The Secret of Joy Seminar

 

Thursday, March 13 – Sunday, March 16

 

Thursday Night

4-9 pm     Registration                                                Rena / Front Desk

6:45        Talk: Think Good and It Will be Good    R. Eyal Karoutchi / Cave

7:30        Dinner and Orientation                               Simcha and Staff

8:30           Lecture: Facing Challenges with Joy        R. Efraim Ehrenberg / Cave

10:30          Banjo Billy "Live and Holy"                       Lounge

 

Friday

8:30 am   Breakfast                                                   Nechama & Shaina Ettel

9:30        Special Lecture: The Joy of                     Mrs. Shulamit Tilles /

          Companions and Lovers                    Lounge

10:30       Nature Hike in the Galilee Hills                   Mrs Chaya Bracha Leiter

2:30 pm   Men: Mikveh Expedition                              Yechiel Krisch / Lobby

               Women:  Walk to the Ari's Kever                 Shaina Ettel / Lobby

4:00        Feature talk on:

          Shabbat, Tsfat,the Kabbalists, & Purim     Rabbi Y. Tilles / Library

5:10         Candle Lighting                                           Shaina Ettel & Nechama

5:20        Meal Placements and Orientation                 Reb Efraim

5:30        Walk to Old City Shul (Carlebach Minyan)        & Staff

               Followed by meals with families                 

10:30       Chassidic Mystical Gathering:             R. Tuvia Bolton /

          Good stories, food and spirit               Dining Area

 

Shabbat Day

8:00 am         Snacks and hot drinks                                       Staff / Dining Area

                     *CHECK MAP FOR SHUL OPTIONS                    

8:30              Optional Class: Prayer Meditation                   R. Efraim / Lounge

9:30              Shacharit Davening and Erasing Amalek            Ascent Shul

12:00 pm        Kiddush and Talk:Bringing Mashiach with Joy R. Tuvia Bolton /Lecture Hall                             

1:00               Shabbat Meal with ASCENT Staff                    R. Tuvia Bolton

3:00              Library Open – Study Options Available            All Staff

4:00              Mystical Tour of Tsfat                                   R. Efraim Ehrenberg

5:15               Mincha                                                             Staff / Ascent Shul

5:30              Joyous Third Meal of Tsfat Kabbalists          R. Tuvia Bolton /

                                                                                             Dining Area

6:00              Evening Service                                                Staff / Ascent Shul

6:30              Havdalah                                                          Staff / Lounge

7:30              Rabbi Bolton Live @ Ascent                              Cave

10:00             Melave Malka – King David's Meal with            Rabbi Y. Tilles /

                     stories, food and song                                      Dining Area

 

Sunday

9:15 am          Class: "We Were Dreamers": The                  Miriam Zatloff

                     Chassidic Response to the Suffering of             Library

                     the End of Days                                               

 

  * Saturday night FREE to all Seminar Participants *