Announcements

Please join us next week on Shabbat Vayeshev (December 4-5) as we welcome our second Shabbat Scholar of 5776, Rav Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa and Kibbutz Lavi. This Shabbaton includes Kabbalat Shabbat at 4:15 PM, a Friday night dinner in shul at 5:30 PM (RSVP and payment required), a lecture at 7:00 PM (free to attend), Shabbat morning sermon, and study at Seudah Shelishit.

RSVP for the dinner by this upcoming Monday, November 30. There are four dinner sponsorship levels: Student: $18 | Dinner: $36 | Sponsor: $72 | Patron: $108

For more information, visit the website.

Speaking Schedule

Friday Night, 7:00 PM: “Remaining Humane in an Inhuman Situation: Reflections on Israel's Security Situation”

Shabbat Morning, 10:30 AM: “Joseph and his Dreams"

Seuda Shelishit, 4:15 PM: “Why My Hashkafa is Relevant in Present Day Israel”

Rav Yehuda Gilad

Rav Yehuda Gilad holds a bold Jewish world-view that embraces human rights and personal dignity. While enrolled at Yeshivat Har Etzion he served in the Armored Corps rising to the rank of Captain. After the army he earned his Teacher’s Certificate from the Yitzchak Herzog Teachers College and Rabbinical Ordination from the Chief Rabbinate.

Rav Gilad serves as rabbi of Kibbutz Lavi. He founded Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa in 1993, where he is Rosh Yeshiva. Committed to the idea that yeshiva students should not take advantage of Torah study to avoid civic duties, students serve a full, three-year military service as part of their five-year program. Rav Gilad is a national spokesman in promoting a Jewish and a democratic state. In June 2002, he became a Member of the Israeli Knesset