Tikkun Leil Shavuot 🔀

Name: Tikkun Leil Shavuot 🔀
Start: 2023-05-25T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-05-26T08:00:00-04:00

May 25, 2023 @ 6:00 pm–May 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am

Join us for our community's all-night learning in celebration of the giving of Torah. We'll offer multiple in-person and virtual learning tracks and special learning for children, families, teens, and adults.

This event is free and open to the community!

Tikkun Leil Shavuot 🔀

Time	Session	Slot 1 (Ellman Chapel) Zoom Link This is the Zoom link for all sessions held in Ellman Chapel	Slot 2 (Koplin-Borochoff Library) Zoom Link This is the Zoom link for all sessions held in Koplin-Borochoff Library
Thursday, May 25
6:00 p.m.	Evening Minyan Ellman Chapel Zoom Link
8:15 p.m.	Candle Lighting and Welcome Ellman Chapel Zoom Link
8:50 p.m.	Session 1	Leader: Dr. Peter Saulson We are "Citizens of Two Realms” Through careful reading of Chapter One of his classic Man is Not Alone, we’ll see how Abraham Joshua Heschel argued that “the realm of the ineffable” was at least as real as the physical world. This insight forms the basis for understanding Heschel’s argument for the realness of God. Source Sheet	Leader: Richard Friedman Everything We Knew Was Wrong Just a couple of examples to show how two revolutions—Archaeology and Bible Criticism—have changed what we know and what we understand in most of the Bible. Source Sheet
9:50 p.m.	Transition
10:00 p.m.	Session 2	Leader: Dennis Gilbride How Abraham Joshua Heschel Understands the Purpose of Prayer This session will discuss Heschel’s view of prayer. We will explore several components of prayer including gratitude, wonder and moving beyond self-centeredness. We will also discuss Heschel’s view on the differences between prayers of praise and petition. Source Sheet	Leader: Rabbi Neil Sandler Reading Torah—Challenging the Mind and Uplifting the Spirit: A Session in Memory of Arnold M. Goodman z"l Rabbi Arnold Goodman, my teacher and our teacher, enjoyed a very fulfilling career in the rabbinate. He touched many lives through the Torah he taught and left with many people. Of course, Rabbi Goodman’s Torah began with study of THE Torah. In this session on the day we celebrate our people’s receiving Torah, we will look at the meaning of the public reading of the Torah, the purpose it serves and the spirituality of the practice in our services. Source Sheet
10:50 p.m.	Transition
11:00 p.m.	Session 3	Leader: Edward Queen Torah and Tikkun: Study and Observance as a Spark for Redemption Most of us know the Hebrew word "tikkun" from the phrase "tikkun olam" (repair the world) and may wonder what does it have to do with Shavuot? Traditionally the word, meaning repair or rectification, described activities undertaken to "fix" some sin or transgression, either individual or collective. They served to repair the world on a cosmic scale and pave the way for the messiah. This session looks at the kabbalistic doctrine of "theurgy", the idea that human actions affect the divine realm, and the essential role that Torah study and observance play in sparking redemption. Source Sheet	Leader: Dr. Linda Lippitt Chasidic Psychology and Demons This is the teaching of Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh. Close reading of the Torah and the Zohar reveals what G-d left unfinished and why.We will discuss the strategies available to suppress scars of trauma or desires for things that take us further from G-d. The most critical name for G'd for this purpose is "Sha-'ai. We will start the session with an orientation to the kabbalistic tree of life. Hopefully this will allow novices to mysticism to be enriched by this and want more. Source Sheet
Friday, May 26
