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THIS SHABBAT! Yeshiva University – Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary CELEBRATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RABBINIC LEADERS Chag Five TownsHaSemikhah Community Shabbaton 5777 Shabbat Parshat Terumah • March 3-4, 2017 FEATURING Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rosh Kollel and Rosh Yeshiva, and Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Elchanan Adler Rosh Yeshiva, and Eva, Morris, and Jack K. Rubin Memorial Chair in Rabbinics, RIETS AISH KODESH BETH SHOLOM KNESETH ISRAEL (WHITE YOUNG ISRAEL OF Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander SHUL) LAWRENCE-CEDARHURST Vice President of University and Drasha (Shacharit 8:30 a.m.) Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman Rabbi Yoni Danziger Community Life, Yeshiva University ANSHEI CHESSED Rabbi Josh Joseph Pre Mincha Shiur (4:15 p.m.) Post Hashkama Shiur Rabbi Zev Goldberg Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:15) Af Hen Hayu B’Oto HaNes - Viva (Shacharit 7:30 a.m.) Rabbi Elchanan Adler Program Coordinator, RIETS The Gift of Change: Our National Le Difference Drasha (Shacharit 8:45 a.m.) Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman Rabbi Josh Joseph, EdD Undoing Project Rabbi Etan Schnall Drasha (Shacharit 8:30 a.m.) Rabbi Ashie Schreier Senior Vice President, Yeshiva Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:15 p.m.) Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:25 p.m.) BEIS HAKNESSES OF Rabbi Joshua Elsant University When Enough is Never Enough Back to the Future - Connecting NORTH WOODMERE Drasha Young Couples Minyan Rabbi Menachem Penner (Shacharit 9:30 a.m.) Max and Marion Grill Dean, RIETS with Har Sinai Rabbi Daniel Stein SHAARAY TEFILA Rabbi Simcha Lauer Rabbi Etan Schnall Post Hashkama Shiur Rabbi Etan Schnall BAIS AVROHOM ZEV Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:20 p.m.) Magid Shiur, Irving I. Stone Beis (Shacharit 7:30 a.m.) Drasha (Shacharit 8:30 a.m./9 a.m.) Rabbi Yechiel Fuchs Proposal Pranks, Spoils of War, the Medrash Program Drasha (Shacharit 8:45 a.m.) Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) IDF, and the Chazon Ish’s Glasses Rabbi Daniel Stein Rabbi Noach Goldstein Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:20 p.m.) Rabbi Moshe Watson Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:25 p.m.) Ayelet HaShachar - The Dawn’s YOUNG ISRAEL OF Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:30 p.m.) Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman Purim, Pirsumei Nisa and National Early Light NORTH WOODMERE Rosh Yeshiva, and Rabbi Henry H. BAIS EPHRAIM YITZCHOK Unity Guterman Chair in Talmud, RIETS WOODSBURGH MINYAN Rabbi Noach Goldstein Rabbi Elchanan Adler IRVING PLACE MINYAN Rabbi Scott Hoberman Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) Pre Mincha (4:40 p.m.) Rabbi Zev Goldberg Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:20 p.m.) The Poles of the Aron and RIETS is proud to honor The Two Readings of the Megillah: Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) the Timelessness of Jewish more than 130 musmakhim, How Do They Interrelate? YOUNG ISRAEL OF History Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander many of whom have HEWLETT BAIS TEFILAH Pre Mincha Shiur (4:40 p.m.) Rabbi Daniel Stein strong connections to our Shiur Following Mincha (5:25 p.m.) Rabbi Moshe Watson The Challenges of Spirituality: Rabbi Scott Hoberman community, including: Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) Sovereignty Or Suffocation Drasha (Shacharit 9 a.m.) Rabbi Avi Anderson YOUNG ISRAEL OF Rabbi Jacob Berman Rabbi Zev Goldberg KEHILLAS BAIS YEHUDAH WOODMERE Pre Mincha Shiur (4:40 p.m.) Rabbi Dan Cohen TZVI Rabbi Aaron Fleksher Rabbi Meir Cohen The Mystery of Esther’s Chumash Shiur (8:15 a.m.) Identity Rabbi Elchanan Adler Rabbi Yoni Danzger Seudah Shlishit (Mincha 5:20 p.m.) Rabbi Menachem Rabbi Daniel Elsant BEIS MIDRASH OF Reflections on Zayin Adar: Penner Rabbi Joshua Elsant WOODMERE The Legacy of Moshe Rabbeinu Drasha following Main Minyan Rabbi Natan Farber Rabbi Daniel Stein (Shacharit 8:45 a.m.) Rabbi Aaron Fleksher Post Kabbalas Shabbos Shiur Rabbi Ashie Schreier Rabbi Yechiel Fuchs (Mincha 5:35 p.m.) Drasha before Musaf at the Leon Rabbi Noach Goldstein MEN’S ONEG SHABBAT Rabbi Yoni Danziger Mayer Minyan (Shacharit 9 a.m.) Rabbi Jason Grossman WITH RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER Pre Mincha Shiur (4:40 p.m.) The Art of Jewish Survival Rabbi Scott Hoberman Hosted by Rabbi Shay & Rina Schachter Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Raphael Karlin 430 Forest Ave, Woodmere • Friday Night, 8:30 p.m. Shiur Following Mincha (5:25 p.m.) Rabbi Nuriel Klinger WOMEN’S SHIUR Rabbi Simcha Lauer WITH RABBI MENACHEM PENNER Rabbi Bradley Lipman Rabbi Ari Lipsky FINDING MEANING IN MUSAF Rabbi Joshua Maslow Young Israel of Lawrence - Cedarhurst (4:30 p.m.) Rabbi Mordechai Prus Rabbi David Roth Rabbi Moshe Rube Rabbi Ashie Schreier In celebration of Rav Hershel Schachter’s 50 years of teaching at Yeshiva University – Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary תנו כבוד לתורה Rabbi Elliot Schrier Rabbi Eli Wagner Rav Schachter will be receiving a special award at the Chag HaSemikha and a Sefer Torah is being Rabbi Moshe Watson SUNDAY, commissioned in honor of the occasion. 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