B'H 1 The 7th Annual National Russian An enriching experience for the Russian-Jewish community PROGRAM GUIDE FEBRUARY 12TH - 14TH, 2016 3-5 ADAR I YEAR OF HAKHEL 5776 HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER Chamah & Lubavitch Youth Organization HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER B’H Chamah & Lubavitch Youth Organization Dear Guests, Welcome to the 7th Annual National Russian-Jewish Shabbaton at the luxurious Crowne Plaza Hotel. We are confident that this Shabbaton will be the best ever, truly a “Weekend to Remember”. Once you’ve registered at our welcome desk and received the Shabbaton program, please proceed to the hotel check-in desk to get your room key. Be sure to stop by the Gazebo for some delicious refreshments. Enjoy your stay! 4 FRIDAY, Feb. 12 Sunday Shabbat Friday 12:00 Noon – 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION AND CHECK IN FOR ADULT PROGRAM, CHILDREN’S PROGRAM, AND BABYSITTING SERVICE Location: Lobby, Front Desk Shabbat Candle-lighting time is shortly after 5:00 pm. Until then, please feel free to enjoy the hotel’s pool and fitness facilities (see men’s and women’s schedules below), join stimulating lectures, relax, and freshen up for Shabbat. Be sure to visit the Russian-Jewish book stand. It’s open on Friday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday morning. 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. WELCOME AND REFRESHMENTS Location: Gazebo—Veranda 12:30 – 2:45 p.m. WOMEN’S SWIM & FITNESS ROOM Location: Gym 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. LECHEM HAPANIM: THE SHOW BREAD IN THE TEMPLE, OUR CHALLAH OF TODAY The Mystical and the Practical—Hands on Challah Baking Mrs. Sara Rodkin Location: Room 3 5 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. MEN’S SWIM & FITNESS ROOM Location: Gym THE UNTOLD STORY: (ENGLISH) The Lubavitcher Rebbe and Soviet Jewry Friday 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky Mrs. Shterney Kanelsky 4:50 – 5:06 p.m. ЗАЖИГАНИЕ СУББОТНИХ СВЕЧЕЙ Mrs. Doba Levin & Mrs. Tanya Malachovski Location: Gazebo–Veranda Shabbat candles usher peace, tranquility, and the holiness of Shabbat into the Jewish home. This beautiful mitzva is a Jewish tradition that has been passed down from mother to daughter since the times of our Matriarch Sarah. The Shabbat candles symbolize the spiritual light that Shabbat infuses into our homes; they reveal the G-dly energy and light that enlivens our existence. 5:00 p.m. MINCHA: AFTERNOON PRAYER Location: Synagogue, Room 1 5:20 p.m. WELCOME Rabbi Kasriel Kastel Location: Synagogue, Room 1 Sunday CANDLE LIGHTING Shabbat Location: Room 5 6 Sunday Shabbat Friday 5:35 p.m. FREE CHOICE OR DIVINE PROVIDENCE? (RUSSIAN) ЖИЗНЬ В НАШИХ РУКАХ ИЛИ ВСЕ ПРЕДУСМОТРЕНО СВЫШЕ? Rabbi Berele Zaltzman Moderator: Rabbi Kasriel Kastel Location: Synagogue, Room 1 WHY SHABBOS? WHY NOT SUNDAY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE? (ENGLISH) Rabbi Levi Garelik Moderator: Rabbi Yehuda Levin Location: Room 4 TRUE LOVE: WHAT THE TORAH HAS TO SAY (RUSSIAN) КАК УЧИТ НАС ЛЮБИТЬ ТОРА Rabbi Baruch Babayov Moderator: Rabbi Zalman Zvulunov Location: Room 5 6:15 p.m. KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICES: WELCOMING THE SHABBAT QUEEN Cantor Rabbi Eli Raskin Location: Synagogue, Room 1 7 WOMEN’S DISCUSSION GROUPS (RUSSIAN) Tête–à–Tête with Everyone Frank conversations by Shabbat candlelight Mrs. Basya