12:00 a.m.	Session 4	Leader: Steve Chervin Abraham Joshua Heschel and Prophecy: God and Justice Just as the prophets in the Hebrew Bible were consumed by God's demand for justice in the world, so too was AJ Heschel consumed with his own appreciation of the divine imperative to seek justice. In this session, we will examine excerpts from Heschel's masterpiece The Prophets, based on his doctoral dissertation in philosophy completed for the University of Berlin. Source Sheet	Leader: Rabbi Chaim Listfield “Is God a Gator?” A story making the rounds is that one of America’s most famous rabbis blessed the University of Florida Men’s basketball team two years in a row, and the Gators won the national championship both times. We’ll discuss this charming story—and then we’ll debunk it. Shavuot is about following God, not influencing God. Source Sheet
12:50 a.m.	Transition
1:00 a.m.	Session 5	Leader: Joe Citron Torah in Relationship to Music, Songs and Artists We will look at the influence of the Torah in song. Also see the diverse applicants of Torah in their works. Source Sheet	Leader: Jordan Forman Got to Get a Get? Got It! Jordan will touch on some highlights from the tractate of Gittin (and maybe other sources) to see what Judaism has to say about divorce and the process of the get. What are the rights and responsibilities of the parties to the divorce? What can be done when someone is not performing his/her obligations? We will discuss these and other related issues. Source Sheet
1:50 a.m.	Transition
2:00 a.m.	Session 6	Leader: Jay Waronker Synagogues of Sub-Saharan Africa: Architecture, History and Communities A book talk on Jay Waronker's just-released book Synagogues of Sub-Saharan Africa: Architecture, History and Communities. This publication provides a written and richly-illustrated (including Waronker's careful watercolors) history of the three hundred or so synagogues realized by diverse communities of Jews in thirteen regional countries: South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Eritrea. These religious buildings, varying in scale and appointments from the grand and luxurious to the one-roomed and humble and constructed in large cities, towns and villages, date from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Some are still operational, others repurposed and yet more demolished. Filling in a previous gap in scholarship and general knowledge, these synagogues reveal a fascinating story of Jewish, African and architectural history and identity. Source Sheet	Leader: Rabbi Hillel Norry The Most Remarkable Object in History—The Tablets Not all characters in the biblical stories are people. Sometimes it is a remarkable THING, an object that plays a crucial part in driving the narrative forward, and creating the story. We will look at the description of the tablets themselves (not the commandments… the TABLETS… and ask simple but revealing questions about this remarkable object: Where is it, and where did it come from? Who made it? What is it made of? Is it the only one of its kind? When does it appear in our story? What happened to it, and where is it now? Source Sheet
2:50 a.m.	Transition
3:00 a.m.	Session 7	Leader: Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Homosexuality and the Torah—A Jewish Perspective For millennia, the words of the Bible have been used to exclude, ridicule, and demean homosexuals. The few words in the Torah on this issue are often read and taken at "face value." Is this "face value" reading really what the Torah says or are generations of bias, fear, and social control being read into our understanding of God’s will? A deeper reading can reveal a lot about how the Bible might be understanding sexuality and sexual behavior. Source Sheet	*There is no second slot session, only a first slot session in Ellman Chapel.*
3:50 a.m.	Transition
4:00 a.m.	Session 8	Leader: Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Israel Through the Eyes of a Poet Explore the artistic expression of love, life, and hope as poets give us deeper meaning into the Promised Land. This session will look at how Israel was expressed through the minds of poets and what their heartfelt expression means to our modern understanding and love of the Jewish State. Source Sheet	*There is no second slot session, only a first slot session in Ellman Chapel.*
5:00 a.m.	Transition
5:15 a.m.	Gentle Yoga and Stretching Memorial Garden Zoom Link
5:45 a.m.	Hashkamah Minyan (Early Morning Service) Memorial Garden Zoom Link
8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Paradies Hall Zoom Link

