Shavuos with University AT OUR ANNUAL

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yarchei Kallah

FRIDAY, MAY 18–MONDAY, MAY 21 HILTON WESTCHESTER I RYE BOOK, Dear Yarchei Kallah 2018 Participant

We are thrilled to welcome you to the them. There will be a number of babysit- wonderful Hilton Westchester for the ters available for additional jobs beyond 5778/2018 Shavuos program. We know the scheduled day camp or babysitting that you will enjoy an extraordinary, mean- hours. If you are interested, please men- ingful, and Torah fi lled and Yom tion this to the Day Camp Director, Keren Tov. Please enjoy a Welcome Luncheon Simon, at registration. The babysitting fee Buffet from 2:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Relax is to be paid shortly after Havdalah on and enjoy the day at the pool (there will Motzei Yom Tov in the lobby. be separate men and women hours for the indoor pool) or fi tness room (see For all their efforts in helping to make this schedule for times) or simply explore a wonderful Shavuos, we’d like to thank, the hotel. From 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. we in advance, our dedicated staff: Rabbi will have a caricaturist artist, and balloon Menachem Penner, Rabbi Zev Goldberg, making activity in the lobby. Menachem Lewin, Keren Simon, Chaski Naor, Aliza Berenholz, Chaviva Fisher, Registration for children’s day camp will Rina Schachter, Julie Schreier, Suzy take place in the lobby of the hotel during Schwartz, and our RIETS talmidim: Rabbi check-in on Friday afternoon between Sammy Bergman, Yaakov Deutcher, David the hours of 3:00pm-6:00pm. If you have Ellenbogin, Jacob Friedman, Alex Kalb, already completed Day Camp/Babysit- Yitz Richmond, Michael Rosenfeld, Jesse ting registration online, you will only need Salver, Yosef Segal, Ariel Sacknovitz, to sign the completed form(s) we will Avi Sebbag, Eric Suss, and have waiting for you. If you did not have Moshe Wasserman. a chance to register beforehand, you will need to complete a waiver in full. All We are looking forward to a beautiful yom children must be registered in the lobby tov together. If there is anything we can if they want to attend Day Camp or if you do to make your stay even more fantastic, are requesting a Babysitter. The fee for please do not hesitate to call upon us. station/hallway babysitting services is $12.00 per hour per room. Please be on time to relieve your sitter no later than midnight unless otherwise arranged with

Have a Great Yom Tov. THE SHAVUOS YARCHEI KALLAH PLANNING COMMITTEE NOTEWORTHY NEWS

Our Babysitting and Day Camp us over Shavuos. Please email Mindy, program is being directed by Keren Simon. [email protected], to arrange a time to She can be reached at 917-817-2911 or meet. Over Yom Tov, we look forward to [email protected] should you have any ques- having the opportunity to actively network tions. You must register for Day Camp and for our friends and family members. Mindy Babysitting in the lobby on Erev Shabbat. will be meeting in the Elija Budd room, with Day Camp is a complimentary service of- individuals and families who are interested in fered by . The gratuities speaking to her. Mindy will be meeting during covered by your reservation do NOT cover the following times: Friday, May 18th from tips for the counselors. The counselors work 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m., Shabbat day May 19th hard to keep your children safe and happy. from 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m. by appointment We recommend a minimum gratuity of $20 and 8:00p.m. – 9:00p.m. feel free to drop in. per child per day to be paid shortly after Sunday, May 20th from 11:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. Havdalah on Motzei Yom Tov in the lobby. by appointment and Monday, May 21st from Children must be dropped off and picked up 2:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. by appointment feel free by a parent or legal guardian. Please be on to drop in from 4:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. time for pick-up. Beit : A Beit Midrash has been Day Camp hours are: set up in the Brundage room. This room will Shabbat: 9:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. be open all of Yom Tov and our RIETS talmi- and 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. dim will be learning there should you need anything. Please speak to Yitz Richmond if Sunday: 9:30a.m. – 1:30p.m. you are interested in a chavruta. We encour- and 3:00p.m. – 5:30p.m. age you to bring any seforim from which Monday: 9:30a.m. - 12:00p.m. you may want to learn. and 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. Game Room: For your enjoyment over Day Camp Rooms are in the Westchester Yom Tov, ping pong tables have been set up Wing, 4th Floor in the Elm, Maple, Birch, in the Bartell and Odell rooms and card and Oak and Poplar Rooms board games in the Mianus room. Teen Program: We will be offering an Keys: AS A REMINDER, hard room exciting program for teens. No advance reg- keys MUST be returned at time of check istration is required. For questions about the out. There is a $110 charge billed to the teen program, please contact Avi Sebbag. participant for each key not returned. There will be a game room with ping pong and basketball available throughout Yom Medical Care: Our on-site EMT is Ariel Tov. All teens are welcome to participate. No Sacknovitz. His number is 516-203-5337 and advance registration required. he will be staying in Room 152 (Rye Side). If you have any medical needs at any point over YUConnects: We are privileged to have Yom Tov, please in contact with him. Mindy Eisenman of YUConnects join

SHABBAT ELEVATORS There FRIDAY, MAY 18 6:30P.M. – 1 A.M. will be Shabbat elevators with op- erators who will stop on every fl oor. SATURDAY, MAY 19 6:30A.M. – 1 A.M. Elevators to be used by those SUNDAY, MAY 20 6:30A.M. – 1 A.M. who are unable to use the stairs. The times are as follows. MONDAY, MAY 21 6:30A.M. – 9 P.M. PROGRAM SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 18 2:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Grand Ballroom Welcome Buffet Opens 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Lobby Check-In / Hotel Facilities Day Camp/Babysitting Registration 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Elija Budd Time to meet with Mindy Eisenman from YUConnects BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Lobby Children’s Activity 3:30p.m. – 4:30p.m. Indoor Pool Women's swim 4:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. Indoor Pool Men's swim 5:30p.m. – 6:15p.m. Westchester Assembly Children’s Dinner 5:50p.m. – 6:35p.m. GBR South RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER What Matan Torah Can Teach Us about Kabbalat Shabbat 6:35p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat 7:00p.m. Westchester Assembly Candle Lighting (latest time) LIGHTING CANDLES IN THE HOTEL ROOM IS PROHIBITED Welcome Remarks RABBI MENACHEM PENNER Maariv 7:45p.m. Westchester Ballroom Dinner 9:45p.m. – 10:30p.m. GBR South RABBI The 613 Mitzvot Sponsored by Abraham and Baila Gulkowitz to honor the memory of our parents z’l With the Greatest Esteem of Rav H. Schachter shlit’a GBR Center RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL The Ten Commandments in Classical and Contemporary Scholarship Halstead MICHAL HOROWITZ Living Tired or Living Inspired: Are We Ready for Matan Torah? Elija Budd Teen Programming 10:30p.m. – 12:00a.m. GBR Assembly Buffet Dessert 10:45p.m. – 11:45p.m. GBR North Tisch with Roshei Yeshiva SHABBAT, MAY 19 7:00a.m – 9:30a.m. Westchester Ballroom Breakfast 7:45a.m – 8:30a.m. GBR Assembly Daf Yomi RABBI 7:45a.m. – 8:30a.m. GBR South RABBI MENACHEM PENNER Living Life “BeMidbar”: Humility, Homelessness and Hope 8:30a.m. Grand Ballroom Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma (9:14a.m.) 9:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 10:45a.m. Grand Ballroom Light Kiddush Assembly 11:15a.m. – 12:15p.m. GBR South RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER Anim Zemirot 101: Surveying Shir HaKavod and its Relevance for Shavuos GBR Center NECHAMA PRICE Lot and His Encounter with Good and Evil GBR North RABBI ARI LAMM The , The Greeks and the Battle For Western Civilization 12:15p.m. Westchester Ballroom Lunch 2:00p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha 2:30p.m. – 7:00p.m. GBR Assembly Tea Room/Seudat Shlishit ROLLS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE TEA ROOM THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE BE SURE TO WASH FOR SEUDAH SHLISHIT PRIOR TO 4:30 PM. 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 2:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Brundage Open Beit Medrash Progam RIETS STUDENTS 2:30p.m. – 3:30p.m. GBR South RABBI YONA REISS Contemporary Issues in Jewish Conversion 4:00p.m. – 4:45p.m. GBR South RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER Is Machmir Always Better? An Analysis of Eilu V’eilu Divrei Elokim Chaim GBR Center RABBI DR. JACOB SCHACTER Are there Limits to Limmud Ha-Torah? Learning from Ethically or Morally Compromised Teachers GBR North MICHAL HOROWITZ The Healing at Sinai where Everyone Heard and Everyone Saw… What about Me? Living Successfully with Our Personal Limitations 5:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. GBR South RABBI YONA REISS Halakhic Attitudes towards Non-Observant Jews GBR Center RABBI MENACHEM PENNER Gaza and Geneva: Civilian Casualties from a Torah Perspective GBR North DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ What Happens when your Child is Not You? Strategies for Handling Religious Differences in Families 6:00p.m. – 9:00p.m. Elija Budd Time to meet with Mindy Eisenman from YUConnects 6P.M. – 8P.M. BY APPOINTMENT, 8P.M. – 9P.M. DROP IN 6:15p.m. – 7:15p.m. GBR Center and North RABBI DR. & RABBI DR. JACOB SCHACTER Moderated by RABBI ARI LAMM An Armchair Conversation: Medinat Yisrael & the Future of Dedicated in memory of Dorothy Ritholtz z”l, Bernard and Sonia Slavin z”l and Bruce Ritholtz z”l by the Ritholtz, Nathanson and Slavin Families 6:30p.m. Town of Rye Children’s Show 7:30p.m. Grand Ballroom Second Mincha 7:45p.m. – 8:30p.m. GBR Garden Zemirot 8:30p.m. Grand Ballroom Sicha RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN The Future Directions of the Jewish Community 9:15p.m. Westchester Assembly Candle Lighting 9:30p.m. Grand BallroomMaariv 10:00p.m. Westchester Ballroom Dinner

TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOS 11:45p.m. – 4:30a.m. GBR Assembly Tea Room open 12:00a.m. – 4:45a.m. Brundage Open Beit Medrash 12:00a.m. – 12:45a.m. GBR South RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER The Aseret HaDibrot 12:00a.m. – 12:45a.m. GBR Center RABBI MENACHEM PENNER What the Avot (and the Yankees) Can Teach Us about Tefi llah - Part I 12:00a.m. – 12:45a.m. GBR North NECHAMA PRICE The Tensions of an Isolated Jew in a Foreign Land: Yosef and Moshe Sponsored by Tom and Marsha Friedman on the yahrzeit of his father, Nachman Shimon ben Moshe Halevi z”l Elija Budd Teen Program 1:00a.m. – 1:45a.m. GBR South RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER Perspectives on Omer and Shtei Halechem Sponsored by: The Rutner Family In the merit of a refuah shelamah for my father Jack Rutner, יום טוב ליפא בן צביה GBR Center DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ Nourishing Neshamot: Strategies for Helping our Children and Grandchildren become more Spiritually Connected GBR North MICHAL HOROWITZ Bat Lot, Tamar & Ruth Ha’Mo’aviah: The Strange Stories of the Courageous Mothers of Moshiach Town of Rye Program for Young Professionals RABBI YONA REISS You Be the Judge: Case Studies from the Beit Din Elija Budd Teen Program 2:00a.m. – 2:45a.m. GBR South RABBI GIDON ROTHSTEIN Everyone Loves a Parade, But Why Bikkurim? GBR Center RABBI ARI LAMM The Debate that Shaped Shavout Forever GBR North RABBI YONA REISS Lo Tachmod – Principles and Applications 3:00a.m. – 3:45a.m. GBR South RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER Counting the Mitzvot and “Meta-Mitzvot” GBR Center RABBI MEIR SHALEM Do we Need to Keep the Torah if it was Accepted Under Coercion? An In-Depth Textual Analysis of Contract Law and how it Relates to Matan Torah 4:00a.m. – 4:45a.m. Grand Ballroom Q & A with Rabbi Schachter GBR Assembly Daf Yomi 4:50a.m. Grand Ballroom Early Shacharit Neitz 5:34a.m. 6:45a.m. – 10:00a.m. Westchester Ballroom Kiddush /Breakfast

