Thursday, April 3^rd – Sunday, April 6^th, 2008

 

Thursday Night

4-9 pm     Registration                                                Rena / Front Desk

6 pm        Personal Torah Codes                                 Eli Kaye / Library

7:30        Dinner and Orientation                               Rabbi Mo and Staff

8:30        Feature Lecture: The Importance of     Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles

          Story Telling in Judaism and Kabbala       / Cave

10:30       Tsfat Soul Music and Chassidic Stories   Eliyahu Reiter/Lounge

 

Friday

8:30 am   Breakfast                                                   Nechama & Shaina Ettel

9:30        Walking Tour: Stories Hidden in the        Mrs. C. B. Leiter   / Lobby

               Stones of Tsfat ~ Meeting with           D. Friedman, Y. Kashmacher,

          Some Tsfat Artists                       A. Loewenthal

1:30         Lunch                                                         Staff / Dining Room

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

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

5:30        Talk:Shabbat, Tsfat and the Kabbalists  Rabbi S. Leiter / Library

6:30        Candle Lighting                                           Shaina Ettel & Nechama

6:40        Meal Placements and Orientation                 Reb Efraim

               Kabbalat Shabbat Tsfat Style                       & Staff

               Followed by meals with families                 

11:00       Chassidic Mystical Gathering:             R. Efraim Ehrenberg /

          Good stories, food and spirit               Dining Area

 

Shabbat Day

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

                     Shacharit Davening and Erasing Amalek           

                     * CHECK MAP FOR SHUL OPTIONS

8:30              Optional Class: Prayer Meditation                   Yechiel Krisch / Lounge

12:00 pm        Kiddush and Class: In the Depths of              R. Efraim Ehrenberg /

              Chassidic Tales                                                Lecture Hall

1:00               Shabbat Meal with ASCENT Staff                    The Tilles Family

3:00              Library Open – Study Options Available            All Staff

4:30              Class: Miracles and Wonders of the          Mrs Shulamit Tilles /

              Month of Nissan                              Lecture Hall

5:30              Mincha                                                             Staff / Ascent Shul

5:50              Third Meal Tsfat Style                                   Rabbi Mo/Dining Area

 

Saturday Night

7:30              Evening Service                                                Staff / Ascent Shul

7:45              Havdalah with Music                                         Reb Nissim / Lounge

8:30              Personal Torah Codes                                       Eli Kaye / Library

9:30              Melave Malka – King David's Meal with            Rabbi Y. Tilles /

                     stories, food and song                                      Dining Area

 

Sunday

9:15 am      Class: The Day of Ten Crowns                        Rabbi Mo/Library

10:30             Hike "The Blessing of the Trees"             R. Baruch Erdstein          

              (8 persons minimum)                                         

 

 

  * Saturday night FREE to all Seminar Participants *