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Start:: May 25, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
End:: May 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am
Event Categories:: Family Friendly, Holidays, Learning, Prayer

Selichot—Saturday, September 9
7:15 p.m	Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom Join Zoom
8:30–10 p.m.	Selichot with Shearith Israel	In-Person: Shearith Israel Register
Sunday, September 10
10:00 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery 1:30 p.m. at Arlington Memorial Park	High Holiday Cemetery Memorial Services	In-Person: Greenwood Cemetery and Arlington Memorial Park
2–4:00 p.m.	Reverse Tashlich	In-Person: Peachtree Creek Greenway Register by 9/7
Erev Rosh Hashanah—Friday, September 15
7:15–8:45 a.m.	Morning Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
6:00 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YouTube
7:26 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 1—Saturday, September 16
8–9:30 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast Oneg	In-Person: Breezeway
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Morning Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YouTube
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Michael Miller “Finding our Personal Prayer in the High Holiday Liturgy”: Prayer is a central element of the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, and then especially during the Yamim Noraim. We are all familiar with the prayers in our liturgy, but what about personal prayers, prayers for which we do not have a template or formula? The Torah and Haftarah readings for today provide three different models of personal prayer which we will examine, discuss, and contrast. Source Sheet	In-Person: Ellman Chapel Virtual: Zoom Join Via Zoom
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.	Apple Tasting We will hold an Apple Tasting where there will be multiple tables, each labeled with two varieties of apples. Adults and children can vote for their favorites in each category!	In-Person: Lobby
10:30 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming	In-Person: Check-In at Cavalier Room
12:30–1:15 p.m.	Oneg and Light Kiddush	In-Person: Srochi Auditorium
1:15–1:45 p.m.	Mincha Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YoutTube
7:45–8:15 p.m.	Ma’ariv Service	Virtual: Zoom Join Via Zoom
8:08 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 2—Sunday, September 17
8–9:30 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast Oneg	In-Person: Breezeway
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Morning Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YoutTube
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal “Crowning God: An Exploration into Divine Coronation:” An important theme of the High Holidays is the crowning of God as sovereign, where God takes a seat on the divine throne. Join Rabbi Rosenthal on the second day of Rosh Hashanah as we will explore one of the reoccurring prayers of this High holiday season – L’El Orekh Din Source Sheet	Hybrid: Paradies Hall and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
10:15 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming	In-Person: Check-In at Cavalier Room
12:30 p.m.	Tashlich	In-Person: Meet at the Outdoor Tent where we will walk to the corner of Peachtree Battle Ave NW and Woodward Way
7:30 p.m.	Mincha Ma’ariv Service	Virtual: Zoom Join Zoom
8:07 p.m.	Havdallah
Kol Nidre—Sunday, September 24
5–5:30 pm	Family Kol Nidre Service	In-Person: Breezeway Virtual: Zoom Join Via Zoom
5:30 p.m.	Vegan Kapparot Yom Kippur challenges us to cleanse our souls from missteps over the past year. Our tradition seeks to imbue the ethereal nature of our good and evil, right a wrong into an object that can be consumed, cast out, or flung away. Kapparot seeks to take that which is weighing us down and swing it over our heads, casting it far away from us. We have reclaimed this medieval ritual for our modern spiritual life, replacing the killing of a chicken with the righteous act of tzedakah. Join Rabbi Rosenthal in the garden as we recite our prayers, imbue a bag of money with our regrets for the past year, and swing it over our heads, thereby turning our shortcomings into acts of loving kindness to help others. The Joseph family chicken will be on site… for petting only.	In-Person: Garden
6:10 p.m.	Mincha Service	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YouTube
6:30 p.m.	Kol Nidre Service
7:00 p.m.	Ma’ariv Service
7:13 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Yom Kippur—Monday, September 25
8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Yom Kippur Morning Service Yizkor Service begins around 12:30 p.m.	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YouTube
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Yom Kippur Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Judy Marx “G’mar Hatimah Tova—Getting the Seal of Approval”: Getting sealed in the The Book of Life is one of the most powerful images of the High Holy Days. Our High Holiday Mahzor is filled with references to books we should be sealed into: Life, Redemption, Sustenance, Merit, and Forgiveness (see Avinu Malkeinu). What are we really asking for when we pray to be sealed into these “books?” Does it imply that after Yom Kippur the fate of everyone is sealed for the rest of the year? We will look at texts and liturgy to better understand this image as one of the motivators for repentance. Source Sheet	In-Person: Ellman Chapel Virtual: Zoom Join Via Zoom
10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.	Children’s Programming	In-Person: Check-In at Cavalier Room
1:30–3:00 p.m.	Beit Midrash (Study Hall) Led by Dr. Andy Zangwill “Yom Kippur in Hell” is the title of the last short story written by the celebrated Yiddish writer Isaac Peretz. Andrew Zangwill will read the story aloud and lead a discussion of its themes. The text will be supplied so attendees (real and virtual) can read along. Source Sheet	In-Person: Ellman Chapel Virtual: Zoom Join Via Zoom
3–5:15 p.m.	Drum Circle with SunMoonPie	In-Person: Paradies Hall
5:15 p.m.	Mincha Service Reading of the Book of Jonah	In-Person: Sanctuary Virtual: Zoom and YouTube Join Via Zoom Watch on YouTube
6:30 p.m.	Neilah Service
7:41 p.m.	Ma’ariv and Final Shofar Blast
7:55 p.m.	Havdallah