Chudaitov Moderator: Mrs. Tanya Malachovski Friday НАЕДИНЕ СО ВСЕМИ Откровенные беседы при субботних свечах Location: Room 2 Shabbat Tools to deal with challenges facing today’s Jewish woman Mrs. Chana Weisberg Moderator: Mrs. Esther Kushnirsky Location: Room 3 INSIGHTFUL SHABBAT SERVICE The meaning behind the words (English) No prior knowledge of prayer needed Led by Rabbi Levi Y. Garelik Location: Room 4 TEFILAH IN THE SEPHARDIC TRADITION Led by Rabbi Baruch Babayov Location: Room 5 7:00 p.m. SEUDAT SHABBAT FESTIVE SHABBAT DINNER Location: Grand Ballroom, Room 6 Sunday THE CROWN OF CREATION (ENGLISH) 8 9:30 p.m. Sunday Shabbat Friday SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAMS IN RUSSIAN AND IN ENGLISH HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT (RUSSIAN) How to succeed in your relationships: would you listen to Alexander the Great or find your own way? КАК ПОЛУЧИТЬ ТО, ЧТО ТЫ ХОЧЕШЬ? Как достичь успеха в жизни и во взаимоотношениях с людьми? Последуете ли вы совету Александра Македонского или откроете свой путь к успеху? Rabbi Aryeh Katzin Moderator: Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman Location: Room 1 WHERE FREUD, SPINOZA, AND MARX WENT WRONG (ENGLISH) Three Jews created theories that affected millions of people What Torah has to say about their perspectives Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Location: Room 2 AN ADDITIONAL NEW YEAR (RUSSIAN) Do we need the study of Kabbalah and Chassidic philosophy? СНОВА НОВЫЙ ГОД? Зачем нам kаббала и хасидизм Rabbi Eli Kogan Location: room 3 9 Jupiter-12 yrs. Sun-365 Earth Earth Ea arth Saturn-29yrs. Mercury-88 Me Mercu M erc rcu rcu cury urry-88 Mars-688 Moon-30 M Mo Moonoo o on-30 Venus-224 Exploring Maimonides’ elucidation on the subject Friday KNOW YOUR UNIVERSE: IS IT A TORAH COMMANDMENT? (ENGLISH) Rabbi Levi Garelik Location: Room 4 YOUR BODY IS YOUR SOUL’S SANCTUARY (RUSSIAN) Dr. Marika Cherfas Moderator: Mrs.Tanya Malachovski Location: Room 5 DISCUSSION CLUB FOR TEENS Separate conversa ons with boys and girls Grand Ballroom, Room 6 MEETING SPOT FOR SINGLES 18+ Moderated by Rabbi Dan and Mrs. Sara Rodkin Shadchanit in Residence: Mrs. Chana Raksin Location: Room 7 Sunday ТЕЛО - ХРАМ ДУШИ Нетрадиционный подход к вашему здоровью Секреты долголетия Shabbat Moderator: Rabbi Berri Spitezki 10 Sunday Shabbat Shabbat Friday Friday 10:15 p.m. FARBRENGEN: TUNING INTO YOUR SOUL’S CHANNELS (RUSSIAN) ФАРБРЕНГЕН – “ХАСИДСКОЕ ОБЩЕНИЕ ЗА СТОЛОМ" Rabbi Yishaya Gisser Location: Grand Ballroom, Room 6 FARBRENGEN: TUNING INTO YOUR SOUL’S CHANNELS (ENGLISH) Rabbis Shlomo Zalman Cohen and Yehuda Levin Location: Grand Ballroom, Room 6 ONEG SHABBAT: SONGS AND STORIES (RUSSIAN) ОНЕГ (УДОВОЛЬСТВИЕ) В ШАББАТ – ПЕСНИ И ИСТОРИИ Rabbi Baruch Babayov Location: Gazebo–Veranda SHABBAT, Feb. 13 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. CHASSIDUT CLASSES IN RUSSIAN & IN ENGLISH THE NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH THAT G-D WILL CREATE (RUSSIAN) Explore the depth of creation according to Kabbalah 11 НОВЫЕ НЕБЕСА И НОВАЯ ЗЕМЛЯ, КОТОРЫЕ СОТВОРИТ Б-Г Каббалистический экскурс в недры сотворения мира Location: Room 2 THE OBLIGATION OF GETTING DRUNK ON PURIM (ENGLISH) Friday Friday Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin Chassidic discourse Location: Room 3 The times of Moshiach: a world with no death and no evil Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Cohen