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4:00 PM Mincha 10:15 PM Maariv Center Stage Center Stage

4:15 PM Check-In 10:30 PM “So That’s a Hard ‘No’ on Illegal Activities?” Foyer The Rules for Yarchei Kallah Center Stage 6:00 PM Dinner Dining Room 10:45 PM Snacks? Yes, Please! Foyer 7:15 PM Welcome to Yarchei Kallah Center Stage The Extra Mile: Optional Shiurim Beis Medrash «««««««««««««««««« Dedicated in memory of: Rivka bas Mordechai V’Chana, Mrs. Lynn Eltes z”l

««Path to God by Rabbi Dave ««Introduction to by Leib Irons «««««««««««««««««« ««Countless Coincidences: Unexpected Outcomes – A MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE – in Everyday Jewish Life & How I Came to Believe in God by Daniel Butbul, National Board (Southwest NCSY) 9:00 PM Meet Your Senior Educator: #1 Shiur rooms Yarchei Kallah Staff & Advisor Meeting: Mandatory and Womandatory for ALL YK 9:45 PM Meet the Greatest People of All Time: Personnel Your Advisors Center Stage Beis Medrash / Center Stage 11:30 PM Good Night!

Thursday, December 25th

8:00 AM Wake up! 1:30 PM Mincha Center Stage 8:30 AM Shacharis Center Stage 1:45 PM Find Your Book to Find Your So many great innovations emerged through partnership and 9:30 AM Breakfast Dining Room is no different. At Yarchei Kallah we are encouraging every participant to find a chavrusa - a lifelong friend you develop 10:15 AM Introduction to Yarchei Kallah Day #1 through studying Torah together. by Rabbi Menachem Nissel Center Stage This program will highlight books that you can study with a chavrusa. So first find your book, then we will help you find your 10:30 AM Chaburos with Your Advisors Beis Medrash/Center Stage chavrusa. A friend. For life. Sponsored by Stan and Marla Frohlinger Sponsored by Touro College 11:30 AM Shiur with Senior Educators Shiur Rooms 2:15 PM Choose Your Book #1 12:30 PM Lunch Dining Room Special Seniors Lunch for Boys 2:50 PM Choose Your Book #2 Beis Medrash – Hosted by Touro College ««Address by Rabbi Barry Nathan Director of Recruitment & Assistant to the Dean at Lander 3:20 PM Break, and... you guessed it!... more snacks! College for Men Special Seniors Lunch for Girls Dining Room – Hosted by Touro College ««Address by Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike, Ph.D Dean of Lander College for Women & Vice President of Online Education at Touro College 7:30 PM 4:00 PM on Kol HaTorah Kulah #NowStartsNow Center Stage Pre-Siyum Address by Rabbi Mayer Twersky»» אם לא עכשיו אימתי? Find your advisors for an interactive discussion on Dedicated in memory of Rabbi Moshe Twersky zt”l how to take a book and transform it into a chavrusa! by Nahum and Dr. Rina Felman « led by Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg Enjoy some coffee and donuts! «Siyum Dedicated in memory of R’ Zelig ben Kalmun z”l Center Stage by Mr. Yossi Stechler

5:00 PM Is That Your Final Answer? The Yarchei Kallah Quiztastic Contest Center Stage

5:45 PM Maariv 9:30 PM Dessert Buffet Generously sponsored by 5 Star Catering Center Stage Foyer 6:00 PM Dinner 10:30 PM Mishmar Extraveganza! Beis Medrash Generously sponsored by Touro College Dining Room 10:45 PM Optional Shiurim Beis Medrash Sponsored in memory of HaRav Yosef Shalom ben Yaakov z”l Address by Rabbi Moshe Krupka Executive Vice-President of Touro College & University System ««Path to God – by Rabbi Dave ««Introduction to Talmud – by Leib Irons ««Living Inspired and Finding Your Passion by Sarah Broniscer, National Board (Midwest NCSY)

12:00 AM Good night!

Friday, December 26th

8:30 AM Shacharis Center Stage 2:15 PM Pick up Your Shabbos Keys Foyer 9:30 AM Breakfast Dining Room Yarchei Kallah Staff Meeting: Mandatory 10:15 AM Chaburos with your advisor and Womandatory for ALL YK Personnel Sponsored by Dov and Naomi Greenblatt Center Stage Beis Medrash / Center Stage 2:30 PM Break. Chillax. Ready for Shabbos. 11:00 AM Shiur with Your Senior Educator Shiur rooms Sponsored by Dr. David and Barbara Hurwitz: In loving memory of Allen and Regina Hurwitz, whose vision and dedication in Syracuse, New York, in the 1960’s, enabled a generation of NCSY’ers to strengthen their connection to Talmud Torah, Ahavas Yisroel, and Yiras Shomayim.

