The Secret of Joy Seminar

Thursday, March 13 – Sunday, March 16

Thursday Night

4-9 pm     Registration                                                Rena / Front Desk

6:45        Talk: Think Good and It Will be Good    R. Eyal Karoutchi / Cave

7:30        Dinner and Orientation                               Simcha and Staff

8:30 Lecture: Facing Challenges with Joy R. Efraim Ehrenberg / Cave

10:30 Banjo Billy "Live and Holy" Lounge

Friday

8:30 am   Breakfast                                                   Nechama & Shaina Ettel

9:30        Special Lecture: The Joy of                     Mrs. Shulamit Tilles /

          Companions and Lovers                    Lounge

10:30 Nature Hike in the Galilee Hills                   Mrs Chaya Bracha Leiter

2:30 pm   Men: Mikveh Expedition                              Yechiel Krisch / Lobby

               Women:  Walk to the Ari's Kever Shaina Ettel / Lobby

4:00        Feature talk on:

Shabbat, Tsfat,the Kabbalists, & Purim     Rabbi Y. Tilles / Library

5:10         Candle Lighting                                           Shaina Ettel & Nechama

5:20        Meal Placements and Orientation                 Reb Efraim

5:30        Walk to Old City Shul (Carlebach Minyan)        & Staff

               Followed by meals with families                 

10:30 Chassidic Mystical Gathering:             R. Tuvia Bolton /

Good stories, food and spirit Dining Area

Shabbat Day

8:00 am         Snacks and hot drinks                                       Staff / Dining Area

                     *CHECK MAP FOR SHUL OPTIONS                    

8:30 Optional Class: Prayer Meditation                   R. Efraim / Lounge

9:30 Shacharit Davening and Erasing Amalek Ascent Shul

12:00 pm Kiddush and Talk:Bringing Mashiach with Joy R. Tuvia Bolton /Lecture Hall

1:00 Shabbat Meal with ASCENT Staff R. Tuvia Bolton

3:00 Library Open – Study Options Available All Staff

4:00 Mystical Tour of Tsfat R. Efraim Ehrenberg

5:15 Mincha Staff / Ascent Shul

5:30 Joyous Third Meal of Tsfat Kabbalists R. Tuvia Bolton /

Dining Area

6:00 Evening Service Staff / Ascent Shul

6:30 Havdalah Staff / Lounge

7:30 Rabbi Bolton Live @ Ascent Cave

10:00 Melave Malka – King David's Meal with            Rabbi Y. Tilles /

stories, food and song                                      Dining Area

Sunday

9:15 am          Class: "We Were Dreamers": The                  Miriam Zatloff

                     Chassidic Response to the Suffering of             Library

the End of Days

* Saturday night FREE to all Seminar Participants *