SUNDAY 7:45a.m. – 8:30a.m. Grand Ballroom Daf Yomi Assembly 8:30a.m. Grand Ballroom Late Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma (9:12a.m.) 9:30a.m. – 1:30p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 10:45a.m. GBR Assembly Kiddush 11:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. Elija Budd Time to meet with Mindy Eisenman from YUConnects BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m. GBR Center NECHAMA PRICE The Time Period Complexity: ויהי בימי שפט השופטים Sponsored by Tom and Marsha Friedman on the yahrzeit of his father, Nachman Shimon ben Moshe Halevi z”l GBR North RABBI DR. JACOB SCHACTER The Hazon Ish and the Holocaust: Was there a Forgery? 12:30p.m. – 1:20p.m. GBR Center RABBI MENACHEM PENNER The Children of Rachel and Leah: Trading Places GBR North RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL The Complex Layers of Chesed in Megilat Rut 1:30p.m. Westchester Ballroom Lunch 3:15p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha 3:00p.m. – 5:30p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 3:30p.m. – 7:00p.m. GBR Assembly Tea Room open 3:30p.m. – 4:30p.m. Elija Budd Teen Programming 3:45p.m. – 4:30p.m. GBR South RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER Word for Word, Motion by Motion, Step by Step: The Dynamic Integration of Birkat Kohanim within Tefi la GBR Center DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ Isolation Versus Inoculation: Understanding and Addressing the Impact of the Digital Revolution on our Families 3:45p.m. – 4:30p.m. Tikun Leil Shavuos: Take Two GBR North MICHAL HOROWITZ Bat Lot, Tamar & Ruth Ha’Mo’aviah: The Strange Stories of the Courageous Mothers of Moshiach 4:45p.m. – 5:30p.m. GBR South RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER The Unique Kedusha of Torah Sh’Bal Peh GBR Center Panel Discussion Jewish Mindfulness: Cultivating Healthy Minds and Healthy Souls DR. MIRIAM ADLER, DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ, RABBI MENACHEM PENNER, YOCHEVED SCHACTER GBR North STEVE SAVITSKY The Middle East Today; Refl ections from a Trip to United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Sponsored by Rabbi Max N. Schreier and family in memory of Rebetzin Toby Schreier a”h 5:45p.m. – 6:30p.m. GBR South RABBI GIDON ROTHSTEIN Planning This Year’s : The Example of a Responsum a Day GBR Center YOCHEVED SCHACTER Retirement or Recalibration? Emotional, Practical and Spiritual Considerations GBR North RABBI YONA REISS Camels, Cows and Chalav Yisroel 5:30p.m. – 6:15p.m. Westchester Assembly Children’s Dinner 6:30p.m. Town of Rye Children’s Show 6:45p.m. – 7:45p.m. Jewish History Hour GBR South RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL Two Pivotal Moments in the History of Jewish Interpretation of Afterlife, and Why they Matter GBR Center RABBI ARI LAMM The Secret History of in Egypt GBR North MICHAL HOROWITZ Rashi: The Life and Teachings of a Medieval Scholar who Revolutionized Torah Study through the Ages Sponsored by Joseph and Linda Fried, in honor of our daughter, Michal Horowitz Brundage RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER May the Lord Keep the Czar... Praying for the Government and the Vicissitudes of History Halstead Program for Young Professionals Mix-N-Match AN INTERACTIVE GAME WITH PRIZES 7:50p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha 8:15p.m. Grand Ballroom Sicha RABBI DR. JACOB SCHACTER What Does Shavuot Really Celebrate? Anticipating Kabalat Ha-Torah Sponsored by Aliza and Jared Solomon In honor of Isaac Solomon’s Bar Mitzvah 9:00p.m. Westchester Assembly Candle Lighting 9:15p.m. Grand Ballroom Maariv 10:00p.m. Westchester Ballroom Dinner 11:30p.m. – 1:00a.m. GBR Assembly Tea Room open