Location: Room 4 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Location: Gazebo 9:00 a.m. SHACHARIT–MORNING PRAYER Cantors: Rabbi Berele Zaltzman and Rabbi Eli Raskin Location: Synagogue, Room 1 INSTRUCTIONAL SHABBAT PRAYER PRAYER WITH WORD AND SONG (ENGLISH) Led by Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Location: Room 4 Sunday ETERNAL LIFE (ENGLISH) Shabbat Shabbos Shabbat Rabbi Menachem Chuzhin 12 MORNING PRAYER THE SEPHARDIC WAY Led by: Rabbi Baruch Babayov Sunday Shabbat Shabbat Friday Friday Location: Room 5 11:45 a.m. SEUDAT SHABBAT FESTIVE SHABBAT MEAL 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAMS IN RUSSIAN AND IN ENGLISH KABBALAH OF MEN AND WOMEN (ENGLISH) How awareness of spiritual differences helps balance family relationships Mrs. Chana Weisberg Moderator: Mrs. Esther Tauber Location: Room 1 TORAH AND ASTROLOGY (RUSSIAN) The meaning and the power of Zodiac signs ЧТО ТАКОЕ “МАЗЛ ТОВ”? ТОРА И АСТРОЛОГИЯ Знаки зодиака и ваша судьба Rabbi Benzion Laskin Location: Room 2 13 (ENGLISH) How to infuse holiness into intimacy Friday Friday THE MYSTERY OF MIKVAH Mrs. Chana Zaltzman WHERE IS G-D NOT FOUND? (RUSSIAN) The connection between the Omnipresent Creator and the physical world Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin Moderator: Rabbi Eli Kogan Location: Room 4 LEARN AS IF YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER (ENGLISH) Does education ever end? Rabbi Kasriel Kastel Moderator: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Cohen Location: Room 5 PASSOVER AND SHABBAT: A PHYSICIST'S PERSPECTIVE (RUSSIAN) ПЕСАХ И ШАББАТ C ТОЧКИ ЗРЕНИЯ ФИЗИКА Dr. Alexander Poltorak Moderator: Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Location: Room 7 2:40- 3:25 p.m. HEBREWS, JEWS, ISRAELIS (RUSSIAN) Who is who? ЕВРЕЙ, ИУДЕЙ, ИЗРАИЛЬТЯНИН... Суть этих понятий Rabbi Yishaya Gisser Moderator: Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker Location: Room 1 Sunday ГДЕ Б ГА НЕТ? Связь между Вездесущим Творцом и физическим Дворцом Shabbat Shabbat Location: Room 3 14 THE WOMAN WHO CRIED WOLF (ENGLISH) Does G-d care about an apostate? Mrs. Sara Rodkin Friday Friday Location: Room 2 WESTERN MEDICAL ETHICS VS. JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS (ENGLISH) Conflict or compatibility? Rabbi Yochanan Ivry Sunday Shabbat Shabbat Location: Room 3 HOW WOMEN THINK (RUSSIAN) Eve and the serpent in light of Kabbalah ОЧАРОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ ЛЕГКОМЫСЛИЕ Особенности женского мышления в свете Каббалы на примере интеллектуальной схватки Евы со Змеем Rabbi Eli Kogan Location: Room 4 TODAY'S NEWS AND ANCIENT JEWISH FABLES (RUSSIAN) Can Jewish folk tales become the premise for contemporary news reports? ОТ НОВОСТЕЙ К ЕВРЕЙСКИМ ПРИТЧАМ Могут ли еврейские притчи стать основой актуальных новостей Boris Tenzer, Anchor at RTN-WMNB Location: Room 5 ETERNAL TEMPLE—THE JEWISH HOME (ENGLISH) Mrs. Sara Liberman Moderator: Rabbi Chaim Meir Liberman Location: Room 7 15 3:35 - 4:20 p.m. ЛЮБОВЬ, КОТОРУЮ НЕ ПЕРЕДАТЬ СЛОВАМИ Когда нужно молчать? Как увидеть скрытый свет в других… и в себе. Rabbi Aryeh Katzin Shabbat Shabbat When is it best to be silent? Discover the hidden light in others ... and in yourself Friday Friday LOVE BEYOND WORDS (RUSSIAN) Moderator: Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov WHAT IS THE SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE? (RUSSIAN) В ЧЕМ ЖЕ ВЕСЬ СЕКРЕТ? Счастливое будущее в наших руках Mrs. Doba Levin Location: Room 2 SHATTERED VESSELS. LESSONS FROM KABBALAH (ENGLISH) How to transform our lives and the world around us Rabbi Zeev Kushnirsky Location: Room 3 THE TOWER OF BABEL: THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES (ENGLISH) One of the Torah’s most enigmatic stories explained on basic philosophical and esoteric levels Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker Location: Room 4 Sunday Location: Room 1 Friday 16 MEZUZAH IN FIVE DIMENSIONS (ENGLISH) Its inner meaning Sunday Sunday Shabbat Shabbat Dr. Alexander Poltorak Moderator: Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Location: Room 5 THE ART OF PARENTING (RUSSIAN) It’s the world’s most difficult job. Tap into Jewish wisdom to raise responsible and independent children Rabbi Dan Rodkin Location: Room 7 4:30 p.m. MINCHA - AFTERNOON PRAYER Location: Synagogue (Room 1) 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. BETWEEN WOMEN Any topic you want to chat about Panel discussion for ladies only ВЫ ХОТИТЕ ОБ ЭТОМ ПОГОВОРИТЬ? Женщины! Приходите поспорить! Moderator: Mrs. Sara Rodkin Panelists: Mrs. Doba Levin Mrs. Leah Yechielov Mrs. Chanah Raksin Mrs. Chana Weisberg Mrs. Chana Zaltzman Location: Room 5 5:00 p.m. SEUDAH SHELISHIT – THIRD SHABBAT MEAL THE KEY TO THE HEART Rabbis share ancient Chassidic melodies Moderator: Rabbi Yehuda Levin Location: Grand Ballroom, Room 6 17 6:10 p.m. MAARIV – EVENING PRAYER Location: Synagogue, Room 1 Ushering out the Shabbat Queen Moderator : Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman Location: Central Lobby MEN’S SWIM AND FITNESS ROOM Location: Gym 6:45 – 8:10 p.m. Shabbat Shabbat Shabbos 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Friday Friday HAVDALAH CEREMONY Sunday Sunday ZLATA RAZDOLINA AND HER BAND LIVE IN CONCERT (FOR LADIES) Jewish music and song at its best, by internationally acclaimed Israeli composer and performer WIth participation of Mrs. Shternie Kanelsky ЗЛАТА РАЗДОЛИНА И ЕЕ МУЗЫКАНТЫ Концерт лауреата международных конкурсов, известного израильского композитора Златы Раздолиной -авторские песни об Израиле на стихи израильских поэтов, любимые песни на идиш и иврите,зажигательные еврейские танцы, фрагменты из Книги Псалмов, хасидские напевы При участии Штерни Канельской Location: Synagogue, Room 1 A TASTE OF TALMUD (ENGLISH) A text-based study of Purim and the Jewish calendar Rabbi Berel Tauber Location: Room 3 18 Friday 8:30 p.m. MELAVE MALKA DINNER: FAREWELL TO THE SHABBAT QUEEN Greetings: Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov Rabbi Benzion Laskin KEYNOTE ADDRESS DOV HIKIND, DECADES-LONG NY STATE ASSEMBLYMAN AND JEWISH ACTIVIST Sunday Shabbat Master of Ceremonies: Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman ENTERTAINMENT MARC WEINER, POPULAR COMEDIAN, ACTOR, AND PUPPETEER CONCERT WORLD-RENOWNED ISRAELI SINGING SENSATION YISHAI LAPIDOT AND HIS BAND, LIVE IN CONCERT 11:00 PM A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES WITH ARIEL RUBINOV (RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES) The Return: Nektalovs Don’t Give Up Meet Film Director Ariel Rubinov, and the hero of this moving story, Rafael Nektalov. Witness his captivating journey— traumatized by his past, lost in the present—and how the selfless gift of a kidney changed the lives of two men. КИНОЗАЛ ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ: НЕКТАЛОВЫ НЕ СДАЮТСЯ Встреча с режиссером Ариэлем Рубиновым и героем нового документального фильма Рафаэлем Некталовым.