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"Regular" Israel Center classes & lectures - 20NIS for members, 25NIS for non-mem. Life members, 5NIS (except for programs of/with other organizations). No one will be turned away for lack of ability to pay. (Membership is 225NIS per year)
Many Israel Center programs are partially funded by the Jewish Agency for Israel

This Shabbat, Parshat Vayak·hel - Sh’kalim - M’vorchim Adar Bet, there will be an In-House Shabbaton at the Israel Center. In addition to the Shabbaton participants, people in walking distance of the Center are invited to join us for davening and shiurim. Here is the Shabbaton schedule - times are approximate.

FRIDAY
5:00pm Candle lighting
5:10pm Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Dvar Torah by Phil, Maariv
8:45pm Shiur by Rabbi Kilimnick — The Secrets of Simcha Oneg Shabbat

SHABBAT
7:15am Coffee, Tea, and...
7:30am Pre-davening mini-shiur by Phil
8:00am Shacharit, Torah reading, Drasha by Rabbi Eddie Abramson, Musaf
11:00am Kiddush in the Teichman Youth Center
11:30am ParshaPlay by Rabbi Quint & the Quintessential Players
2:30pm Menuchat Shabbat and/or Shiur by Phil
3:45pm Shiur on Parshat HaShavua by Rabbi Kilimnick
4:45pm Mincha
6:10pm Maariv & Havdala (Shabbat-out time - 6:15pm)

Motza’ei Shabbat
Motza’ei Shabbat, Parshat Vayakhel-Shkalim, March 1st, 8:30pm • Learning Disabled or Mislabeled?Tools for teachers and parents to help the underachiever in the classroom and at home with Rabbi Shlomo Kory

Motza’ei Shabbat, March 1st, 8:30pm (rescheduled R&B lecture); Musical Introduction (recorded) "Music from the Shoah" • Holocaust Hero: The Untold Story of how British Rabbi Solomon Shoenfeld Rescued 4,000 Jews from the Holocaust with Dr. David Kranzler, author

Sunday thru Thursday
10:00am The Weekly Mitzvot and Concepts from Minchat Chinuch by Rabbi Dovid Zitter
Resumes IY"H March 12 Wednesday & Thursday mornings (Masechet Avoda Zara), Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Moshe Gorelik
1:20pm Mincha (this time stays the same throughout the year
3:00pm Daf Yomi by Rabbi Shmuel Halpern
4:30pm Shiur in Gemara by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel
The above-mentioned shiurim are in English and take place in the Ganchrow Beit Midrash (first floor, one flight up) • For men who want to do some serious learning...

SUNDAY
9:30am (women) • Mystical Insights into the Months of the Year Golda Warhaftig
10:30am (women) • Let's Learn Chumash • Tonia Frohwein
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:30-12:45
11:30am (men & women) Parshat HaShavua • Shprintzee Herskovits
Sunday, 7:30pm • Jewish Thought as it emerges from the Torah with the help of Ramban's Commentary • Now studying: MAN & WOMAN with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
Sunday, March 2nd, 8:00-10:00pm • Practical Demonstration Learn a self help, stress and trauma relief training, and already FEEL RESULTS that will greatly benefit you and your family. These tools reduce your family health care costs, and are your best preparation for calmly, securely coping with the war fears and anxieties. Best of all---no pills, machines, or gimmicks to buy! EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE Sare physiological, scientific, and you apply them with your own hands www.EFTIsrael.org • www.IsraelTraumaCare.org
Sun. MAR 2, 8:30pm • Erev Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet; Evening of Music, Dance and Joy by women, for women - Tofaah

