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Seventh Annual Yarchei Kallah


Seventh Annual Darche Noam Institutions Yarchei Kallah
"Individuality, Relationships, and Marriage,"
July 14-16, 2002

Read on to find out about previous Yarchei Kallahs:
Last year's: "The Power of Prayer"
3-5 Av, 5761 / July 23-25, 2001

Last year's Yarchei Kallah had a unique energy to it. There are no lack of reasons: a topic at the core of Judaism and on everyone's minds; an actively participating capacity crowd; dynamic, insightful, well-prepared and interesting lecturers, in addition to good planning and direction that allowed everything to flow extremely smoothly.

[Some of] The Speakers:


Welcome and Introduction
Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky

“Preparation for Prayer”
Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld

Kavanah” -- Rabbi Zev Leff

Lunch and Lecture:
“We are Never Alone”
Rabbi Leib Kelemen
Chavruta Preparation and
Text-based shiur on “Shmoneh Esreh”
Rabbi Menachem Farber

The full program:
Unfortunately, due to health problems, Rav Shlomo Wolbe, shlita, was not able to deliver opening remarks as scheduled.

Monday, July 23
Welcome and Introduction -- Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky
“Kavanah” -- Rabbi Zev Leff
Lunch and Lecture: “We are Never Alone” -- Rabbi Leib Kelemen
Chavruta Preparation and Text-based shiur on “Kriat Shema”
Afternoon Workshops:
Men: “Preparation for Prayer” -- Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld
Women: “Tehillim” -- Mrs. Menucha Chwat

Tuesday, July 24
“Philosophical Issues in Prayer” -- Rabbi Natan Lopez Cordozo
Chavruta Preparation and Text-based shiur on “Shmoneh Esreh”
Lunch and Lecture:
“Tales of Prayer” -- Rabbi Hanoch Teller
Workshops: “Two Chasidic Approaches towards Prayer: Breslov and Chabad” -- Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum and Rabbi Mendel Gluckowsky

Wednesday, July 25
“Kaballah and Prayer” -- Rabbi David Aaron
Chavruta Preparation and Text-based shiur on “Prayer in Tanach”
Lunch and Lecture: “Shmoneh Esreh: Mirror of the Jewish Year” -- Rabbi Sholom Gold
“Kaddish” -- Rabbi Berel Wein


Chavruta Preparation Session

The Yarchei Kallah was sponsored by The Himmelman Family
in memory of Bracha bat David (Bunny) Himmelman


The Jerusalem Himmelmans -- Tzvi Michael, Ruth, and Hadassah Chana

Read Yarchei Kallah: Retrospective and Prospective for more about our previous Yarchei Kallah, "Fashioning the Torah Personality: The Challenge and Imperative of Character Development."


The Yarchei Kallah Faculty (Faculty biographies)
The faculty of the Darche Noam Institutions is a gifted group of Jewish scholars and educators
trained in the world's top yeshivot, women's seminaries and universities. They span the spectrum of halachic and ideological streams in the Torah-observant community.

Guest lecturers include renowned speakers and authors Rabbis David Aaron, Natan Lopez-Cardozo, Mendel Gluckowsky, Sholom Gold, Avraham Greenbaum, Leib Kelemen, Zev Leff, Hanoch Teller, Berel Wein and Mrs. Menucha Chwat.

:
"Fashioning the Torah Personality:
The Challenge of Character Development"

Summer 5760 / 2000

"Torah Im Derech Eretz"
Summer 5759 / 1999
(see Rabbi Breitowitz's Torah and the Professions)

"The Jew in the Marketplace: Jewish Business Ethics"
Summer 5758 / 1998
Listen to tapes "Dilemmas in Downsizing" and "Lifnim Mishurat Hadin"

"Parents and Children: Family Dynamics Through the Lens of Torah"
Summer 5757 / 1997
Listen to audio: Philosophical Significance of Honoring Parents

"Peace, Principles and Pluralism"
Summer 5756 / 1996
Listen to audio: Amalek: Race or Typology?