Shavuot 2026

Thursday, May 21 – Erev Shavuot & Tikkun Leil

7:30 am Regular weekday morning service (Chapel)

5:00 pm-6:00 pm Youth Shavuot Tikkun: “The 10 Delicious Commandments” edible Torah-making (Basement)

5:30 pm-5:45 pm Tots Shavuot Story Time with Rabbinic Intern Sue Potechin (Nursery)

Note: No 6:00 pm services today

7:30 pm The Ten Hors D’oeuvres: Revelation Refreshments – sponsored by Victor Rabinovitch and Miriam Bloom-Rabinovitch

8:00 pm Mincha & Shavuot Day 1 Evening services (Chapel)

8:15 pm Candle Lighting 

8:30 pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot – Late Night Study: “Sinai and the Decalogue”

8:30 pm-9:15 pm Keynote Session with Cantor Green

“The Infinite and the Intimate: Tracing the Decalogue’s Descent”

9:20 pm-9:50 pm “Nothing But a Voice”: Encountering God Beyond the Image.  – Orah Liss

9:55 pm-10:25 pm Instant Choir, with Cantor Green: Ki MiTziyon Teitzei Torah (Sulzer)

10:30 pm-11:00 pm  “What’s in a Name? Discover what you didn’t know about Shavuot!” – Rabbinic Intern, Sue Potechin

11:05 pm-11:35 pm  “From the Sea to the Sinai: Can the Free be Commanded?” – Dr. Thomas Bailey

11:40 pm-12:00 am Outdoor reading of Aseret HaD’varim with David Lyman

Friday, May 22 – Shavuot Day 1

9:00 am-12:00 pm Shavuot Day 1 Morning Services, including Akdamut (Chapel)

Kiddush sponsored by The Kiddush Club

5:30 pm-6:40 pm Friday Evening / Shavuot Day 2 Evening Services (Chapel, or Sanctuary big dinner)

6:45 pm Congregational Shavuot Dinner 

8:16 pm Candle Lighting 

Saturday, May 23 – Shavuot Day 2

9:00 am-12:00 pm Shabbat/Shavuot Day 2 Morning Services, including Megillat Rut Ch. 1, Yetziv Pitgam, and Yizkor (Sanctuary)

Kiddush sponsored by David Agulnik in honour of his mother, Janet’s 90th birthday

9:00 am-9:30 am Torah Study, Shavuot Edition, with Rabbinic Intern, Sue Potechin (Simcha Room)

10:45 am-11:45 am Tot Shabbat (Nursery)

10:45 am-12:00 pm Shabbat B’yachad Junior Congregation, Shavuot Edition

9:17 pm Havdallah time