MONDAY
9:15am • (men & women) Excursions into the World of Nevi'im with Mrs. Pearl Borow
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:00-12:30
Purim, Pesach and general Judaica items for sale by L.A.K. Creations
Guidelines Over 250 of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about PurimGuidelines Over 500 of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about Pesach
Both on sale at special price for the Israel Center family
10:30am • (men &women) • Rambam's 13 Principles with Rabbi Zev Leff
Monday, March 3rd, 11:36am • Rambam’s Diet with Yaakov Gerlitz Dipl. Ac, Practitioner of Chinese Medicine, Shaarei Zedek Hospital
SLIM FOR LIFE Group weight-loss program for women • No obligation for the first session • Qualified nutritional advisor on hand • NOW on Mondays, from 11:35am • Elisheva999-6479
Women's Beit Midrash Program • Mondays 3:00-4:00pm: Guided Chevruta Study in Tanach and Jewish Thought
4:00-5:00pm: Shiur on “The Life of Avraham” In-Depth study of Chumash B’reishit with Rashi with Rabbi David Derovan
Mondays, 7:30pm • Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg on Parshat HaShavua
Lecture Series in Hebrew beginning Mon. March 3 (5 weeks) ar 7:30pm on AN Introduction to the World of the Temple in Jerusalem by Rabbi Menachem Makover
Special Bonus Shiur for Leil Rosh Chodesh Adar • Monday, March 3rd, 9:00pm • Insights into Adar & Purim with Rabbi Eddie Abramson

TUESDAY
Jerusalem College for Adults: 9:00-10:00am • The World of Mishna; Halacha, Hashkafa, and History with Rabbi Aharon Adler
10:15-11:15am • Parshat HaShavua with Rabbi Sholom Gold
The Yad Yaakov Center for Jewish Education classes at the Israel Center. The Unfolding Redemptive History of Israel in Biblical Texts with Rav Yosef Leibowitz on Tuesday mornings, 9:00-10:30am. Call 051-639-921 for further information
9:00am • In-depth study of the weekly Haftara • Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55am • Purim in Aggada and Halacha • Dr. Hayim Abramson
10:50-11:40am • Parshat haShavua with Rabbi Mordechai Spiegelman
The Israel Center and the Old City Free Loan Association Gemach - Free Loan Society to provide interest-free loans for people in financial distress. Interviews at the Center on Tuesdays from 10:00-12:00 Please bring ID
N'SHEI LIBRARY 12:00-1:00pm
11:45am • Chabad insights into Parshat HaShavua and the Actualia of Our Time
(women only) with Raizel Zisk
NEW CLASS at the ISRAEL CENTER • Tuesdays at 8:00pm • Guide to the Concepts, Laws,and Practices of Shabbat by Rabbi Yehoshua Freilichm Dean, Be’er Miriam College, Har Nof • Emphasis on practical matters, but Hashkafa will also be examined • Each class will stand on its own • Open to men and women
Tue. MAR 4, 8:00pm, The Hidden Enemy of the Purim Story • Jewish Values Education Institute presents Shprintzee Herskovits with an incisive new look at Megilat Esther

