Thank you to Steve Ruback for sponsoring great refreshments to be served all night long in memory of his mother Miriam bat Avraham David.
11:45 PM - 12:30 AM
Rabbi David Silber on "Levirate Marriage in Megilat Ruth"
Rabbi Silber is the Founder and Dean of the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York and Israel, and a recipient of the Covenant Award for excellence in innovative Jewish education.
12:30 - 12:40 AM
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Chagit Moshe offers greetings in honor of Shavuot.
12:45 - 1:30 AM
Rabbanit Surale Rosen on "The Safety of Torah"
Rabbanit Surale Rosen, teacher of Gemarah and Halakha (Migdal Oz, Matan) and head of Halakha programme in the London School of Jewish Studies.
1:30 - 2:15 AM
Yael Unterman on "Three Moments of Fateful Choice"
Yael Unterman is an author, lecturer, and Bibliodrama facilitator. Her first book "Nehama Leibowitz, Teacher and Bible Scholar" was a finalist in the 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, while her next one, "The Hidden of Things: Twelve Stories of Love & Longing", was a finalist for the USA Best Book.
2:15 - 3:00 AM
Rabbi Aron White on "Can a Jewish State Operate Driverless Trains on Shabbat?"
Rabbi White is the Associate Editor of HaMizrachi Magazine. Originally from the UK, he has Semikha from RIETS (Yeshiva University), a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the University of London and a Masters in Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School at YU.
3 - 3:45 AM
R. Ian Pear on "When the Devil Played Chess ... or How the Story of Ruth Explains Everything."
SHAVUOT MORNING SCHEDULE
The tikun leil will conclude in time for people to walk to either the Kotel or Shir Hadash in time for vatikin minyanim. Click here for a map to Shir Hadash, located at Rechov Yakov Rubin #1.
The schedule at Shir Hadash is:
4:15 AM Mini-Shiur on Megilat Ruth by Rabbi Jonathan Duker, together with students from the Alexander Muss High School Program.
4:30 AM Mini-Shiur by R. Pear
4:45 AM Megilat Ruth
5:10 AM Tephilla Begins
5:36 AM Neitz
A second (later) minyan will take place at Shir Hadash on Emek (Emek Refaim 45) at 9:15 AM.
