Please join us on Shabbat Lech Lecha October 27-28 
as we welcome Rabbi Saul J. Berman to our Bayit

Rabbi Saul J. Berman was born and raised in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. He was ordained at Yeshiva University, completed a JD degree at New York University Law School, an M.A. in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley, and did advanced studies in Jewish Law at Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University Law Schools.

Rabbi Berman serves as a Professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College where he teaches Jewish Law related to Medical Ethics, Business Ethics, Contemporary Social and Political Issues, and Liturgy. He serves also as an Adjunct Professor and Rotter Fellow of Talmudic Law at Columbia University School of Law, teaching seminars in Jewish Law. He is the author of many articles and of a book entitled, "Boundaries of Loyalty: Testimony Against Fellow Jews in Non-Jewish Courts."

Shabbat Schedule:

Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:50 PM

Friday Night: Between Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv
Introduction to Kabbalat Shabbat - The Paragraphs of Lechu N'ranena

Shabbat Morning Derashah: Before Musaf
Malkitzedek and Birkat HaMazon

Shiur After Kiddush: 12:15 PM
The Avodah of Preparation: Sacrifices, Prayer and Shabbat

Before Mincha: 4:35 PM
On the Order and Disorder of the Components of Prayer : Praise, Petition and Gratitude

Rabbi Berman will be joining us at the Bayit as scholar in residence for two Shabbatot. Join us also on November 17-18 for part 2. More details TBA.