The Sinai Experience
Shavuot at Chabad of Westmount
Learning that Matters.
Eve of Shavuot
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Candle lighting Time 8:15 pm - Mincha at 8:15 pm
Shavuot Dinner 9:15 pm
Climbing Mount Sinai - The Struggle to Choose
Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin, PhD
Cincinnati, Ohio
Dessert Reception
10:30 pm
TED Talks
Thought. Expression. Deed.
Genetics in Jewish Law - Dr. Eli Ben David
Song as the Pen of the Soul – Dan Wolfe
Raising Children to Love Torah - Devorah Shanowitz
The Torah of Space Science – Itamar Keren
Shavuot Done Right – Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz
Art Finds G‑d – Caroline Benchitrit
Life of a King – Learning from King David – David Kakon
Right of First Refusal: Our Journey to Torah – Rabbi Ariel Stern
Chaya Constance Malka
Lessons from the Torah - Chana Rivkah Bensoussan
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Shavuot Day 1
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Shachrit Morning Services 10:00 am
Hallel Service
jKids Sinai Experience 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Shavuot Cheese Cake Factory – Show – Shavuot Experience – Door Prizes
Reading of the Ten Commandments
Info & RSVP
Dairy Kiddush Buffet
The Sinai Effect:
Sinaitic influence on Common and Civil Jurisprudence
How Jewish law influenced Western Law
Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin, PhD
Dessert Reception
5:00 pm – 2nd Reading of the Ten Commandments
jKids Cheese Cake Activity - Ice Cream Party -
Shavuot Desserts
8:15 pm Chabad Student Delegation
Lessons of Shavuot
Songs of the Soul – Niggun Ensemble with Yeshiva Students
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Shavuot – Second Day
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Shachrit Service - 10:00 am
Hallel Service
The Soul of the Matter – Yiskor Talk - 11:00 am
Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin, Phd
Yiskor Service
Buffet Kiddush Lunch
Sweating the Small Stuff: Why it Counts - 12:30 pm
Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin, PhD
My Life Story: From Reform Seminary to Chabad Emissary
Shmuel Klatzkin, PhD
Farbrengen in Private Home
Followed by Havdallah Service