MONDAY 7:00a.m. – 9:30a.m. Westchester Ballroom Breakfast 7:30a.m. – 8:15a.m. Grand Ballroom RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER David HaMelech and The Controversy Surrounding Ruth's Conversion 7:30a.m. – 8:15a.m. GBR Assembly Daf Yomi RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER 8:15a.m. Grand Ballroom Shacharit Sof Zman Kriat Shma (9:12a.m.) Drasha RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN Sponsored by the Keyak Family לזכר נשמת יעקב שמעון בן משה שמואל in loving memory of Jeffrey Steven Keyak z”l נפטר בליל שבת, אחרון של פסח תשע“ו Yizkor 9:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 12:00p.m. Westchester Ballroom Lunch 2:00p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha 2:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Elija Budd Time to meet with Mindy Eisenman from YUConnects 2P.M. – 4P.M. BY APPOINTMENT, 4P.M. – 5P.M. DROP IN 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. Day Camp Rooms Children’s Day Camp 2:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. GBR Assembly Tea Room open 2:30p.m. – 3:15p.m. GBR South RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL Audacious Biblical Prayers and Rabbinic Responses 2:30p.m. – 3:15p.m. GBR Center RABBI DR. JACOB SCHACTER Commemorating the 25th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l: Aspects of the Rav’s Personality Sponsored by Abraham and Baila Gulkowitz in honor of our children and their children, and our great-grandchild to celebrate their birthdays and anniversaries GBR North DR. MIRIAM ADLER Overcoming Challenges: Building Resilience for Successful Living Halstead RABBI GIDON ROTHSTEIN It’s Harder to Avoid Avodah Zarah than You Think 3:30p.m. – 4:15p.m. GBR South RABBI YONA REISS Why We Needed a Mountain over our Heads GBR Center RABBI MENACHEM PENNER What the Avot (and the Yankees) Can Teach Us about Tefi llah - Part II GBR North MICHAL HOROWITZ 70 Years Young: A Tribute to Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael Through the Prism of Sefer Tehillim Sponsored by Genie and Steve Savitsky In honor of Michal Horowitz, who brings the beauty of Torah to the Five Towns and for her support for Partners in Torah. 4:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. GBR South RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER Should We Be Studying Taamei HaMitzvot? GBR Center Panel Discussion The Many Hats of Jewish Women; Juggling Personal, Professional and Spiritual Ambitions DR. MIRIAM ADLER, MICHAL HOROWITZ, NECHAMA PRICE, YOCHEVED SCHACTER GBR North RABBI ARI LAMM The Wizard vs. The Prophet 5:45p.m. Grand Ballroom Mincha 5:30p.m. – 6:15p.m. Westchester Assembly Children’s Dinner 6:30p.m. – 7:15p.m. Town Of Rye Children's Show Celebrating the Torah Values of Yeshiva University 6:10p.m. – 6:30p.m. Grand Ballroom RABBI DR. ARI BERMAN Introductory Remarks: The Five Torot of Yeshiva University 6:40p.m. – 7:20p.m. GBR South TORAT EMET RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER Celebrating the Eternality of the Torah Sponsored by Moishe and Joanne Bane in memory of Edith and Hyman Bane z”l GBR Center TORAT ADAM DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ Living an Ethical Life; Insights from Torah and Psychology GBR North TORAT CHAYYIM RABBI ARI LAMM Idolatry in Shul? Reading Chazal With Archaeology Halstead TORAT CHESSED NECHAMA PRICE Two Face Characters: Will the Real Boaz Please Stand Up! Brundage TORAT ZION RABBI HAYYIM ANGEL The Chosen People: Israel’s Role in the Family of Nations 6:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. Elija Budd Teen Programming

7:30p.m. Westchester Ballroom Dinner/Neilat HaChag 8:54p.m. Grand Ballroom Maariv 9:45p.m. Checkout 10:00p.m. – 11:15p.m. Indoor Pool Women’s swim 11:30p.m. – 1:00a.m. Indoor Pool Men’s swim

