Shavuot – 2026

Shavuot Services Schedule

Friday, May 22
5:00 AM Sunrise Shaharit on the roof led by TBA Clergy 

9:30 AM Combined services  in Ganzberg Sanctuary and on YouTube

6:15 PM Kabbalat Shabbat in Pilch and on Zoom 

Saturday, May 23

9:15 AM Clergy-led Shavuot Shabbat Services in Ganzberg Sanctuary and on YouTube

9:30 AM Library Minyan in Dorff Nelson Chapel

11:00 AM (approx.) Yizkor in both locations

7:05 PM Minha/Ma’ariv and Seudah Shlisheet in Pilch and on Zoom and on YouTube

Thursday, May 21

*No reservations required*

7:15 PM Minha, Ma’ariv

8:00 PM Plenary session with speaker Rabbi Benay Lappe (see bio below) followed by conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous

CRASH: What It Means for Us Today

In times of profound disruption, how do we find the tools and wisdom to go beyond existing structures and mindsets in order to make transformational change? Join Rabbi Benay Lappe for The CRASH Talk, a paradigm-shifting exploration of how the Jewish traditions we recognize today originated not so much from a singular, catastrophic moment of communal upheaval, but an era of multiple, simultaneously shifting values and systems, not unlike our own, followed by a conversation and discussion with Rabbi Sharon Brous.

9:30 PM – 4:50 AM Learning sessions

5:00 AM Sunrise Shaharit

There are many prayer opportunities at Temple Beth Am from our Daily Minyan and weekly Shabbat services to Holiday and Life Cycle celebrations.

Schedule of All Night Learning Sessions: May 21

8:00 PM

Plenary session with speaker Rabbi Benay Lappe followed by conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous in Ganzberg Sanctuary

CRASH: What It Means for Us Today
In times of profound disruption, how do we find the tools and wisdom to go beyond existing structures and mindsets in order to make transformational change? Join Rabbi Benay Lappe for The CRASH Talk, a paradigm-shifting exploration of how the Jewish traditions we recognize today originated not so much from a singular, catastrophic moment of communal upheaval, but an era of multiple, simultaneously shifting values and systems, not unlike our own, followed by a conversation and discussion with Rabbi Sharon Brous.

9:30 PM

The Yom Kippur That Wasn’t” with Rabbis Matt Shapiro and Deborah Silver in Ganzberg Sanctuary

“The Journey to Sinai: A Jews by Choice Panel & Discussion” with Lauren Augarten, Yesi Padilla, and Ivy Quinn— moderated by Rabbi Morris Panitz in Adelson Hall 

“Revelation: Sensory load or Sensory Overload” with Rabbi Cheryl Peretz in Pilch Hall

“Midrash Rabbah’s ‘Storehouses of Reward’: Raising Adoptive Children Jewish” with Lane Igoudin in Kopelove

Rabbi Candice Levy in Dorff Nelson Chapel

10:30 PM

Rabbi Benay Lappe in the Ballroom

“The Torah of ‘Unprecedented Times’: The Jewish Response to a World Full of Urgency” with Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny in Pilch Hall

“The Soul Has an Algorithm: Spiritual Technology Timeless Tools for the Life You’re Actually Trying to Build” with Rabbi Iggy Gourin-Malous in Hersch Hall

Judaism as Art: When Creation Gets Out of Hand” with Danielle Natelson in Dorff Nelson Chapel

11:30 PM

Rabbi Benay Lappe in the Ballroom

The Torah’s Two Towers: Babel vs. Mishkon” with Rabbi Josh Katzan in Pilch Hall

“Standing in Torah” with Amie Segal (Jewish Movement Collective) in Hersch Hall

The Voice Behind the Mechitza & The Voice Within: Yemima Avital Meets the Maharal” with Rabbis Sofia Zway and Brett Kopin in Dorff Nelson Chapel

12:30 AM

ICE CREAM SNACK IN THE LOBBY

1:00 AM

“Sinai Story Hour” with Rabbi Kerry Chaplin in Hersch Hall

“Is Time on Our Side?” with Rabbi Joseph Shamash in Dorff Nelson Chapel

2:15 AM

“Holy Holes: Gut Reactions to the Bathroom Blessing ” with Joey Abeles in Pilch Hall

“What the Bible Is Not Confused About: The Plagues of Egypt” with Aaron Asher in Dorff Nelson Chapel

3:00 AM

“Buddies with G-d” with Stevie Green in Hersch Hall

4:45 AM

Rabbi Q&A with Rabbis Morris Panitz and Rebecca Schatz in Dorff Nelson Chapel

5:00 AM

Sunrise Shaharit on Pilch Roof