a Real Change Rav Hillel Weinberg, ` hily, Rosh Yeshiva, Aish Hatorah Yerushalayim Or Lagoyim - What it Takes for the Jewish People to Shine Harav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, ` hily 12:30 1:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #2 Greenwich Ethan Allen West JP Morgan Women Only: Hashpa as Has viva: How Your Friends Can Change You Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner Women Only: Where Two Worlds Meet - A Chassidish Young Grandmother From Boro Park Who Is Changing Lives Mrs. Tzippy Reifer Practical Kiruv Symposium: Ask the Activists Bring Any Hands-on Kiruv Question Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein, Rabbi Yisroel Royde, Rabbi Dovid Greenblatt, Mr. Michoel Barnett, Ephraim Berger, Esq. (Moderator: Rabbi Chaim Sampson) Utilizing Free Will to Make Better Life Choices Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein Chesed Without Borders - Thinking Outside the Box Mr. Eli Rowe 5

6 Central King David Atrium Conf. 3 So What Really is the Mission Statement of the Jewish People? Rabbi Eytan Feiner Moshiach and its Centrality to Judaism Rabbi Motty Berger Smiling Faces: Practical Tips for Building a Happy Home Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Kibud Av Va Em How Far Must We Go to Honor Our Parents? Rabbi Yitzi Oelbaum 1:15 2:30 PM Seudas Shabbos East, State Ballroom, Terrace and Gazebo 2:30 PM Mincha #1 West 2:30 3:45 PM Professional Shadchanim Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Ahuva Cherns Available 3:00 3:50 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #3 (2:45-3:45 PM) Symposium for Women: Women Changing the World Hear From Women Just Like You Who Are Making a Difference in Remarkable Ways Central Moderator: Rabbi Chaim Sampson JP Morgan Ethan Allen For Men: jirx mc lr cnrz `l oipra,oeira xeriy Rav Hillel Weinberg, ` hily For Men: G-d for Grownups How to Understand Hashem and Share it with Others Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim For Men: Anti-Semitism: Why the Jews? Rabbi Motti Berger 4:00 4:45 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #4 Ethan Allen West Women Only: Meaningful Relationships a Guide to the Perplexed Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt Women Only: Drachim - How Today s Teens Have Lost Their Identities to Feel Goods and How Everyone Has the Power to Inspire Mrs. Baila Brach Inspiring Insights Gleaned from Parashas Hashavua Harav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, ` hily 6

7 JP Morgan Greenwich Atrium Conf. 3 What s a Nice Jewish Girl Doing in a Palace Like That? The Timeless Message of Megillas Esther Harry Rothenberg, Esq. They Have Questions... You Need Answers (Answering Specific Tough Questions that Frum and Non-Frum Kids Have) Rabbi Daniel Mechanic Pesach - Getting Out of Our Personal Mitzrayim Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein Family Relationships: Marriage - Smoothing the Bumps on the Road Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein 4:45 PM Mincha #2 West 5:00 PM Seudah Shlishis Men Men & Women State Ballroom Tisch With Harav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, ` hily and Traveling Chassidim Atrium Lobby 5:25 PM Women Only: Q and A Rebbetzen Aviva Feiner and Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt 6:10 6:45 PM Maariv followed by Havdalah with the Traveling Chassidim End of Shabbos: 6:10 PM; Rabbeinu Tam Z man (72 min): 6:34 PM West/Central 7:00 PM Pool and Fitness Center Women 7:00 7:50 PM Men 8:10 9:00 PM 8:00 8:45 PM Kids Pizza Party East For children 12 and under only 7:45 8:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #5 Ethan Allen Seven Wonders of Jewish History Rabbi Motty Berger Women Only: The M eor Panim of Chodesh Adar Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi Men Are From Mud; Women Are From Ribs Understanding and Making the Most of Gender Roles Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim 7

8 Atrium Conf. 3 King David JP Morgan The ABC s of Real Change and Growth Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein Practical Kiruv: Gaining Confidence in Approaching Less Connected Jews Rabbi Aryeh Royde My Kiruv Conversations with Hollywood Stars Rabbi Daniel Mechanic 8:30 PM Community Forum What s Happening in the Project Inspire Community Near You and How You Can Get Involved Ethan Allen JP Morgan Atrium Conf. 3 King David Brooklyn - Rabbi Yoni Zakutinsky Five Towns and Far Rockaway - Rabbi Simcha Barnett and Rabbi Yossi Schwartz Queens - Ephraim Berger, Esq. Monsey - Rabbi Aryeh Royde and Rabbi Yossie Royde Lakewood - Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein All Others - TBA 9:00 PM KEYNOTE SESSION West/Central Shalom, Shalom Amar Hashem L rachok V lakarov Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, ` hily Worldwide Premiere of The Shake - newest in the Kommon Kiruv Blunders Film Series Project Inspire Review and Preview Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Action Plan for the Jewish People Rabbi Chaim Sampson 11:00 PM Melave Malka Men Women Men & Women State Ballroom East Atrium Lobby 8 11:00 PM 12:00 AM Professional Shadchanim Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Ahuva Cherns Available 11:30 PM Late Night Programs: Gazebo Area Greenwich Kumzits with Traveling Chassidim A Singspirational Women s Kumzits with Rebbitzen Aviva Feiner and Mrs. Mindy Sussman