Фильм об уникальной судьбе человека и чуде самоотдачи.После тяжелых испытаний Рафаэль получает в подарок ...почку. Это становится началом нового пути. Только встретившись с добротой, жизнь двух людей преобразилась. Location: Room 1 19 SUNDAY, Feb. 14 7:30 - 10 a.m. 8:15 – 9:00 a.m. SHACHARIT - MORNING PRAYER Friday Friday BREAKFAST Location: Synagogue Room 1 Location: Gym 10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Shabbat WOMEN’S SWIM & FITNESS ROOM Sunday OFF-AIR TALK SHOW: STUMP THE RABBI (RUSSIAN) Prepare your most provocative questions ВНЕЭФИРНОЕ ТОК ШОУ “ОЗАДАЧЬ РАВВИНА” Moderator: Rabbi Eli Kogan Panel: Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Rabbi Dovid Karpov Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker Rabbi Berele Zaltzman Location: Room 5 FIND YOUR SOULMATE (ENGLISH) Introduce Yourself Led by Shadchanit Mrs. Chana Raksin Location: Gazebo-Veranda 20 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 p.m. The prophesies of the Biblical End of Days and their relevance to our times Rabbi Isser Wiseberg Location: Room 1 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR SOUL? (ENGLISH) Chassidic melodies are the pen of the Jewish soul Rabbi Yehuda Levin Location: Room 2 Sunday Shabbat Friday ARMAGEDDON AND THE RETURN OF THE PERSIAN BEAR (ENGLISH) GOURMET FISH RECIPE FOR SHABBAT TABLE (RUSSIAN) РУЛЕТ ИЗ РЫБЫ РЕСТОРАННЫЙ РЕЦЕПТ НА СУББОТНЕМ СТОЛЕ Chef Uriel Shtern Location: room 3 DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION RUSSIAN СНЫ И ИХ ИНТЕРПРЕТАЦИЯ Rabbi Baruch Babayov Location: Room 4 PEACE OR PIECES? (RUSSIAN) Would you let a terrorist into your backyard? СОВРЕМЕННОЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ В ИЗРАИЛЕ Мир в обмен на землю? Rabbi Yishaya Gisser Location: Room 7 21 11:25 - 12:10 p.m. CAN WE PLAY G-D? (ENGLISH) Dr. Leah Poltorak Moderator: Dr. Alex Poltorak Shabbat МОЖНО ЛИ ИГРАТЬ В БОГА? Прогресс в науке открывает широкие возможности “коррекции” природы. Точка зрения Торы на одно из самых противоречивых исследований эмбриональные стволовые клетки. Friday Friday Advances in science opened vast possibilities for “correcting” nature. What’s the Torah’s point of view on one of the most controversial areas—embryonic stem cell research? Location: Room 1 Sunday NEGOTIATIONS: YOU CAN NEGOTIATE WITH EVERYONE — YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW RUSSIAN ПЕРЕГОВОРЫ Договориться можно со всеми: с женой, детьми, родителями, коллегами, подчиненными и начальником В основе - правильная методика Michael Bratslavsky Location: Room 2 RIDING LIFE’S ROLLER COASTER: HOW TO HOLD ON (ENGLISH) Stay strong and enjoy the ride tools to deal with life’s challenges and transform difficulties into opportunities Chana Weisberg Location: Room 4 22 Sunday Shabbat Friday 12:20 - 1:05 p.m. ABRA K’ADABRA: THE SECRET OF THE LETTERS THAT THE WORLD WAS CREATED WITH Understanding the hidden meaning of Hebrew words is the key to a happy life АБРАКАДАБРА: СЕКРЕТЫ БУКВ, КОТОРЫМИ БЫЛ СОЗДАН МИР Понимание скрытого смысла ивритских слов - ключ к счастливой жизни, полной смысла Rabbi Benzion Laskin Location: Room 1 TORAH AND TIME MANAGEMENT— GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME “If I only had more time, I would ...” Sounds familiar? Access the tools to manage your time and your