Congregation Anshe Emeth Legacy Endownment Shabbaton with Rabbi Daniel Landes, May 9-10, 2008

CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH LEGACY ENDOWMENT SHABBATON

 

Friday, May 9^th and

Saturday, May 10^th, 2008

 

Sages in Collision

 

Talmudic Sages were remarkable individuals whose relationship with each other was often marked by a great deal of tension and also by love.  As in all relationships, the course of theirs often took surprising turns.  We shall study Rabbinic accounts of these great men meeting and colliding.  We will explore their personalities, dimensions of their encounters, and how these encounters are perceived in subsequent generations and have meaning and relevance for our time. 

Each session is independent.

 

with guest scholar

 

Rabbi Daniel Landes

Director and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

 

Friday evening, May 9, 2008 – Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:45 p.m., followed by Shabbat dinner* at 8 p.m., and Rabbi Landes teaching “The Lonely Man: The Talmudic dramatic narrative.”  A young man’s search for meaning becomes the template for the contemporary Ba’al Tshuvah (embracing Jewish observance) phenomenon in all of its familial complexity and personal decision making.

 

Shabbat morning, May 10, 2008 – Rabbi Landes will speak during services: “Who Sets the Calendar?”  This fascinating story to resolve the question of who decides for the Jewish people has serious and unexpected communal implications for today’s fractured Jewish world.  Following Kiddush, at approximately 1:30 p.m.: “The Square and the Circle.”  Jewish leadership has more than one model.  Here the spiritualist and the legalist are delightfully and provocatively delineated as they collide.

 

Shabbat afternoon, May 10, 2008 — 6 p.m.: “In Search of the Messiah and Tikkun Olam (repairing the world).”  The Talmud offers us a profound meditation via stories of two different types of figures who wish to repair our world – and cannot reconcile with each other.

 

Saturday Night, May 10, 2008 — 9 p.m.: TEEN PROGRAM, The Elephant in the Room.

 

Rabbi Landes is a remarkable teacher of Talmud who weaves the insights of his students through a group process to discover fascinating new meanings in age-old texts.   At Pardes, Rabbi Landes heads a team of outstanding scholars who use a unique educational methodology that combines independent thinking and deep understanding with sensitivity to contemporary relevance. 

 

*There is a charge for Shabbat dinner only, which is limited to 150 people.  You may attend as many of the other events as you wish at no charge.  A response is required for Shabbat dinner, for the Friday evening talk, and for babysitting, which will be available during talks after kiddush and on Shabbat afternoon.  

 
Reservations for Friday night dinner are due by May 2, 2008.

To reserve your spot, please contact the Temple Office at info@hpct-cae.org or 732-545-6482.