Celebrating Freedom: Passover 2009
14-21 Nissan / April 7-15
Tuesday Evening – 14 Nissan/April 7
8:30pm Searching for Chametz
9:30 Class: Looking for the Chametz in Yourself / Lounge
Wednesday April 8 - Erev Pesach
6:30am Birkas Hachama- Blessing of the Sun – Once in 28 years!
9:30 Class: How to Humble Yourself Through Cleaning R. Effy Ehrenberg / Lounge
11:00 Burning the Chametz Staff / Lobby
3:30pm Men: Mikveh Expedition Staff/ Lobby
Women: Walk to the Ari's Kever
5:30 Feature talk on: Pesach in the City of Kabbalah Rabbi Shaul Leiter / Library
6:30 Candle Lighting Staff / Lounge
6:45 Orientation Staff / Roof
7:15 Pesach Holiday Davening Staff / Roof
Followed by Seder Night Meal @ Families
Thursday April 9 - Pesach Yom Tov Day
8:30am Refreshments Staff/ Dining Room
10:00 Mystical Tour of Tzfat
See Map for Shuls Starting Times in the Old City
11:30 Class: Going out of your personal Egypt
13:00 Holiday meal@ Ascent Staff / Lobby
3:30pm Mystical Tour of Tzfat
3:30 Ask the Rabbi session R. Effy Ehrenberg
6:00 Class: 49 steps to personal refinement Mrs. C.B. Leiter /
Library
8:00 Evening Prayers and Sefirat HaOmer Ascent Shul
8:30 Musical Havdalah Reb Nissim / Lounge
9:30 Dinner
Friday - April 10 (Chol HaMoed)
7:00 am Mikveh Expedition (Men Only) Staff
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Staff/ Dining Room
10:00 Class: The Plastic Pharaoh R. Yerachmiel Tilles / Library
11:30 Mystical Tour of Tzfat
2:00pm Ask the Rabbi session R. Effy Ehrenberg / Lounge
3:00 Men: Mikveh Expedition
5:00 Class: Passover or Pass-over? Rabbi Leiter / Library
6:30 Candle Lighting
7:15 Kabbalat Shabbat on our Panoramic Porch
Followed by Shabbat Meal @ Tzfat Host Families
11:30 Chassidic Group Therapy - Stories and Songs thru the Night
Shabbat Day - April 11 (Chol HaMoed)
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Staff/ Dining Room
12:00 Class: Coming Out of Your Limitations R. Effy Ehrenberg /Library
1:00pm Shabbat Lunch
4:00 Magical Mystery Tour of Tzfat (min. 5 people) R. Effy Ehrenberg
6:30 Class: True expressions of love Rabbi Mo / Library
8:30 Musical Havdalah Reb Nissim / Lounge
10:00 Melave Malka: Saturday Night Live @ Ascent
Sunday - April 12 (Chol HaMoed)
7:00am Mikveh Expedition (Men Only) Staff
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Staff/ Dining Room
10:00 Class: Chametz & Matzah - Your Ego! R. Effy Ehrenberg/ Library
11:30 Magical Mystery Tour of Tzfat
2:00pm Ask the Rabbi session R. Eyal Karoutchi /
4:00 Magical Mystery Tour of Tzfat
7:00 Dinner Staff / Dining Room
8:00 Class: Tanya–Celebrating Spiritual Freedom
Library
10:00 Tzfat Live Soul Music Lounge
Monday April 13 -(Chol HaMoed)
7:00am Mikveh Expedition to the Ari’s Holy Waters (Men only)
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Staff/ Dining Room
10:00 Spiritual Nature Hike with Blessing Mrs. C.B. Leiter
On the Blossoming of the Trees
4:00 Class: "Pharaoh & Let my people go” R. Effy Ehrenberg
7:00 Bar-B-Q in the Garden
8:00 Class: The Geometry of Freedom
10:00 Tzfat Live Soul Music
Tuesday April 14 -(Chol HaMoed)
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Staff/ Dining Room
10:00 Class: The Secret of 7 R. Effy Ehrenberg/ Library
11:30 Mystical Tour of Tzfat
3:30 pm Mikveh Expedition (Men only) / Lobby
5:30 Feature Talk: When the Sea Splits Rabbi S. Leiter / Library
6:30 Candle Lighting
6:45 Orientation & Meal Placements Rabbi Mo & Staff
7:15 7th day of Pesach Prayers
Followed by Yom Tov Meal by Families
11:30 Learning into the Night: Leiter's Home
* The West Wind
* 50 Miracles at the Sea
* Miriam's Drum
* Bringing Out the Unrevealed
Wednesday April 15 –Last Day of Pesach
8:30 am Hot drinks & Refreshments /Dining Room
9:30 Holiday service @ Ascent
See Map for Shuls Starting Times in the Old City
12:00 Feature Talk: The Time of Your Mrs. C.B. Leiter / Library
Redemption Has Come
1:00pm Pesach Festive Meal
4:00 Magical Mystery Tour of Tzfat
6:00 Mincha
6:30 Moshiach Meal with the 10 Spiritual Staff / Cave
Levels of Song and Praise
8:30 Maariv followed by Havdalah
May you be blessed to have a kosher and happy Pesach