life Rabbi Efraim Zaltzman Location: Room 2 LEARN TORAH IN MAME LOSHEN A Torah Class in Yiddish Rabbi Dovid Okunov Location: Room 3 WHAT DID THE MONKEY EVOLVE FROM? (RUSSIAN) A new look at the theory in The Origin of the Species ОТ КОГО ПРОИЗОШЛА ОБЕЗЬЯНА? Попытка нового взгляда на теорию происхождения видов Rabbi Dovid Karpov Location: Room 4 23 Friday Friday ДИСКУССИОННЫЙ КЛУБ ЖУРНАЛИСТОВ (НА РУССКОМ) Boris Tenzer, Russian-American TV host Michael Bratslavsky, Radio host, Davidzon Radio Ari Kagan, Brooklyn District Leader and journalist Michael Nemirovsky, Director of JCRC Moderator: Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov Location: Room 5 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. UNCONVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF CONVENTIONAL PROBLEMS RUSSIAN НЕТРАДИЦИОННОЕ ЛЕЧЕНИЕ ТРАДИЦИОННЫХ ПРОБЛЕМ Dr. Marika Cherfas Location: Room 1 RELIGION: WHAT THE WESTERN WORLD DOESN’T UNDERSTAND (ENGLISH) Sunday Refael Nektalov, Editor-in-cheif, Bukharian Times Shabbat PANEL OF JOURNALISTS (RUSSIAN) 24 The misconception that confuses our response to Jihad, corrupts our moral values, and skews our understanding of America’s founding principles Location: Room 2 Sunday Shabbat Friday Rabbi Velvel Belinsky ARE YOUR READY TO STAND UP FOR ISRAEL AND FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE? How to successfully fight anti-Semites and anti-Semitism ВЫ ГОТОВЫ ЗАЩИЩАТЬ ИНТЕРЕСЫ ЕВРЕЙСКОГО НАРОДА И ИЗРАИЛЯ? Как противостоять антисемитизму и антисемитам? Ari Kagan Location: Room 3 WHEN ANTAGONISTS BECAME PROGENITORS Jewish sages, descendents of foes: a Kabbalistic tour into Jewish history ВЕЛИКИЕ МУДРЕЦЫ – ПОТОМКИ ВРАГОВ СУПОСТАТЫ, ПЕРЕШЕДШИЕ В ИУДАИЗМ Экскурсия в историю с каббалистическим гидом Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker Location: Room 4 25 Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman Shabbat Hear the stories that don’t appear in the book, and have your book signed by the author Friday Friday MEET THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLER, SAMARKAND— THE STORY OF THE HASIDIC UNDERGROUND IN SOVIET RUSSIA Location: Room 5 Sunday FAREWELL LUNCH Conclusion of the program Emcee: Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman Guest Speaker: Ronn Torrossian CLOSING CEREMONY Rabbi Kasriel Kastel Rabbi Binyomin Malachovski Rabbi Baruch Babayov Location: Grand Ballroom, Room 6 4:00 p.m. BUSES DEPART Thank you for joining us for NEXT YEAR IN YERUSHALAYIM! !לשנה הבאה בירושלים 26 Participating Lecturers and Performers Sunday Shabbat Friday Michael Bratslavsky – Radio host, Davidzon Radio Rabbi Baruch Babayov – Bucharian Jewish Community Center, Queens Rabbi Velvel Belinsky – Ariel Jewish Center, Baltimore, MD Dr. Marika D. Cherfas – Doctor of Internal and Holistic Medicine Mrs. Basya Chudaitov – Lecturer on Judaism to the Russian-Jewish Community Rabbi Levi Y. Garelik – Rabbi, Ohel Eliezer Synagogue, Brussels, lecturer at sichosonline.org Rabbi Ishaya Gisser – Spiritual Leader of the Kiev Community; scholar-in-residence at the Steinsaltz Center, Israel Rabbi Eli Goodman – Chabad of the Beaches, Long Beach, New York Dov Hikind – Longtime New York State Assemblyman Rabbi Yochanan Ivry – Congregation Toras Emes of Staten Island Ari Kagan – Brooklyn District Leader and journalist Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky – Bris Avrohom, Executive Director Mrs. Shterney Kanelsky – Bris