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Thank you to our main sponsor for flowers on Shavuos, Sponsored by Michael & Esty Lupin & Yaffa Gutman in memory of Rochel Malia Bas Avrohom Chaim zl” on her first yahrzeit.

Erev Shavuos • Sunday, June 1
Candle Lighting: 7:51pm
Mincha: 7:55pm

Class with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: 
Chosen or Choosing: Do Jews Have Superior Souls Than Non-Jews?
Sponsored by Sara & Martin Schandelson in memory of Dr. Emanuel & Carol Parzen, Emanuel ben HaRav Shalom Menachem and Zipporah bat Yizhak
Ma’ariv: 8:48pm

 

Shavuos All Night Classes
In the Rand Sanctuary. 

  • 11:15pm: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Lay Low or Stand Proud: How Should Jews Behave in Galus?
    Sponsored by Jessica & Mark Matiash in honor of their parents Yolana & Zoltan Matiash, Shelley & Stuart Epstein, and their children, Abigail, Maxwell, and Leo.
    and by Ellen & Daniel Averbook & family with deep gratitude to Hashem in granting an ongoing recovery for Daniel, Azreal Zecharia ben Chana. We thank all who davened for his recovery. May Hashem continue to grant him the strength to continue healing.

  • 12:30am: Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: Quality Over Quantity: How the Jewish People Turned Size into Strength
    Sponsored by Michael & Esty Lupin & Yaffa Gutman in memory of Rochel Malia bas Avrohom Chaim z"l on her 1st yahrzeit.
    and by Ellen & Daniel Averbook in memory of their fathers, Moshe Eliyahu ben Tvi Hersh z"l whose yahrzeit is 6 Sivan, and Dovid Raphael ben Yosef Mendel z"l, whose yahrzeit is 9 Sivan. May their neshamos have an Aliyah and may their legacy of Gemilut Chasadim, dignity, and integrity continue to inspire the entire family.

  • 1:45am: Rabbi Josh Grajower: Joining the Hated Nation. The Mitzvah of Loving a Convert

  • 2:45am: Food Break
    Sponsored by David & Sylvia Suss in memory of their parents

  • 3:15am: Rabbi Chaim Lanner: I before E...but What about U? When the Individual & the Community Clash
    Sponsored by by Ira & Arlene Schwartz in memory of Arlene's mother, Rose Ebner, ראניא בת יעקב יצחק ע״ה, whose yahrzeit was ב׳ סיון and in celebration of the forthcoming marriage of Yitzy Lanner to Tamar Mayer

  • 4:15am: Rabbi Josh Broide: The Torah and the Chosen: Why Only the Jews?

  • 5:15am: Rabbi Simcha Shabtai: Understanding the Jewish Neshama

 

Independent Learning
The BRS Social Hall and Beis Medrash will be open all night for learning. Coffee and snacks will be available throughout the night.
Snacks sponsored by David & Sylvia Suss in memory of their parents
 

Teen learning in the Social Hall all night with Rabbi Binyomin Frager! 
Bring a sefer, bring some questions and get ready to learn like never before! 

 

Middle School Learning 
11.30pm–12:15am Rabbi Zev Rhine: The Greatest Kept Secret No One Told You!

 

High School Girls Shiurim
Taking place at the Haik Home (22186 Hollyhock Trail, please enter from the backyard gate)

  • 11:30am: Rabbi Philip Moskowitz

  • Delicious Midnight Delight!

  • 12:30am: Mrs. Amy Horowitz

  • 1:15am: Rabbi Eli Zians: Shavuous, The Greatest Day of Judgement!

 

Teen Guys Learning
In the Berdugo Beis Medrash

  • 12:00am: Rabbi Akiva Wolk: Call Me By My Real Name: Jewish Identity After the Spanish-Portuguese Expulsion

  • 1:00am: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Choosing Judaism: Stories and Steps on the Path to Giyur

  • 1:45am: Rabbi Sandy Shulkes: Big Questions, Real Answers!

  • 2:30am: FleischFest
    Co-sponsored by Dr. Perry & Stephanie Friedman with gratitude to BRS for the inspiring learning opportunities offered to our teens and children, and anonymously in honor of Rabbi Gur Berman and Dr. Roni Raab for their constant support and help in the Teen Minyan!

  • 3:00am: Rabbi Binyomin Frager: The Art of Receiving

  • 4:00am: Teen Chaburos for Guys
    David Ellis: Dovid עד Dovid: The connection of Dovid To Rus
    Yishai Schochet: To Play or Not To Play: Playing Sports On Shabbos

  • 5:00: Rabbi Josh Broide: Why Us? The Torah, the Nations, and Being Chosen

 

Shavuot Night with the Sephardic Kehillah of BRS
The Sephardic Kehillah is delighted to host Scholar-in-Resident Rabbi Shay Tahan for Shavuot!
There will also be all-night learning for men & women in English with Rabbi Dr. Mordekhai Grossman

 

1st Day of Shavuos • Monday, June 2

  • Earliest Time for Talis: 5:41am

  • Ashkenazi Neitz Minyan: 6:00am

  • Neitz: 6:28am

 

Shacharis Minyanim

  • 8:15am: Social Hall 

  • 9:00 am: Rand Sanctuary

  • 9:30 am: Khal Chassidim Minyan

  • 10:00 am: Shtiebel Minyan

 

10:45am: Youth Department Magic Show & Ice Cream Party. In lieu of youth groups on the first day of Shavuos, we will have a special magic show and ice cream party in the Social Hall


Class after the 9:00am Minyan with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Understanding Antisemitism: Roots, Realities, and Responses
Sponsored by the Henner family

Mincha: 3:00pm

5:45pm: Rabbi’s Class with Rabbi Josh Broide: The Torah and the Chosen: Why Only the Jews?
Sponsored by Phil & Jen Landau in honor of the Broide family's Aliyah and last ever 2nd day of Shavuot B"H.
Mincha: 6:30pm and 7:55pm
Daf Yomi with Rabbi Sugerman: 

 

Candle Lighting & Preparing for Yom Tov Sheni 
There will be two options, early Yom Tov and Zman Yom Tov. For both options, candle lighting is done with Shehechiyanu

  • Early: Candle Lighting Not before 6:45pm, Mincha/Maariv: 6:30pm

  • Zman: Candle Lighting Not before 8:49pm, Mincha/Maariv: 7:55pm

 

2nd Day of Shavuos • Tuesday, June 3
Shacharis Minyanim with Yizkor

  • 7:15am: Rand Sanctuary 

  • 8:15am: Social Hall 

  • 8:45am: Khal Chassidim Minyan     

  • 9:00am:Rand Sanctuary

  • 9:45am: Teen Minyan     

  • 10:00am: Shtiebel Minyan

Class after the 9:00am Minyan with Rabbi Philip Moskowitz
Quality Over Quantity: How the Jewish People Turned Size into Strength


Mincha: 3:00 pm and 5:00pm

5:15pm: Vhaarev Na Youth Learning Program
6:00 pm: Women’s Class with Mrs. Amy Horowitz 
Sponsored by Juliana & Elan Rosenblat in honor of the birthday of their daughter, Abby, on her 17th Birthday

6:45pm: Rabbi’s Class with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg:
Jews By Choice:  Case Studies in the Journey to Becoming Jewish


7:45pm Aliyah Dessert Reception
If you are making Aliyah or returning to Israel from an extended stay, please contact Judy in the shul office at (561) 394-0394 or office@brsonline.org.
Maariv and Havdala: 8:50 pm

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