May you and yours have a warming month of TEVET,
Ascent Weekend-Retreats & Shabbat Calendar
for Winter 2011-12 for Jewish year 5772 (9/28/11 - 9/16/12)

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What's New on AscentOfSafed.com
Jan. 30 Upcoming Special Event: "Ascent's 29th Annual Kabbalistic Tu b'Shvat SEDER in Tsfat" (poster, schedule) Feb. 7, 7:30 pm
Jan. 30 CALENDAR: WINTER 2011-12 Events Schedule
Jan. 30 NEW BOOK written by an Ascent staff member, explaining Tanya concepts: ch.4 [part 1 of 5]
Jan. 30 Kabbalah: "Tu B'Shvat Seder in Your Family"
Jan. 30 Talmud: "Tu B'Shvat Seder in Your Dreams"
Jan. 30 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- #459 (improved)
Jan. 30
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Leaders of People and of time" (Beshalach - Zohar)
Jan. 30
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Land and Sea" (Beshalach - Chasidic Masters series)
Jan. 30 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- year #15, Story # 740
Jan. 30 Overview for this week's Weekly Torah Reading
Jan. 30 Rabbi Leiter's Mystical Insights for the Weekly Reading
Jan. 30 Brief Insights from the Rebbes and the Kabbalists on the Weekly Reading
Jan. 30 Moshiach This Week in the Weekly Reading
Jan. 30

About the Weekly Reading on our KabbalaOnline site, from:
Holy Ari of Safed, the ZOHAR, Mystical Classics, Chasidic Masters, and more!
Click to the site or go to the Ascent Weekly Reading page for a quick glimpse.
Jan. 23 Life at Ascent: The CURRENT Jewish Month: SHEVAT
Jan. 23 Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Fruit Trees and the Jews" (Tu b'Shvat)
Jan. 16 Upcoming Special Event: "Kabbalistic Tu b'Shvat SEDER in Tsfat" (poster-schedule) Feb. 7, 7:30 pm
Jan. 16 "One Shabbat, One World" International Shabbaton - Feb. 3-4
Jan. 9 Life at Ascent: Accomodation fees (reduced for retreats!)
Jan. 9 Life at Ascent: Different Ways to Support Ascent (updated)
Jan. 23 Upcoming Holiday: Tu b'Shvat + Seder
Jan. 2 Life at Ascent: Contact us (updated)
Jan. 2 Life at Ascent: "Friend Brings Friend" campaign
Nov. 14 Kabbalah: "Kabbala and Eastern Religions" (Chaye Sarah)
Oct. 24
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Kabbala and the Mitzvot for Gentiles" (Noach)
Sept 19 ASCENT FACEBOOK "Ascent Tsfat" ( updated with many new photos and interesting connections) Please join!
September 14 FULLY RENNOVATED, EXTRA BEAUTIFUL, KabbalaOnline.org - a project of Ascent-of-Safed
 
COMING ATTRACTIONS! (PLUS the usual, PLUS more!)
Feb. 6 Kosher Humor: " "
Feb. 6 BRAND NEW BOOK written by an Ascent staff member, explaining Tanya concepts: ch.4 [part 2 of 5]
Feb. 6
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Earthly and Heavenly Chariots" (Yitro - Arizal)
Feb. 6
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Selecting Judges" (Yitro - Chasidic Masters series)
Feb. 6 Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Sunny Fields and Orchards" (Tu b'Shvat - Holiday Discourses series)
Feb. 6 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- year #15, Story # 741
Feb. 6 Life at Ascent: Feedback -- Letters and Email from Ascenters (updated)
Feb. 13 Safed Shuls: List of active synagogues in Zefat Old City (supplemented)
Feb. 13 Life at Ascent: Staff page (revised and updated)
Feb. 13 Life at Ascent: Accomodation fees (expanded, includes Tel Aviv Hotel too)
Feb. 20 Life at Ascent: The UPCOMING Jewish Month: ADAR
Feb. 27 Kosher Humor: " "
Feb. 27 Kosher Humor: Ascent "Kosher Humor" archives open for the merry month of Adar only

