- (301) 498-5151
Join Columbia Jewish Congregation, Kol HaLev, Mishkan Torah and Oseh Shalom at Columbia Jewish Congregation at Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045.
Event can be Live Streamed HERE (we will ONLY be livestreaming when we are in Room 100)
Please register here: LINK
(There will be NO services held at Oseh Shalom)
TIKKUN LEIL SCHEDULE:
7:30pm – 8:00pm Musical Ma’ariv led by our Cantors
8:00pm – 9:00pm Keynote Speaker Dr. Ben Sax of ICJS
Dr. Sax will explore how Creation relates to the revelation of the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai. To do this we will exam Rabbi Hayyim ibn Attar’s interpretation of Bereishit his mystical Torah commentary – Or-haHayyim. Not only does this commentary explain how Creation and Revelation are related, but also how speech can powerfully combine both: we create as we speak. We will explore how each human utterance can bring us closer to peace and redemption.
9:00pm – 9:30pm Cheesecake Break! (bring your favorite cheesecake to share! Vegan and gluten-free selections also encouraged)
9:30pm – 10:00pm Learning Session 1
We are probably familiar with the famous text, “for where you go, I will go, where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God… (Ruth 1:16–17). These vows spoken by Ruth to Naomi are often used in wedding ceremonies. Why? Perhaps liturgists have picked up something about the nature of this relationship. We will be examining some assumptions many readers make about “The Book of Ruth,” particularly regarding gender and sexuality. Many scholars have looked closely at the text to find overt hints to non-heteronormative readings throughout. Rabbi Emily will draw on texts like “Un-straightening Boaz in Ruth Scholarship” by Brett Krutzsch, and “Boaz Reawakened : Modeling Masculinity in the Book of Ruth” by Hugh S. Pyper to explore gender and sexuality in this canonical text, traditionally read on Shavuot.
We open our hearts in preparation to receive Torah with the time honored practice of wordless melody and simple songs in the round. Niggunim and communal songs for the moment will be led by Cantor Caitlin of Oseh Shalom synagogue. Come ready to sing!
When we celebrate achievements, we also remember the mistakes we made along the way and we honor those who came before us. How do we integrate brokenness and loss into our lives and into our community life? We’ll travel from Beresheit to Sinai to the present.
10:00pm – 10:15pm Bio Break
10:15pm – 10:45pm Learning Session 2
Kol Midabber – The Voice of Someone Speaking: What is Ezekiel Telling us about Revelation in the Haftarah of the First Day of Shavuot? with Rabbi Saul Oresky (Room 300)
While Ezekiel’s vision among the exiles at the Chebar Canal in Babylonia might tempt us to say, “I’ll have what he’s having,” our sages of old saw this as much more than a hallucination. What was being revealed to the prophet and why? And what does this have to do with our receiving the Torah?
Wrapping our Hearts Around Cringe-Worthy Torah Stories with Rabbi Michael Hess Webber (Room 100)
Are there stories in the Torah that make you go “ooph?” Or perhaps stories that leave you questioning the sanity of our holy forebears? Together we will spend some time exploring a selection of these texts and discussing how we can connect to and embrace the wholeness of Torah as we also grapple.
10:30pm – 11:00pm We close in song! Thank you Cantors!
The Shavuot practice of staying up well into the evening (and for some…all night) to study Torah was practiced by Jewish mystics who believed that, at midnight, the heavens would open and favorably receive our thoughts, study and prayers – on the anniversary of the revelation of Torah at Mt. Sinai.
Copyright © 2024 Oseh Shalom. All rights reserved. Website designed by Addicott Web.