Selichot – Saturday, September 17
7:15 p.m	Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah Service	Hybrid: Ellman Chapel and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
8:10 p.m.	Selichot Service	Hybrid: Ellman Chapel and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
Erev Rosh Hashanah – Sunday, September 25
9–10:30 a.m.	Morning Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
6:00 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
7:12 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Monday, September 26
8–9:00 a.m.	Coffee and Schmooze Co-sponsored by Sisterhood	In-Person: Garden
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9–10:00 a.m.	Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Dr. Andrew Zangwill “Happy Birthday World!”: After each Rosh Hashanah shofar blast, we chant a short poem which begins “hayom harat olam,” a phrase often translated as “today the world was born.”  This session examines this (and other) translations of ”hayom harat olam”  and teases out their meaning for us today. Andy Zangwill is a native of Pittsburgh and is somehow related to the British Zionist Israel Zangwill. He has taught physics at Georgia Tech since 1985 and has helped administer the AA Torah Study since 2000.	Hybrid: Cavalier Room and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
10:00 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
12:30–1:00 p.m.	Oneg and Light Kiddush	In-Person: Garden
6–7:00 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
7:54 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Tuesday, September 27
8–9:00 a.m.	Coffee and Schmooze	In-Person: Garden
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9:00 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
9:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Dr. Paul Feldman “From Yom Teruah to Rosh Hashanah – A Rabbinic Journey”: The torah instructs us that, on the first day of the seventh month, there should be “teruah.” From that, it becomes a New Year where, hopefully, our Father, our King, inscribes us in the book of life. Let’s explore the rabbinic mindset that defines us as Jews. Paul Feldman has attended AA’s Shabbat Torah Study religiously for over 20 years. His interests include the historical aspects of Tanakh and the intellectual history of b’nai Yisrael through the ages.	Hybrid: Paradies Hall and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
12:30 p.m.	Tashlich	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
7:30 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
Aseret Y’mei Teshuva (Ten Days of Repentance) – Sunday, October 2
9–10:30 a.m.	Morning Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Family Taslich and Picnic with Shofar Blowing	In-Person: Morgan Falls Overlook Park
2–4:00 p.m.	Reverse Tashlich	In-Person: Peachtree Creek Greenway Register
6–7:00 p.m.	Evening Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
Kol Nidre – Tuesday, October 4
5–5:30 pm	Family Service	Hybrid: Breezeway and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
5:30–6:15 p.m.	Vegan Kapparot Yom Kippur challenges us to cleanse our souls from missteps over the past year. Our tradition seeks to imbue the ethereal nature of our good and evil, right a wrong into an object that can be consumed, cast out, or flung away. Kapparot seeks to take that which is weighing us down and swing it over our heads, casting it far away from us. We have reclaimed this medieval ritual for our modern spiritual life, replacing the killing of a chicken with the righteous act of tzedakah. Join Rabbi Rosenthal in the garden as we will recite our prayers, imbue a bag of money with our regrets for the past year, and swing it over our heads, thereby turning our shortcomings into acts of loving kindness to help others. Farmer Joe and his chicken will be on site… for petting only.	In-Person: Garden
6:10 p.m.	Mincha Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
6:30 p.m.	Kol Nidre Service
7:00 p.m.	Ma’ariv Service
Yom Kippur – Wednesday, October 5
8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Yom Kippur and Yizkor Services Yizkor Service begins around 12:30 p.m. 5783 Yizkor Book Supplement	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9–10:00 a.m.	Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Judy Marx “Everything Old is New Again”: This session explores how understanding our history through Yom Kippur’s Torah reading and liturgy lead us to repentance and forgiveness. Judy Marx is a long-time Jewish community professional. She was the Atlanta Director of the American Jewish Committee for twelve years and is currently with the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta. In her free time she consults with interfaith organizations and prepares for Torah Study at AA.	Hybrid: Cavalier Room and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
10:00 a.m.–End of YK Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
2:30–4:00 p.m.	Beit Midrash (Study Hall) Led by Dr. Dennis Gilbride “The Golden Calf, Consuming Fire, Atonement, and Forgiveness”: This session focuses on two relatively well known, but under-studied stories in the Torah: the Golden Calf and the death of Aaron’s sons, Nadav and Avihu.  By exploring midrashim and ideas that tie these two episodes together, we will provide an interesting and provocative understanding of the Jewish approach to atonement, forgiveness, and connection to G-d. Dennis Gilbride has been a professor for 32 years, first at Syracuse University and, for the last ten years, at Georgia State University in its Department of Counseling and Psychological Services. He began his career at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa where he and his family were congregants of Neil Sandler, AA’s Rabbi Emeritus.	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
4–6:30 p.m.	Chanting with SunMoonPie	Hybrid: Paradies Hall and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
5:30 p.m.	Mincha Service Reading of the Book of Jonah	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
6:30 p.m.	Neilah Service
7:41 p.m.	Ma’ariv/Havdallah and Final Shofar Blast

Tikkun Leil Shavuot 🔀

May 25, 2023 @ 6:00 pm–May 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am

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