Recent features and selected Oldies but Goodies -- a sampling
Jan. 23 Current Events: "Op-Ed from Beit Shemesh"
Jan. 16 CALENDAR 5772 (until Sept 15, 2012) Year Schedule
Jan. 16 Upcoming Weekend-Retreat: "The Healing Path" (poster- new, schedule - updated)
Jan. 16 Jews and Sports: "Kosher hot dog stand a slam dunk at Kansas U. hoops"
Jan. 16 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- brief biographies in alphabetical order (expanded)
Jan. 9 Current Events: "To Speak in Your Name" (Rabbi Nachman Kahana)
Jan. 2 Life at Ascent: Post-Shabbat-at-Ascent Weekly Reflections from Izzy Greenberg (NEW)
Jan. 2 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- #360 (expanded and improved)
Dec. 26 Seminar Reviews: Ascent Photo Contest #187 - Find yourself and win a prize!
Dec. 26 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- #113 : "Fifth Night of Chanukah" (expanded, and with more source citation)
Dec. 19 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- #423 (the "Chanukah & George Washington" story expanded - see last sentence!)
Dec. 19 Upcoming Seminar: "Ignite Your Soul": Chanukah (poster, schedule)
Dec. 12 BRAND NEW BOOK written by an Ascent staff member, explaining Tanya concepts: Foreward & ch.1[part 1of 3]
Dec. 5
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "From Sinai to the Internet" (Chanukah)
Nov. 21 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- #729 (expanded)
Nov. 14 ASCENT EVENTS: 2 Ascent Reunion Shabbats in the USA: "Big Mo Visits the Big East" in December 2011
Nov. 14 Seminar Reviews: Ascent Photo Contest #185 - Find yourself and win a prize!
Nov. 14 Chassidic/Kabbalah Stories -- brief biographies in alphabetical order (expanded)
Nov. 7 Holy Sites: Rabbi Leib "Baal Ha'yisurim"-"The Master of Suffering"
Oct. 24 Jews and Sports: "Rabbi of the Carolina Panthers"
Oct. 16
Kabbalah/Chasidut: "The Female Adam"
Oct. 10
Kabbalah: "A Delivery to the Nations " (Sukkot - Bat Ayin)
Oct. 3 Life at Ascent: Feedback -- Letters and Email from Ascenters (updated)
Oct. 3 Safed Shuls: List of active synagogues in Zefat Old City (supplemented)
Sept 19 Ascent Studies: Links page (updated)
Sep. 5 Shoot!: The ASCENT Question & Answer Forum menu (updated: Bar Mitzvah & Kabbalah)
  Life at Ascent: recent photos at Ascent
Aug. 29 Life at Ascent: This Shabbat "Weekend Getaway" schedule
Aug. 22
Tours & Hikes: "Soul Trek" Hiking Adventures (poster, schedule, previous photos)
Aug. 1
Kabbalah: "Biography of the HOLY ARI" (5 Av - Thurs. nite-Friday)
July 25
Kabbalah: "Yahrzeit of the Ramak" (23 Tammuz - Sun. nite-Monday)
July 4 Life in Tsfat (20 years ago!): Photo of the Month
June 13 Life at Ascent: Shabbat Experience (updated poster)
June 13 Kabbalah/Chasidut: "Recommended Reading List" (corrected)
Jan. 10 Kabbalah/Chasidut: Chasidic Masters series (updated index)
Dec. 27 Recoded-Live Stories (improved)
Aug. 11 Life at Ascent: Ascent's First Quarter of a Century (updated)
Apr. 28
Kabbalah: "Zohar - Authorship" (Lag B'Omer)
Mar. 18 Torah and Science: Global Ecology
Mar. 18 Kabbalah: "Kabbala and Magic"
Feb. 26 Kabbalah: "What is Kabbalah and Why?" -- more definitions
Jan. 29 Meditation/Prayer: "The Thirteenth Gate" - the Magid of Mezritch
Jan. 29 Prayer: Lecha Dodi - new translation!
Jan. 22 Era of Moshiach - "Moshiach and the Moon"
Jan. 22 Prayer: Morning Blessing #17 - Women's perspective
Perennials
  Life at Ascent: Spring, Autumn Shabbat Schedule
  Life at Ascent: Original, unique, breathtaking Kabbalah Exhibit
  Life at Ascent: Renovations! (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Map to Ascent from the Central Bus Station (now GPS compatible!)
  Life at Ascent: Your Personal Torah Code (updates, upgrades and new offers)
  Life at Ascent: "Off the Wall" -- spectacular photos from the Ascent Facebook Wall (more!)
  Life at Ascent: Seminar Reviews (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Summer Volunteer Program
  Life at Ascent: Daily Class Schedule (revised)
  Life at Ascent: SUMMER 2011 DAILY Schedule (REVISED!)
  Life at Ascent: Walking Tours of Safed (revised)
  Life at Ascent: Library/Media Center (updated)
  Life at Ascent: 24th annual Safed Klezmer Festival (Ascent schedule w' Festival schedule)
  Life at Ascent: Staff page (revised and updated)
  Life at Ascent: What is Ascent? (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Contact us (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Accomodations (updated)
  Life at Ascent: Ulpan (updated)
  "24th Annual Safed Klezmer Festival" (dates confirmed!)
  Ascent Studies: Links page (updated)
 
Tours & Hikes: Safed Holy Places (updated)
 
Tours & Hikes: North of Israel (enhanced)
  Sages of Safed: An expanded list
  Safed: The City of Kabbalah and Art (revised)
  Prayer: Annual Blessing on Blossoming Fruit Trees (month of Nisan)
  Upcoming Seminar: "23rd Annual Safed Klezmer Festival" (poster, Ascent schedule)
  Seminar Reviews: Ascent Photo Contest #166 - Find yourself and win a prize!
  Ascent Studies: Free E-subscriptions (updated)
  Ascent Studies: Surf & Learn -- Just like from our Visitor's Lounge here in Tsfat
  Pirkei Avot: Chapter 1 -- Mystical Insights into Rabbinical Ethics
 
Kabbalah: "The Lag B'Omer Departure of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai" (Lag B'Omer)
 
Kabbalah: "Deeds of Kindness with Mystical Intentions" (-Ramak)
 
Kabbalah: Kitvei Arizal - the Writings of the Holy Ari
  Kosher Humor: Ascent "Kosher Humor" archives open for the merry month of Adar only