SHAVUOT SCHEDULE—2024
WESTWOOD KEHILLA
 
Tuesday, June 11 – EREV YOM TOV.
 
SHAVUOT DAY 1, Tuesday Night AND Wednesday, June 11-12

SHAVUOT EVENING
 
7:50 pm Mincha
 
7:47 pm Candle Lighting for the Holiday [~18 minutes before Shkiah (sunset) at 8:05:29 pm PDT]
 
8:05 pm Shiur
 
8:49 pm  Maariv [Tzeit Hakochavim (three stars) at 8:49:20 pm]
Maariv and Kiddush should not be said before 8:49 pm, in order to permit the full forty-ninth day of Sefira to end before the Holiday.  Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting and Kiddush. 
 
9:15 pm Dinner at the Kehilla [Please RSVP to [email protected]].    
 
10:30pm - 12:30am Learning at the Westwood Kehillah
         – Identifying our Jewish Identity – What [not Who] is a Jew?
 
All night learning at the Westwood Beit Knesset:
Approximately 12:00am - 5:00am. There will be many options for classes at the WBK, including a class by Rabbi Mendel Meyers. Rabbi Stewart will be learning a Talmudic sugya in depth from 3-5am.
 
SHAVUOT DAY 1, Wednesday, June 12th   
At the Westwood Beit Knesset:
 
5:00 am Early Shacharit Begins
 
5:41 am Netz haChamah [Earliest Reciting the Amidah of Shacharit – Sunrise at 5:44:13 AM]
 
At the Westwood Kehilla:
 
9:30 am Shacharit    
 
9:17 am Latest Shema (it should be said before coming to Shul)
 
Brunch in Shul [RSVP to Lorne for the Brunch]
 
 
SHAVUOT DAY 2, Wednesday Evening, June 12th
 
7:00: pm Shiur – Moshe Kibel Torah miSinai [Pirkei Avot 1-1]
 
7:47  Regular Candle lighting for Second day of Shavuot [~18 minutes before Shkiah (sunset) at 8:05:53 pm PDT]
 
7:50 pm Mincha
 
8:49 pm  Maariv [Tzeit Hakochavim (three stars) at 8:49:46 pm]
Maariv and Kiddush should not be said before 8:49
Kiddush (For Shabbat and the Holiday) can be said after 8:48 pm. Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting or Kiddush.
 
SHAVUOT DAY 2, Thursday, June 13th
 
9:00 am    Shacharit
                                                      
9:18 am    Latest Shema (Say before coming to Shul - Gra & Baal HaTanya)
 
9:45 am    Festive Hallel
(Come to Shul, Bring your Energy, and get ready to feel the day!)                                                      
 
Megillat Ruth is recited
 
Drasha by Rabbi Stewart
 
10:45am (Approx.)  Yizkor                                  
 
 
SHAVUOT DAY 2 AFTERNOON (At Westwood Kehilla)                    
 
5:30pm Women’s Shiur: Exploring Megillat Rut at the Meyers [10592 Wilkins Ave]
 
6:45pm Shiur at Shul
 
7:45 pm   Mincha [Shkiah (sunset) at 8:06:16 pm PDT]
                                                      
8:00 pm   Ne’ilas HaChag—Singing, and Everyone is invited to share Dvvrei Torah
 
8:50 pm   Holiday Ends and Havdalah