LEIMAN MAISEL FAMILY Shabbaton 2023 FULL Schedule
As the culmination of our Shabbat fall focus, celebrate with PAS the last weekend in January! Feel inspired to take a deeper dive into your own Shabbat tradition as we celebrate together across the community.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Jake Cohen | Aliza Kline | Julie Rice | Peter A. Geffen |
SHABBATON EVENTS
Get Your Braid On
Virtual Challah Baking with Jake Cohen
Fri / Jan 27 / Online
Part 1 / 10:00–10:45 am / Making the dough
Part 2 / 1:00–1:45 pm / Braiding
Want to learn to make challah? Jake Cohen, a chef with more than 800,000 Instagram followers and author of the best-selling cookbook Jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch, will lead us in a fun, interactive session, giving you the tools to walk you through the process step by step! This Zoom program takes place in two parts, with a two-hour break while the dough rises.
Welcoming Shabbat
Community Virtual Candle Lighting
Fri / Jan 27 / 4:30 pm / Online
Kick off our Shabbaton weekend and Zoom in from wherever you are as we light Shabbat candles and say the blessings together with clergy and others in the PAS community.
ZOOM
Shabbat Warm Up
Pre-Shabbat Oneg
Fri / Jan 27 / 5:00 pm / 87th Street
Gather for a social schmooze before Kabbalat Shabbat. Mingle with friends old and new and enjoy light bites, wine, and a hot beverages bar to warm the winter night!
Connecting Across the Table
Craving Connection: Shabbat as an Antidote to Loneliness for Jewish Young Adults
Sat / Jan 28 / During Shabbat Services / 87th Street and Online
Aliza Kline, CEO and co-founder of OneTable, a national Jewish nonprofit that empowers and supports young adults to build community around Shabbat dinner, will share how young adults are finding new, personal connections to Jewish life, community, and practice that are grounded in ancient ritual and invite each of us to dive deeper into the potential that Shabbat offers.
Kiddush Lunch
Sat / Jan 28 / Following Shabbat morning services / 87th Street
Enjoy bagels with friends as we refuel for our afternoon of Shabbaton activities.
The Gift of Community
Building Community for All
Sat / Jan 28 / 1:00 pm / 87th Street and Online
Julie Rice and Aliza Kline
From the Shabbat table to the spin bike, what are the key ingredients to building strong, vibrant connections over shared ritual? Aliza Kline and Julie Rice, two visionary entrepreneurs and founders of organizations with wide reach and social impact (OneTable and SoulCycle, respectively), will discuss their approach to community building and the magic that happens when people come together to share an experience.
Honoring Rabbi Heschel
Shabbat Study: Heschel’s The Sabbath
Sat / Jan 28 / 2:45 pm / 87th Street
Rabbi Cosgrove
Engage in the Shabbat practice of text study and discuss Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s seminal book The Sabbath, and its enduring meaning today. We invite you to read The Sabbath in advance of our discussion (though not required)! You can buy the book here.
Honoring Rabbi Heschel
50 Years Later: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Legacy
Sat / Jan 28 / 3:45 pm / 87th Street
Peter A. Geffen and Rabbi Cosgrove
Marking Rabbi Heschel’s 50th yahrzeit, explore the lasting impact of one of the most important Jewish American figures of the 20th century. From social activism and civil rights to modern Jewish philosophy and theology and beyond, learn how his teachings still resonate today.
Sing out Shabbat
Hazzan’s Tisch and Havdalah
Sat / Jan 28 / 4:45 pm / 87th Street
Cantor Schwartz
Savor the end of Shabbat with singing, snacking, and schmoozing together. We’ll conclude with a musical Havdalah to end Shabbat and welcome a new week.
SHABBATON YOUTH EVENTS
Pray & Sing
Tot Shabbaton
Fri / Jan 27 / 5:00 pm / 87th Street
Rabbi Cosgrove and Cantor Schwartz
Join our senior clergy for a special musical Kabbalat Shabbat service geared for families with young children as one of the kick-off events for the Shabbaton.
Youth Programming at the Shabbaton
Sat / Jan 28 / 12:45–2:45 pm / 89th Street
While parents are participating in the regular Shabbaton schedule, 3rd–5th graders will also have a Shabbat-filled day with games from a Shabbat relay race, Jewpardy (Jeopardy but with Jewish questions), and a scavenger hunt.
Family Programming
Sat / Jan 28 / 2:45–3:30 pm / 87th Street
Activities for 3rd–5th graders and their parents, led by Rabbi Solmsen .
WORSHIP
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Kabbalat Shabbat Hashkamah Minyan Parashat Hashavua Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Mincha Service |
Blessing Book
This book contains the rituals and blessings for a Friday night Shabbat celebration, and includes guided instructions, intentions for each blessing, and ways you can make the rituals your own.
SHABBATON DINNERS
Shabbat Recipes
Looking for new ways to spice up your Shabbat? Read our members' Shabbat recipes, some new and some passed down from generation to generation.
Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinners
Fri / Jan 27 / Following Kabbalat Shabbat Services.
Welcome Shabbat with services, and then celebrate with dinner at home. Connect with others by participating in our home-hosted dinner program. Sign up to be a guest or a host, and we’ll pair up registrants for a Shabbat meal together.
REGISTER FOR PAS DINNERS
REGISTER FOR YFE AND PENN FAMILY ECC DINNERS
REGISTER FOR CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOL DINNERS