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Alex and Blima MagedAlex Magid is a rabbinical student at Yeshiva

University, where he also studied towards his

Masters in Bible as a Wexner Graduate Fellow.

He has published more than eighty essays on

Tanach, machshavah, and their intersections

with Western philosophy. He will be commencing his

studies at Harvard Law School in August 2018.

Blima Zelinger Maged graduated summa cum

laude from Stern College in 2015. She is currently

completing Masters Degrees from the Graduate

Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies and

the Azrieli Graduate School of Education and

Administration. She is an alumna of Bais Yaakov

of Baltimore and Michlalah Jerusalem College,

and a former “bat Sherut” in Israel’s national

service program, Sherut Leumi.

2017 Shavuot Min imesterCongregat ion Shaare Tef i l la

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Mincha 8:10 PMShiur by R. Maury Grebenau“It was only a dream...or was it? The signifi-cance of dreams in the Jewish tradition.”

What makes us

who we are?

How do we think,

feel and live?

What does the

Torah have to say

about what goes

on in our heads?

Join us for a

fascinating series

of shiurim through-

out the night that

explore many

diverse aspects

of the human.

A Torah Journey Through The Human Mind

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11:45 PM Alex Maged “And the Lad was Still a Lad:” The Formative Years of a Forbidding Chief Justice

12:45 AM Midnight BBQ!Everyone is invited including teens

1:15 AM R. Yaakov TannenbaumCharacter Strengths and Virtues: Torah Sources on Positive Psychology

2:15 AM R. Ariel RackovskyDoes Jewish Observance Promote OCD? A Remarkable Recent Halachic Ruling

3:15 AM Daniella LiebermanThe Memory Game: Tips to a Better Memory according to Judaism

4:15 AM R. Ariel RackovskyBabylonian Bad Boys: The Talmudic Guide to the Teenage Mind

5:20 AM Shacharit

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9:00 AM ShacharitDvar Torah by Alex Maged Where Did God Go After Sinai?

7:00 PM Blima MagedTake I, Take II: How Much Can the Jewish People Handle?

Mincha 8:00 PMShiur by R. Ariel RackovskyAn Unlikely Source For An Ancient Minhag

Preparation for Yom Tov after 9:12 PM

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11:45 PM Blima Maged Torah of the Head, Torah of the Heart: Should Logic or Emotion Ground Our Faith?

1:15 AM Daniella LiebermanMind over Matter

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Megillat Ruth

8:00 AM HashkamaShiur by R. Yaakov Tannenbaum

9:00 AM Shacharit Yizkor no earlier than 10:20 AMGabbai Appreciation Kiddush

6:30 PM Women’s Megillat RuthDvar Torah by Blima Maged Back to the Future: Ruth’s Generational Generosity

Mincha/Maariv 8:00 PMShiur by Alex MagedRuth’s Radical Reversals

Yom Tov ends 9:13 PM

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