TUESDAY 6:30a.m. Grand Ballroom Shacharit

7:00a.m. – 7:30a.m. GBR Assembly Daf Yomi 7:30a.m. Grand Ballroom Shacharit On behalf of Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, we hope your Shavuos 7:00a.m.has been – 10:00a.m. a wonderful experience. Westchester We Assembly look forward Breakfastto seeing you again next year.

Have a Safe Trip Home, THE SHAVUOS YARCHEI KALLAH PLANNING COMMITTEE OUR STAFF PRESENTERS

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Dr. Miriam Adler was elected Yeshiva is a licensed clinical University’s fi fth president on psychologist and the November 15, 2016 and Executive Director of Park began his tenure in June Avenue Psychotherapy 2017. Dr. Berman is a four Associates in Clifton, NJ. She time graduate of Yeshiva earned her undergraduate University, and after making degree from Stern College of to Israel in 2008, Dr. Yeshiva University, and Berman completed his higher received her doctorate from education with a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought at the Fordham University. Dr. Adler specializes in treating Hebrew University of . His studies also anxiety disorders and adult ADD, integrating a included two years of learning at Yeshivat Har Etzion variety of holistic approaches such as neurofeed- in Israel. In 2000, he became Rabbi of The Jewish back, hypnosis & EMDR. She has presented at Center in New York City. In 2015, Dr. Berman was professional conferences and community events appointed head (Rosh ha-Merkaz) of Hechal Shlomo throughout the tristate area. – Center of Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, where he initiated a transformation of the historic organization Rabbi Hayyim Angel into an international center for Jewish life, learning is the National Scholar of the and leadership. He also served as a lecturer of Institute for Jewish Ideas and rabbinic literature in Herzog College’s Jewish Ideals (jewishideas.org). He Studies Department and was selected to sit on its has taught advanced Bible Executive Leadership Council. courses to undergraduate, graduate, and rabbinical Rabbi Elchanan Adler students at Yeshiva University is a at RIETS, since 1996, and lectures where he holds the Eva, widely. He also serves as the Morris and Jack Rubin Chair Tanakh Education Scholar at Yeshivat Ben Porat in Rabbinics and delivers a Yosef in Paramus, New Jersey. He has published daily advanced . over 130 scholarly articles, primarily in Bible, and is An accomplished writer and author or editor of sixteen books. His scholarship speaker, he is the author of focuses on the interaction between traditional and fi ve seforim (most recently, academic approaches to Bible study. Tzvi Tifara, on Anim Zemirot) Rabbi Angel previously served as Rabbi of Congre- and dozens of articles on diverse Torah topics. Rabbi gation Shearith Israel in New York City (1995-2013), Adler holds a BA in Psychology from CUNY and an and as Rabbinic Scholar at Congregation Kehilath MS in Secondary from Yeshiva Jeshurun in New York (2014-2017). He received University’s Azrieli Graduate School. Prior to joining his B.A. in Summa cum Laude from YU, Rabbi Adler studied at the Mirrer Yeshiva, Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Beis Yosef-Novardok, and Mesivtha Revel Graduate School, his M.S. in Jewish Education Tifereth Jerusalem, where he received from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Educa- from Rabbi David Feinstein. tion, and his Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey with his wife and four children. Mrs. Mindy Eisenman He received semikhah from the Rabbi Isaac is the Staff Connector at Elchanan Theological Seminary, and served for four YUConnects, the YU years at the Jewish Center in , most program that has made more recently as Resident Scholar. He is currently than 325 matches since its pursuing his PhD in Religion at Princeton University. inception in 2008. Mrs. In addition, he is a founding editor and contributor at Eisenman is a graduate of Lehrhaus, a premier online