Avrohom, Associate Director Rabbi Dovid Karpov – Darkei Shalom Synagogue, Moscow Rabbi Kasriel Kastel – Program Director, Lubavitch Youth Organization Rabbi Aryeh Katzin – Dean of Sinai Academy, CEO of RAJE Rabbi Eli Kogan – Jewish Russian Learning Center of S.I. and editor of Ru.Chabad.org Mrs. Tanya Kogan – Jewish Russian Learning Center of Staten Island Rabbi Benzion Laskin – Shabbaton Director and Chamah Program Director Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker – Bris Avrohom, Program Director Mrs. Doba Levin – Chabad of Kensington, Brooklyn, New York Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin – Chabad of Kensington, Brooklyn, N.Y. Rafael Nektalov – Editor-in-chief, the Bukharian Times Dr. Mikhail Nemirovsky – Director of Russian Outreach at JCRC in New York. Dr. Alex Poltorak – Theoretical physicist, professor and CEO of General Patent Corp. Dr. Leah Poltorak – Executive Vice President of Ryogen, a genetic company in Suffern, N.Y. Ariel Roubinov – Critically acclaimed film director and linear editor Rabbi Dan Rodkin – Shaloh House, Russian J.C. of Greater Boston Mrs. Sarah Rodkin – Shaloh House, Russian J.C. of Greater Boston Uriel Shtern – Renowned Chef, Author and star of Dinner in the Big City Mr. Boris Tenzer – Famous Russian-American TV Host Mrs. Chana Weisberg – Famed speaker, best-selling author and columnist, editor of theJewishWoman.org Rabbi Isser Z. Weisberg – Prolific author and Talmudic scholar; master of Jewish Eschatology and Mysticism Cantor Rabbi Berele Zaltzman – Bris Avrohom, Community Development Mrs. Hannah Zaltzman – Young Israel of Brighton Beach, Chabad of Kingsborough, and Camp Gan Israel Chamah 27 Friday Rabbi Efraim Zaltzman – Young Israel of Brighton Beach, Chabad of Kingsborough and Camp Gan Israel Chamah Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman – Chamah International, President LUBAVITCH YOUTH ORGANIZATION Rabbi Kasriel Kastel – Program Director Rabbi Chaim Meir Lieberman – Committee Member ENTERTAINMENT Mrs. Zlata Razdolina – Award-winning Israeli composer and singer Yishai Lapidot – Israeli singing sensation, composer and producer Marc Weiner – Popular American comedian, clown, puppeteer, television producer and voice actor CHAMAH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman – President Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov – Executive Vice President Rabbi Binyomin Malachovski – Executive Director Rabbi Benzion Laskin – Program Director Rabbi Berri Spitezki, Director of Development CHAMAH STAFF Rabbi Menachem Chuzhin Miss Ariel Goldstein Levi Levin Mrs. Elana Litkowski Mrs. Esther Tauber SHABBATON DIRECTOR Rabbi Benzion Laskin SHABBATON PROGRAM COMMITTEE Rabbi Velvel Belinsky Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov Rabbi Kasriel Kastel Rabbi Eli Kogan Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin Rabbi Binyomin Malachovski Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman SHABBATON REGISTRATION COMMITTEE Mrs. Elana Litkowski Mrs. Chana Spitetzki Levi Levin CHILDREN PROGRAM Mrs. Hannah Zaltzman – Director AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNICIANS Shabbat Sunday CATERING Rose Caterers SPECIAL THANKS TO: Mr. Michael Yusupov Rabbi Berele Zaltzman We would like to thank you for coming and sharing this beautiful Shabbaton Weekend Retreat experience with us. You made it A Weekend to Remember! National Russian With p participation p of