9 Sunday, February 10, Shevat (R C Adar) :00 AM Daf Yomi JP Morgan Mr. Tzvi Odzer, Woodmere NY 7:00 AM Shacharis (Rosh Chodesh Adar) 8:00 AM Shacharis (Rosh Chodesh Adar) West 7:45 9:45 AM Breakfast Atrium Lobby Coffee available 6:30 AM 9:15 10:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #6 Greenwich JP Morgan Women Only: A Message to Take Home Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi Difficult Hashkafa Questions: The Evil Eye... What s That About? Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein Better to Give Than Receive... Especially When it Comes to Rebuke! Ehov es hatochacha Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein Towards More Inspired Tefilos Proper Kavanos of Krias Shema and Berachos/Tefillah Bloopers Dr. Daniel Steinberg Ethan Allen Insights from Two Decades of My Kiruv Experience - Vilna 1991, Community Rabbi, Yeshiva for Kids at Risk, Community Kollel, College Kiruv Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim 10:15 11:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS #7 Atrium Conf. 3 Greenwich Women Only: From Beauty Queen to Shabbos Queen The Amazing Story of My Journey to Judaism Mrs. Kaila Lasky Women Only: We are One Nation - Do We Feel for Each Other? Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner Panel: How to Be Mekarev Kerovim? My Child, My Spouse, My Sibling on the Fringe Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein, Rabbi Yaakov Salomon, Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim (Moderator: Rabbi Yoni Zakutinsky) 9

10 JP Morgan Ethan Allen Observations on Chukim Rabbi Isaiah Koenigsberg Fundamentals of Tefilah and How to Teach Them to Others Rabbi Eytan Feiner Torah as the Ultimate Relationship Manual: A Blueprint for Mitzvot Rabbi Motty Berger 11:15 1:00 PM CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION West/Central Message Dr. Stuart Hytman Founding Partner, Project Inspire Lech Knos es Kol Hayehudim Unifying the Jewish People Rabbi Eli Mansour, ` hily Farewell and Closing Remarks Rabbi Yaakov Salomon 1:00 PM Mincha West 1:00 2:00 PM Check-out Time 1:00 2:00 PM Lunch Atrium Lobby 10

11 LOBBY LEVEL Stairs to 2nd floor State Ballroom Ethan Allen J.P. Morgan N. Hale Pool & Health Club East Central West Int l Prefunction Gazebo Terrace Elevators Registration Desk Stairs to 2nd floor Main Entrance To Greenwich Greenwich Fiske (Childcare) Webster (Childcare) Twain (Childcare) Stairs to 1st floor Elevators Bedford (Childcare) SECOND FLOOR Atrium Conference 3 king David 11

12 meet your community coordinator 5 TOWNS Rabbi Simcha Barnett sbarnett@projectinspire.com Rabbi Yossi Schwartz yschwartz@projectinspire.com MONSEY Rabbi Aryeh Royde aroyde@projectinspire.com Rabbi Yossi Royde yroyde@projectinspire.com BROOKLYN Rabbi Yoni Zakutinsky yzakutinsky@projectinspire.com TORONTO Mrs. Esti Glauser eglauser@projectinspire.com QUEENS Ephraim Berger Esq. eberger@projectinspire.com 12

13 zayl mipnf Jewish Calendar Schedule Friday, February 8, 2013 b ryz hay g k Dawn 72 minutes as 16.1 degrees Earliest Talis & Tefillin Sun is 10.2 degrees below horizon Sunrise Level region at sea level Latest Shema Magen Avraham Using 72 minutes as 16.1 degrees Latest Shema Gra & Baal Tanya Latest Shachris Gra & Baal Tanya 5:33:59 6:05:37 6:57:03 8:51:18 9:32:49 10:24:44 xgyd zelr zelrn 16.1 tl zewc 72 oilitze ziviv onf wte`d zgz zelrn 10.2 dngd upd mid ipt daeba xeyin rny z`ixw onf seq mdxa` obn zelrna zewc 72 tl rny z`ixw onf seq `ipzd lrae ` xb dlitz onf seq `ipzd lrae ` xb Midday & Midnight 12:08:35 zevg Earliest Mincha LeChumra Plag HaMincha Gra & Baal Tanya Candle Lighting 18 minutes before Sunset Sunset Level region at sea level Nightfall - 3 Stars 36 minutes as degrees End of Shabbos and Yom Tov 12:38:35 4:15:13 5:02:09 5:20:09 6:02:25 dlecb dgpn `xnegl dgpnd blt `ipzd lrae ` xb zexp zwlcd driwyd mcew zewc 18 dngd zriwy mid ipt daeba xeyin miakek b - miakekd z`v zelrna zewc 36 aeh meie zayd z`v Nightfall - 72 minutes 6:32:09 zewc 72 - miakekd z`v Molad: The Molad will be Sunday, February 10, 2013, at 37 minutes and 13 halakim after 5 PM All times provided by MyZmanim.com 13

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