WEDNESDAY
9:30am Towards a More Meaningful Davening Dr. Joel Luber
10:30am Break the Fear Habit... and LIVE! with Alan Romm
Jerusalem College for Adults: 9:00-10:15am • Civil Marriages with Rabbi Macy Gordon
10:30-12:00 noon; Parshat HaShavua with Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Wednesday, March 5th, 2:00pm; Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet Luncheon • Guest speaker: Mayor Daniella Weiss of K’dumim; Delicious festive meal (meat); 50NIS p.p. (60NIS for non-member) • Reservations REQUIRED (by Mar.3) • We all like to show our solidarity with Jews living in Yehuda, Shomron & Azza. After you have heard this speaker, you will realize that, in the spirit of Purim, she is doing more for us than we are doing for her
3:00pm (men & women) • Women in Tanach with Pearl Borow
Jewish Values Education Institute of the OU Israel Center
Women’s Beit Midrash • Acquire study skills and knowledge crucial to your life as a Jew - join us! Wednesdays (and Mondays) 3:00-5:00pm, Women in Tanach (see above)
Guided Chavruta study with Pearl Borow • Fees for the Shiurim only! 20NIS members/25NIS non-members
Wednesday, March 5th, 1:00-9:30pm • Is the Coming War with Iraq predicted in the Bible Codes? Come find out the answer to this and your other questions at the Root & Branch Association (in cooperation with the Israel Center) • SECOND BIBLE CODES CONFERENCE
1:00pm: “Around the Year: Secrets of the Torah” (in English), Illustrated Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Yochanan Spielberg, Physicist, Producer, "Bible Search Pro" CD-ROM [ www.TorahSoft.com ]
2:30pm: “G’matriya (numeric values) – What it is and what it isn’t" (Eng.), Computer assisted talk by Phil Chernofsky, Educational Director, OU Israel Center; Editor, Torah Tidbits [tt@ou.org]
4:00pm: “New Approach to Bible Codes Research” (in English) Illustrated lecture by Mr. Nachum Bombach, CPA
5:30pm: “Long (up to 30 letters) Phrases in the Bible Codes” (in English), Illustrated Lecture by Professor Eliyahu Rips Dept. of Mathematics, Hebrew U.
7:00pm: “Bible Codes and Current Events” (in Hebrew), Illustrated Lecture by Mr. Igor Picetsky
8:30pm: “Bible Codes: From Layman to Layman” (in English), Illustrated Lecture by Mr. Art Levitt Computer Analyst in the field of chemistry
Breaks between lectures for Q&A and/or refreshments available at the Center’s Cafe • Note: Program may be enlarged by additional speakers • Info: rb@rb.org.il • NIS25 per person (for any and all lectures), members NIS20, students NIS10
7:30pm • Jewish Philosophy Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the Perplexed Now studying: Rambam’s approach to Darchei Emori and Segula with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
8:00-10:00pm • Aliya Counseling with Miriam Bass
Please note: The Israel Center Cafe will be open on Wednesdays - 10:00am to 9:00pm for snacks and meals. Enjoy

THURSDAY
10:30am • Into the depths of the Hagada with Rabbi David J. Derovan • Regular fee • No charge for volunteers
Sometime IY”H • Shmooze while you fold; Divrei Torah, verbal tidbits, Q&A, and... with Phil
Thursdays at 7:30pm • The Israel Center Men and Boy's choir • Details and to confirm, call Yisrael Shwarzstein: 02 5833389
8:00pm • Stories from the Gemara • Reb Yosef Schreiber
8:30pm • The History of Zionism understood through the Teachings of the Maharal; An AM SEGULA lecture series by Eli Yosef
10:10-11:00pm • TORAH TIDBITS AUDIO with Phil Chernofsky Thursday nights on Arutz-7, 98.7FM and 1539AM And on Arutz-7’s website, live or archived www.israelnationalnews.com

Friday
9:00am • in-Depth Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Chaim Eisen

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Motza’ei Shabbat, March 8, 8:30pm • 20NIS per person • Concert by Naftali Abramson & his band Ayala Shlucha • Come join us with your friends and the chevre from the "Yachad" Shabbaton Separate dancing • Naftali's new album "Todah" will be on sale
Sunday, March 9, 9:00am-5:00pm • Emotional Freedom Techniques; Stress and trauma relief self-help training with immediate, profoundly effective results. Bring several big problems today and expect to make progress! Successfully cope with the war fears and anxieties, and when nothing else helps Physiological, scientifically proven, and applied simply with your own hands This remarkable tool will change your life — today you will gain sufficient skills to proficiently apply EFT for yourself and others Reduce your family health care costs, and best of all---NO pills, machines, or gimmicks to buy www.EFTIsrael.org • www.IsraelTraumaCare.org • info. and preregistration: 054-311-711 or 02-992-0440 • 120š donation to Amuta Israel Trauma Care / EFT Israel
Sunday, March 9, 8:00pm • ADHD, Self-esteem and the Technology Culture; Tools for teachers and parents to help the ADHD child at home and in the classroom with Rabbi Shlomo Kory
Monday and Tuesday, 7:30-9:30pm, March 10-11 • Mask Making for Purim • 50/60NIS
Thursday, March 13, 8:00pm • Jewish Statesmanship by Prof. Paul Eidelberg • Info: 053-594-535
Tuesday, March 18 • Purim Extravaganza for Kids • 10:00am - 1:00pm
Thursday, March 20, 8:00pm • Performance of the Israel Center Men & Boys’ Choir and mini-lecture on the Choir in the Beit HaMikdash by Catriel Sugarman

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