Thursday night, May 21st and Friday night, May 22nd $65 per meal ($55 members) Reservations are now closed for Yom tov dinner. Please join us on the first night beginning at 11 PM for our Tikkun Leil Shavuot  (Opens in New window) Nehemia Polen, professor of Jewish thought, director of the Hasidic Text Institute at Boston’s Hebrew College, and an ordained rabbi, is the author of The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto. He is a contributing commentator to My People's Prayer Book, a multivolume Siddur incorporating diverse perspectives on the liturgy. A recipient of the National Jewish Book Award, Nehemia has studied with and served as a teaching fellow for Elie Wiesel and was a visiting scholar at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He co-authored Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. His recent book, Stop, Look, Listen, reintroduces Shabbos as a totally immersive spiritual experience, based on the teachings of the great Chassidic masters. The Carlebach Shul strives to provide a beautiful experience for everyone participating in our Shabbat or Yom Tov dinners. A typical dinner commences approximately 2 hours after Mincha begins. These dinners provide a unique opportunity for both members and visitors to celebrate Shabbat together in a lively and inviting setting. Attendees can expect delicious food, lots of singing, and inspiring words of Torah from the world-renowned scholars-in-residence who join us for these dinners.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot at The Carlebach Shul Refreshments served throughout the night Thursday Night, May 21st, 11:00 PM – Friday morning, May 22nd, 5:00 AM Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen 11:00 PM “Sinai in Seventy Languages: Why translating Torah is essential, a revelatory and redemptive process, an essential step in bringing the world to its ultimate purpose” A Shavuos teaching from She’eris Yisrael, The great Hasidic master Rabbi Yisrael of Vilednik (1789-1850 Rabbi Naftalli Citron 12:00 AM Vilna Gaon vs. The Alter of Chabad Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz 1:00 AM Can a robot count for a minyan? Halacha and personhood in the age of AI Dr. Ely Stillman 3:00 AM The Moreh Nevuchim on What Happened at Mt. Sinai Zev Brenner 2:00 AM “Confessions of a Jewish Broadcaster: Anti-Israel Jews, Inspiring Converts, “Powerful Journeys to Judaism: Stories of Radical Transformation from Hate to Hope”. Rabbi Avraham Newman 4:00 AM Secrets of the 600,000 letters in the Torah