Am Echad, Lev Echad | One People, One Heart

Join us at Beth Tzedec as we kick off a night learning, prayer, conversation—and cheesecake!—at our annual Tikkun Leyl Shavuot.

We begin the evening with a keynote with Yehuda Slater alongside Rabbi Fryer Bodzin, followed by the Mincha and Festival Ma'ariv Service, learning sessions and cheesecake breaks, and concluding with a midnight Torah reading.

Kids in grades 2 to 6 are welcome to register for the Shavuot Sleep-Under program. more info>>

TIKKUN LEYL SHAVUOT SCHEDULE

7:30 p.m— Pre-Yom Tov Keynote
Yehuda Slater in conversation with Rabbi Fryer Bodzin

8:35 p.m.—Mincha and Festival Ma'ariv

9:05 p.m.—First Breakout Sessions

• Rabbi Steven Wernick: Am Echad, Lev Echad? Guiding Texts for Moments of Chaos
• Daniel Silverman: Dawn of Our Redemption? A Critical Reading of the Prayer for the State of Israel

9:50 p.m.—Break, including Motzi and more substantial food, followed by Birkat

10:15 p.m.— Second Breakout Sessions

• Rabbi Fryer Bodzin: That '70s Shiur
• Cantor Sidney Ezer, Asher Farber and The HarmonEzers: Yigdal—Melodies of the Western European Tradition

11:00 p.m.—Cheesecake: The Sequel!

11:15 p.m.—Third Breakout Session

• Rabbi Lara Rodin: Sof Tov: Holding Hope Through Song

12:00 a.m.—Midnight Torah Reading

Born and raised on Kibbutz Ein Tzurim, Yehuda Slater now lives in Toronto with his talented wife Shirel—who leads teen engagement at Beth Tzedec—and their three young children. They're building a life rooted in the Jewish people and the Zionist dream, filled with laughter, laundry, reserve duty and the occasional sleepless night. 

Yehuda is curious about economics, history, and Judaism, and he loves exploring where ancient events meet modern life.