publication for Stern, has a master’s degree contemporary Jewish thought (www.thelehrhaus. from Azrieli Graduate School com); an Executive Committee member of Global of Jewish Education, and is Unites, a non-partisan group committed to long-term now pursuing a master’s in social work from the confl ict transformation and sustainability; and a Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Mindy is an Wexner Graduate Fellow in Jewish Studies. adjunct professor at Stern College, where she teaches courses in Tanach, Taharat Hamishpacha David Pelcovitz, Ph.D. and Healthy Relationships. She is also a certifi ed holds the Gwendolyn and Shalom Workshop instructor. Joseph Straus Chair in Psychology and Education at Mrs. Michal Horowitz Yeshiva University’s Azrieli has a Bachelor of Science Graduate School where he from combined studies at also teaches pastoral York University, Toronto, and psychology courses College, and a Before assuming his position Masters of Science from on the faculty of Yeshiva . Mrs. University, Dr. Pelcovitz was a clinical professor of Horowitz teaches Judaic psychology in psychiatry at New York University Studies classes, focusing on School of Medicine and director of psychology at Parshat Ha’Shavua, the North Shore University Hospital-NYU School of Chagim, Tefi lah and Machshava. She teaches Medicine. He has published and lectured extensively weekly classes at many locations in the Five Towns on a variety of topics including parenting, child and Far Rockaway. Mrs. Horowitz has been a guest abuse, trauma and loss. speaker in many communities, both nationally and internationally. She has lectured at Stern College Rabbi Menachem Penner and Midreshet Yom Rishon. A selection of her is the Max and Marion Grill recorded shiurim are posted on YUTorah.org and Dean of Rabbi Isaac TorahAnyTime.com. Her weekly Parsha Column is Elchanan Theological posted on ParshaSheets.com. Mrs. Horowitz is a Seminary at Yeshiva featured speaker on the Speakers Bureau of the University and the Men’s (OU). Mrs. Horowitz lives in Undergraduate Torah Studies Woodmere, NY with her husband and children. programs at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Penner Rabbi Ari Lamm served as the spiritual leader is the Special Advisor to the of the Young Israel of Holliswood in for 20 President of Yeshiva years and is now Rabbi Emeritus. Rabbi Penner University. He works closely received his semikhah from RIETS in 1994 and his with the president on all BA from Yeshiva College in 1991. The parent of a matters concerning the child with special needs, he speaks across the university’s mission and country on issues of children with disabilities. vision. Rabbi Lamm received his BA from Yeshiva University. He earned an MA in Jewish Studies and Eastern Christianity from University College London as a Fulbright Scholar, as well as an MA from Princeton University in Religion. Mrs. Nechama Price Rabbi Reiss is a summa cum laude graduate of is the Director of Yeshiva Yeshiva College and went on to receive his law University’s Graduate degree from Yale Law School, where he was a Program for Advanced senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. He received Talmud Studies (GPATS), semikhah from RIETS, where he earned the from which she earned additional distinction of advanced Yadin Yadin certifi cation in 2003. She is (Jewish jurisprudence) ordination. Rabbi Reiss also a Senior Lecturor in the served as an associate at the law fi rm of Cleary, Bible and Judaic Studies Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York, as well as departments at Stern the Director of the Beth Din of America from College, where she has been teaching since 2004. 