Shavuot Information

Our Tikkun Leil Shavuot will begin at 9:00 PM Saturday night, June 4th with Maariv to be followed by a short series of study sessions. Light dairy refreshments will be served. This event will be in person at the synagogue. All are invited.

Our Tikkun Leil Shavuot will feature the following sessions:

Where is that land of milk and honey anyway? an exploration of Mishnah Gittin 1:1 with Joe Shiang

Pray What You Mean! an exploration of Mishnah Berakhot 4:4 with Steve Schmidt

The Bloody Sanhedrin an exploration of Mishnah Makkot 1:10 with Rabbi Spitzer

Mishnah Gittin 1:1

An agent who brings a bill of divorce [get] from a husband to his wife from a country overseas, i.e., from outside of Eretz Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael, is required to state the following formula when he hands over the bill of divorce: This bill of divorce was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence. Rabban Gamliel says: Even one who brings a bill of divorce from Rekem or from Ḥeger, which are on the periphery of Eretz Yisrael, must make this declaration. Rabbi Eliezer says: Even one who brings a bill of divorce from the village of Ludim to Lod must also make this declaration, despite the fact that these places are only a short distance apart. The reason is that the village of Ludim was not part of the main area settled by Jews in Eretz Yisrael. And the Rabbis say that one is required to say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence, only if he brings a bill of divorce from a country overseas to Eretz Yisrael, and the same applies to one who delivers a bill of divorce from Eretz Yisrael to a country overseas. And likewise an agent who brings a bill of divorce from one region to another region within the overseas countries is also required to say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: This halakha applies not only to an agent who brings a bill of divorce from one country to another, but even to one who takes it from one district [hegmonya] to another district in the same country.

Mishnah Berakhot 4:4

Rabbi Eliezer says: One whose prayer is fixed, his prayer is not supplication and is flawed. The Gemara will clarify the halakhic implications of this flaw. Rabbi Yehoshua says: One who cannot recite a complete prayer because he is walking in a place of danger, recites a brief prayer and says: Redeem, Lord, Your people, the remnant of Israel, at every transition [parashat ha’ibur], the meaning of which will be discussed in the Gemara. May their needs be before You. Blessed are You, Lord, Who listens to prayer.

Mishnah Makkot 1:10

A Sanhedrin that executes a transgressor once in seven years is characterized as a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says: This categorization applies to a Sanhedrin that executes a transgressor once in seventy years. Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva say: If we had been members of the Sanhedrin, no person would have ever been executed. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: In adopting that approach, they too would increase the number of murderers among the Jewish people.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot: Torah from Coast to Coast

We are just a few days away from Shavuot, and our third annual livestreamed Conservative/Masorti Tikkun Leil Shavuot, is Saturday June 4th starting at 9:30 PM EDT.

Access to the experience is FREE for all, regardless of synagogue affiliation or organizational participation. The broadcast link is http://www.tinyurl.com/Shavuot5782 and can also be accessed with the button below.