The holiday of Shavuot connects us to each other and to our ancestors as we commemorate and relive revelation of Torah. This year, GJC is gathering together with P’nai Or and Mishkan Shalom for our annual Tikkun Leyl Shavuot (traditionally an all-night Torah study). Keep reading below for all the details!
- 7:00-7:30 PM: Refreshments & Mingling
- Location: Charry Lobby
- 7:30-7:40 PM: Welcome from P’nai Or, Mishkan Shalom, and GJC
- Location: Charry Sanctuary
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- 7:40-8:45 PM: Ma’ariv, followed by music and prompts to open our hearts and souls
- Location: Charry Sanctuary
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- 8:45-9:15 PM: Break for Nosh, Coffee, & Drinks
- Location: Charry Lobby
- 9:15-10:00 PM: The Revelation of Singing with Rounds with Tobie Hoffman (P’nai Or)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- Description: In this time of deep listening as we prepare to receive Torah, enjoy the sensations of instant harmony. We will learn and sing simple English and Hebrew rounds, both familiar and new, for an hour of bliss!
- 9:15-10:00 PM: Mussar of Our Time: Looking at the events of this past year through the texts of revelation of Torah and Mussar practice of loving and difficult engagement in the Holiness Code of Kedoshim (Leviticus 19) with Rabbi Shawn Zevit (Mishkan Shalom)
- Location: Maslow Auditorium
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- 9:15-10:00 PM: Learning about the new West Mount Airy Eruv and the meaning of eruvim with Charlie Miller and Neil Actor (GJC)
- Location: Quitman Library
- Please note, this study session will not be livestreamed.
- 10:15-11:00 PM: Visual Representation of Torah: Illustrating the Stories of Our Ancestors with Noah Dor Lind (Mishkan Shalom)
- 10:15-11:00 PM: Eco-Kashrut and Sustainability with Rabbi Nathan Martin and Dasi Weinmartin (GJC)
- Location: Maslow Auditorium
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- Description: TBD
- 10:15-11:00 PM: Encounters with Ruth and Naomi: Pirkei Imahot with Elissa Yaffe Cohen and Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein (P’nai Or and GJC)
- Location: Quitman Library
- Please note, this study session will not be livestreamed.
- Description: A text study and meditation to receive the wisdom of these two beautiful women.
- 11:15 PM-12:00 AM: Feminist Readings of the Book of Ruth with Dina Pinsky (GJC)
- Location: Maslow Auditorium
- Livestream Link: HERE || Passcode: Shavuot5784
- Description: TBD
All of the following study sessions will not be livestreamed.
- 12:00-12:30 AM: In the Spirit of Ezekiel: A Midnight Contemplation in Text, Music and Stillness with Rabbi Shawn Zevit (Mishkan Shalom)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Description: TBD
- 12:30-1:15 AM: Shiur on Breishit Rabbah with Gwynn Kessler (GJC)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Description: TBD
- 1:30-2:15 AM: Movement at Sinai: Preparing our Bodies and Minds to Receive Torah– a movement and text study experience based on the morning Torah Reading with Student Rabbi Maria Pulzetti (GJC)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Description: TBD
- 2:30-3:15 AM: Torah Blessings with Student Rabbi Maria Pulzetti (GJC)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Description: TBD
- 3:30-4:30 AM: Learning in the Wee Hours with Miriam Goldberg (GJC)
- Location: Magil Chapel
- Description: TBD