1998-2008. Nechama earned a Masters Degree in Jewish Education from Azrieli Graduate School, and an MA Mr. Steve Savitsky in Bible from the Graduate School. is the former president and She is also a graduate of the inaugural class of the chairman of the board of the American branch of ’s Yoetzet Halacha Orthodox Union. He has been Program, and currently serves as a Yoetzet Halacha a Scholar- in-Residence in (Halakhic Advisor) to the communities of synagogues around the Englewood, Tenafl y, Livingston, West Orange, and world. He is currently Long Branch NJ. Nechama is a community scholar president of the Bnai Zion and speaks all over North America. She lives in Foundation, chairman of Bergenfi eld, NJ with her husband & four children. Partners in Torah, and President of the Vaad Hakashrus of the Five Towns Rabbi Gidon Rothstein and Far Rockaway. He is the president and has semikhah from RIETS chairman of the board of ATC Health Care Services and a Phd in Medieval Jewish a nationwide provider of medical staffi ng. Steve and History, and has served in his wife Genie live in the Five Towns and are blessed both the community to have all their children live nearby. rabbinate and education, from middle school and up. Rabbi Hershel Schachter He is the author of Murderer is Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh in the Mikdash, a murder at RIETS where he mystery set in the time of a holds the Nathan and Vivian 3rd Beit HaMikdash, We’re Missing the Point: What’s Fink Distinguished Wrong with and How to Fix It, and Professorial Chair in Talmud. As If We Were There: Readings for a Transformative A prolifi c author, he has Passover Experience. He currently blogs at published more than 100 Torahmusings.com, including his A Responsum a articles in Hebrew and Day series, also available as audio shiurim at ou.org. English in scholarly He lives in Riverdale, NY with his family. publications, including HaPardes, Hadarom, Beis Yitzchak, and Or Hamizrach. His books include Eretz Rabbi Yona Reiss HaTzvi, B’ikvei HaTzon, Ginat Egoz, Nefesh HaRav, Rabbi Yona Reiss is the Av Mipninei HaRav, and Divrei HaRav. Beth Din (Chief Rabbinical Judge) of the Chicago Rabbinical Council and a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University (RIETS), where he serves as the Rabbi L. Katz Chair in Professional Rabbinics. He previously served as the Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS. Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Rabbi Meir Shalem is University Professor of studied in Yeshivat Mercaz Jewish History and Jewish HaRav in Yerushalayim for 14 Thought and Senior Scholar years. He earned Yoreh at the Center for the Jewish Yoreh semikhah from the Future, at Yeshiva University. Chief Rabbinate of Israel and Schacter holds a Ph.D. in is currently a candidate for Near Eastern Languages Yadin Yadin semikhah, from Harvard University and accreditation as a Dayan, received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of from Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He graduated from Israel. Rabbi Shalem is the founding Rabbi of the Brooklyn College in 1973. From 2000 to 2005 he Bergen County Halacha Chabura. He lives in New served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Jersey with his wife Lena, an endocrinologist in Institute in . From 1981 to 2000, he served Teaneck, and their three children. as rabbi of The Jewish Center in Manhattan, moving the congregation from 180 to more than 600 DAY CAMP DIRECTOR members over the course of his tenure, and also Ms. Keren Simon served as rabbi of the Minyan in lived in Johannesburg, Brookline, MA from 2000 to 2005. Houston, Boston, Jerusalem, Manhattan, Washington Mrs. Yocheved Schacter Heights and Harlem. She Yocheved Schacter is a graduated from Barnard psychotherapist in private College at Columbia practice in Manhattan and University and has worked Teaneck. She also consults to for Yeshiva University’s YU programs on leadership Center for the Jewish Future issues for Rabbis and since 2005. She is an administrator and client Rebbetzins. manager for the Rabbinic Placement offi ce, manages the RIETS Rabbinic Alumni Offi ce, runs the weekly Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon program and coordinates the annual Jewish Job Fair. She lives with her daughter in Englewood, New Jersey.