12:00 PM Lunch Dining Room

1:00 PM Mincha Center Stage

1:30 PM What’s Under the Hood? A Hands-On Jewish Experience Sponsored by Josh and Alyse Rozenberg Ever wonder how things are made? Ever wonder how Jewish things are made? This program will give you the opportunity to experience hands-on the ingredients and skills necessary to create some of the most iconic Jewish objects and ideas.

« Challah Baking «Chulent Making « How to Give a Dvar Torah « How To Lein « How to Write a « Keeping it Kosher « Silk Painting Challah Covers « Design Your Own Yarmulka «Havdallah « Youdaica: Personalized Gorgeous Judaica « Tzitzis Making – IN HONOR OF THE OF PINCHAS ROZENBERG ליל שבת ,Shabbos, Friday Night

3:45 PM Shabbos Is Coming, We’re So Happy! 6:45 PM Hesitation, Procrastination, & the Story Pre-Shabbos Ruach of Our Nation: The Shabbos Show The Shabbos Shul The Shabbos Shul

4:16 PM Shabbos Begins: Candle Lighting 7:05 PM Learning with Your Advisors The Foyer 7:45 PM Bringing It All Together with Rabbi Nissel 4:20 PM Kabbolas Shabbos: Accepting Shabbos The Shabbos Shul

Maariv 8:00 PM Break The Shabbos Shul Open Beis Medrash - Optional Shiur: 5:05 PM Shalom Aleichem: Inviting Shabbos Beis Medrash Kiddush & Dinner ««“To Take A Gap Year, To Not Take A Gap Year... The Shabbos Dining Hall THAT is the question!” #CH-amlet by Sarit Sandler, National Board (Southern NCSY)

9:00 PM Jew Got Questions? Question & Answer 9th Grade – Rabbi Israel Lashak Shabbos Dining Room 10th Grade – Rabbi Micah Greenland The Shabbos Shul 11th Grade – Rabbi Menachem Nissel The Shabbos Shul 12th Grade – Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin Beis Medrash

10:00 PM Regional Onegs Shiur rooms (Follow the arrows!)

12:30 PM Layla Tov!

Shabbos Day, December 27th

7:30 AM Hashkama Minyan 2:00 PM Shabbos Nap and Relaxation Followed by Kiddush, and a shiur by R’ Dovid Bashevkin Beis Medrash Optional Shiur: ««Jewish Stereotypes and Anti-Semitism in 9:15 AM Shacharis The Shabbos Shul Literature and Pop Culture by Kerry Gunter, National Board (Upstate NY NCSY) 9:45 AM Beginyan led by Rabbi Ariel Bannett 3:45 PM Mincha Beis Medrash The Shabbos Shul

TefilahTation: 4:15 PM Shalosh Seudos A Meditative Prayer Experience The Shabbos Dining Hall led by Rabbi Arieh Friedner 4:45 PM Ebbing: Connecting with Shabbos Beis Medrash The Shabbos Shul

10:30 AM Don’t Be Late to the “Not a Drasha”: 5:45 PM Maariv A Pre-Musaf Idea The Shabbos Shul The Shabbos Shul 10:45 AM Mussaf 6:00 PM Havdallah The Shabbos Shul The Shabbos Shul

11:30 AM Kiddush with Your Senior Educator in Your Shiur Rooms

12:00 PM Learning with Your Senior Educator Shiur rooms

1:00 PM Lunch The Shabbos Dining Hall 7:00 PM Transition from Shabbos: Change and Get Ready for a Night of Excitement!

8:00 PM Dinner Regular Weekday Dining Room

9:00 PM It’s More than a Carnival, But a Few Elephants Short of a Circus... Center Stage

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11:00 PM Optional Shiurim: Beis Medrash ««Path to God by Rabbi Dave ««Disney’s Spin on Stories from the Torah by Tova Sklar, National Board President ()

11:30 PM Kumzitz Foyer

12:30 AM Good night!

Sunday, December 28th

8:30 AM Wake-up

9:15 AM Shacharis Center Stage

10:00 AM Breakfast Dining Room

11:00 AM Preparing for the Moment After: Yarchei Kallah Closing Center Stage TEEN ¬ AWARDS ¬Reflections ¬INSPIRATION ¬

11:45 AM Good bye! Thanks to the Ben Zakkai Honor Society for their generous support of Yarchei Kallah!