The Healing Path

WEEKEND RETREAT AT ASCENT

Jan 19 – 22, 2012 / 24 - 22 TEVET 5772

THURSDAY, JAN 19

   4-9pm          Welcome & Registration at the Reception Desk

                        Refreshments available in the lounge

  6:00pm         Health & Healing Creative Workshop with Devorah Levin

                        Get warmed up with an expressive painting and writing workshop

  7:30pm         Dinner & Shmooze in the Dining Area

  8:30pm         Lecture: A Holistic Approach to Health & Healing

                        with Benzion Lehrer. Lecture Hall

10:00pm        Concert: Acoustic Jam Session with Tzvi Levin & Co.in the Lounge

FRIDAY, JAN 20

  8:30am         Breakfast (served until 9:30am). Dining Area.

10:00am        Meditation Session with Rabbi Izzy. Library.

11:00am        Tour of the Old City (Weather permitting) with Rabbi Mo. Meet in Lobby.

  1:00pm         Men: Walk to the Arizal Mikvah. Meet in the Lobby.

                        Women: Visit the Arizal’s grave. Meet in the Lobby.

  3:00pm         Lecture: Shabbat Meditations with Rabbi Shaul Leiter

  4:30pm         Women: Shabbat Candle Lighting & Shmooze in the Lounge

                      Men: Inner Health with Rabbi Eli Naiditch. Library

                        Followed by orientation & meal placement Info.

  5:00pm         Kabbalat Shabbat – evening services with joy on the Ascent Roof

  6:00pm         Walk to Host Families for Meals – meet outside the front entrance

10:30pm        Farbrengen (Group Dynamics): “The Long Shorter Way”

with Eli Naiditch. Dining Area.

SATURDAY, JAN 21

  8:00am         Coffee, Tea and Light Snacks in the Dining Area

Join services at synagogues in the Old City.

                        Map and schedules available at the Reception Desk.

11:45am        Kiddush & Light Refreshments in the Dining Area

12:00pm        Lecture: The Jewish Year Diet: Eating in Harmony with Nature

with Benzion Lehrer. Lecture Hall

  1:00pm         Interactive Shabbat Meal at Ascent. Dining Area

Hosted by: Naiditch and Greenberg families

  3:00pm         Q & A with Benzion Lehrer Lecture Hall

  4:15pm         Light Refreshments available in the Dining Area

  4:30pm         Two Options:

                        – Interactive Workshop: Undo Bad Habits, Create Good Ones

                           with Zalman Nelson, MSW, Psychotherapist.  Lecture Hall

                        – Learning & Discussion: The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Health

                           with Rabbi Mo. Library

  5:45pm         Evening Service. Lecture Hall (Shul)

  6:00pm         Musical Havdallah. Celebrate & dance with our IDF guests.

7:00pm         Healing Resource Fair – meet alternative health practitioners from Tfat

                        On the Ascent Roof. Open to the public.

  9:00pm         Melaveh Malka post-Shabbat Dinner and Gathering. Dining Area

Heal Your Self, Heal the World with __

Please register in advance at the Front Desk if you plan to attend.

10:00pm        Concert: SoulFolkFunk with Yaakov Robbin in the Lounge

SUNDAY, JAN 22

  9:30am         Toward a Meaningful Life: Practical Tools for Spiritual Living

                        with Eli Naiditch. Library

A half-day yeshiva learning experience is available for all Ascent guests on Sunday at Machon Alta (for women) and Temimei Darech (for men).

Sign up at the Reception Desk or speak to a staff member for details.

“The healthier the soul, the greater its control of the body and the greater its ability to repair the body's deficiencies.”

— The Lubavitcher Rebbe