A Night of Learning: Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5780

May 28, 2020 - May 29, 2020, 5:00 pm - 7:00 am

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A Night of Joyful Jewish Learning with Rabbis from America to Israel

Thursday, May 28, 5:00 pm (EDT) – Friday, May 29, 7:00 am (EDT)

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Join Reform Rabbis from the US and Israel in an ALL-NIGHT online experience of sacred Jewish study!
Every hour, on the hour, you’ll be guided by our Master Teachers in a wide array of study texts and topics, all in celebration of our Festival of Receiving Torah Anew.

Participating Rabbis include:
Nir Barkin, Jonathan Blake, Shoshanah Conover, Michael Friedman, Jordie Gerson, Ilyse Glickman, Don Goor, Daniel Gropper, Myra Hovav, Jan Katzew, Michael Marmur, Shira Milgrom, Alona Nir-Keren, Scott Weiner, and David Wilfond.

Log on at any time after 5:00 PM and, every hour, our Rabbis will share their learning with the world! Stay for as long as you like! Bring coffee, snacks, and the other people with whom you are safely quarantined at home, and celebrate our Jewish tradition together

Downlaod a flyer to share! – 5780 Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Schedule of teachings:

Thursday, May 28, 2020

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Rabbi Jordie Gerson, Greenwich Reform Synagogue – Shabbat 33b: What does our Tradition say about Isolation?

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Rabbi Ilyse Glickman, Scarsdale Synagogue: Things That Go Bump in the Night: Ghosts, Demons, Monsters, & Golems

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Rabbi Shoshanah Conover, Temple Sholom (Chicago) – Yevamot 121a: Nodding at the Waves – Wisdom for Coping with Covid-19

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Rabbi Shira Milgrom, Congregation Kol Ami of White Plains – Finding God During a Pandemic: Lessons from Ruth and Esther

9:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Rabbi Jan D. Katzew, HUC-Cincinnati – Rabbi Akiva’s 3 Loves: People, Torah, & God

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Rabbi Daniel Gropper, Community Synagogue of Rye – “Out of Trauma, Creativity” – Jewish Responses to Tragedy

11:00 PM – 12:00 AM (overnight) – Rabbis Scott Weiner & Michael Friedman, TINR & Temple Israel, Westport: My Cup Runneth Over: Wine & Bourbon in Judaism

Friday, May 29, 2020

12:00 AM – 1:00 AM – Rabbi Jonathan Blake, WRT – Bava Kama 60b: Fear & Faith in a Time of Plague

1:00 AM – 2:00 AM – Rabbi Michael Marmur, PhD., HUC-Jerusalem – Unsettling Revelations: Alternative Readings of Sinai

2:00 AM – 3:00 AM – Rabbi David Wilfond, Shaaray Tefila, Bedford – The Spiritual Journey of Shavuot, Possibilities in our Lives

3:00 AM – 4:00 AM – Rabbi Don Goor, Da’at Educational Journeys – Israel: With Open Eyes and an Honest Voice

4:00 AM – 5:00 AM – Rabbi Nir Barkin, Kehilat YOZMA, Modi’in – Life During Corona – Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before. Or Is It?

5:00 AM – 6:00 AM – Rabbi Alona Nir Keren, Kehilat Mevasseret Zion, Israel – Say Cheese? Why do we Eat Dairy during Shavuot? a Conversation

6:00 AM – 7:00 AM – Rabbi Myra Hovav, Kehilat Ramot Shalom, Be’er-Sheva, Israel – Ethiopian Israelis: Toward a Multicultural Israel