Tikkun Leil Shavuot: A Joint Celebration of Torah and Cheesecake

May 21, 2026

7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

This Erev Shavuot, on the anniversary of the Revelation of Torah on Mt. Sinai, we will stay up late into the evening studying (and shmoozing) together with our extended Reconstructionist community for this year’s celebration.

A Joint Celebration of Torah and Cheesecake! Join Columbia Jewish Congregation, Kol HaLev, Mishkan Torah and Oseh Shalom at Mishkan Torah in Greenbelt, MD.

Please register HERE, whether you are coming in person or joining in person. You will receive a Zoom link upon completing your registration.

TIKKUN LEIL SCHEDULE: *Workshops will be led by the Rabbis and Lay Leaders.

7:30pm – 8:00pm Musical Ma’ariv led by our Cantors: Cantor Yael, Cantor Steve, Cantor Linda Baer
8:00pm – 9:30pm Workshop Block 1 1.5 hours teaching by Rabbi Daria 2+ other 45-minute workshops
9:30pm – 10pm Cheesecake Break! (Bring your favorite cheesecake to share! Vegan and gluten-free selections also encouraged.)
10pm – 10:45pm Workshop Block 2 45 minute workshops
10:45pm – 11 Workshop Titles to date:
- Rabbi Daria: “The Torah that is NOT Too Far (Deut. 30:12): From Hopeless to Hopeful, Disempowered to an Agent of Change”
- Rabbi Michael Hess-Weber: “What If I Don’t Want to Go Where You Go? The Peril and Possibility of Jewish Stories and the Ways We Tell Them”
- Rabbi Steve Silvern: “Why does Shavuot, Matan Torah, arrive at the end of 50 days and not on a particular day of the month, like other holidays?”
- Rabbi Saul Oresky will be offering a Hassidic Teaching using the Mei Shiloah.

The Service and one workshop per block can be accessed virtually.

Please register HERE, whether you are coming in person or joining in person. You will receive a Zoom link upon completing your registration.

Below you will find additional information:

Area-wide Reconstructionist Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5786

May 21, 2026

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86337835537?pwd=n9rMBjgBd8z3CrbbKvbO5RNGQ5VMwu.1

Meeting ID: 863 3783 5537 Passcode: 972593

7:30-11 pm at Mishkan Torah

The Line-up and Schedule

Rms. – Sanctuary, S-2,3 – classrooms off the sanctuary, D-1-4 – school building classrooms downstairs
NOTE: Only the sessions in the Sanctuary will be on Zoom

TIME	EVENT/TOPIC	PRESENTER	ROOM
7:30	Ma’ariv Cantor Yael will open playing guitar and singing the song “Ruth” by folk composer Ed Lipton,( whose work appears in the Smithsonian alongside composers such as Peter, Paul and Mary) at 7:30 sharp	Rabbi Saul Oresky, Cantor Yael Fischman, Rabbi Michael Hess Webber	Sanctuary
8 – 8:30	Music and dance immediately after the service	Cantor Yael and Efrat Levner	Sanctuary
8-9:30	The Torah that is NOT Too Far (Deut. 30:12): From Hopeless to Hopeful, Disempowered to an Agent of Change.	Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde	D-2
8 – 8:45	Romancing the Scroll: Unveiling the Face of Torah	Judy and Marc Young	D-3
8:45-9:30	Jewish Meditation (see below for description)	Neshama Solomon	D-1
8:45-9:30	A Yizkor Meditation for Deeper Connection with our Ancestors	Rabbi Emily Stern	Sanctuary
8:45 – 9:30	Introduction to Mussar	David Glaser	D-3
9:30-10	Noshing and shmoozing (Bring your favorite cheesecake to share! Vegan and gluten-free selections also encouraged.)
10-10:45	Consent and Coercion at Sinai: The Revelatory Power of “Enthusiastic Yes”	Rabbi Michael Hess Webber	S-2
10:00 – 10:45	Why does Shavuot, Matan Torah, arrive at the end of 50 days and not on a particular day of the month, like other holidays? (see below for description)	Rabbi Steve Silvern	S-3
10:00-10:45	Ritual Objects for the Home Mishkan	Cantor Yael Fischman	S-3
10:00-10:45	What Can We Learn from Hasidic Torah Commentary?	Rabbi Saul Oresky	Sanctuary
10:45-11:00	Closing	Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde	Sanctuary