SHABBATON
With Rabbi Eliyahu and Mrs. Malka Touger
A SHABBAT OF ENRICHMENT Enjoy a communal shabbat experience with inspiring talks and motivational workshops.
BECOMING WHO ARE WE: THE ART OF PERSONAL GROWTH AND THE MAGIC OF RELATIONSHIPS.
FRIDAY, JULY 22
5:45 pm Malka Touger : Men and Women are from Bereishis.
The Torah describes man and women as having been created as a single unit. Only afterwards, were they separated. Through an analysis of the Talmud’s discussion of how they were created as a unit, we can understand how they can best function as a unit in marriage.
7:00 pm Candle Lighting, Mincha-Maariv
7:30 pm Shabbat Dinner
8:00 pm Malka Touger : What Men and Women Want the Other to Know
The key to a successful marriage relationship is understanding the different traits and tendencies possessed by men and women. Our Sages saw marriage as a contract and gave men and women insights into what they can do to help each other develop and generate harmony with each other.
SHABBAT, JULY 23
9:00 am Rabbi Touger :
Tefilah, Prayer: How a Finite Man/Woman Speaks to an Infinite G‑d
Based on the mystic treatise Shoresh Mitzvas HaTefilah, we will explore how we communicate with G‑d, what is the intent of our prayers, and when they will be answered
10:00am Shabbat Morning Services
12:15pm Kiddush, Shabbat Lunch
1:15 pm Malka Touge r:
Of Journeys and Destinations; Celebrating the process of growth
Our life’s journey is made up of different phases. In a world focused on the bottom line, we ask ourselves: Are we concerned only with the end result or is there meaning and purpose in the stages of the journey necessary to get there?
6:30 pm Malka Touger :
Happy go lucky – How to make joy more than a matter of luck?
Maimonides writes: "The happiness with which a person should rejoice in the fulfillment of the mitzvot and the love of God Who commanded them is a truly great service." The word he uses for “service,” avodah, also means “work.” For happiness to flow spontaneously, a person must work on himself. This talk explores the type of work necessary and the environment that enables it to bear fruit.
7:30 pm Rabbi Touger : In the Paths of Our Fathers.
Insights of Contemporary Relevance from the classic text, Pirkei Avos, the Ethics of Our Fathers.
8:30 pm Mincha, Seudah Shlishit / Light Refreshment
There will be a children’s program during the lectures
Address for FRIDAY and SHABBAT programs: CUPE Building 1505 Carling Ave K1Z 7L9
Shabbaton Cost : Adult $50
Child $25
Family $150
Sponsor $360 (tax receipt given)
Subsidies are available upon request.
SUNDAY, JULY 24
Friendship Circle Program
Friendship Circle Families are invited to the cottage of Roger Greenberg and Cindy Feingold.
10:30 am Breakfast
11:15 am Malka Touger : Overcoming Challenges: Weathering Bumps in Life’s Path
The Bible devotes an entire book, the Book of Job, to the challenge of confronting adversity. Drawing on the insights of that text and the guidance of our Sages, we will explore how difficulty can be used as a springboard to gain greater knowledge of ourselves and a closer bond with G‑d.
There will be a children’s program during the lecture.
For directions please call 613.868.9109
MONDAY, JULY 25
Women’s Day of Learning
Malka Touger :
G-D’S TEMPLE, YOUR SANCTUARY: LIVING A HOLY LIFE WITH A PERSONAL FLAVOR
An exceptional and compelling presentation that has been received with much enthusiasm by many audiences; an eye opener for the uninformed who thought this topic was beyond their grasp or interest. This power point presentation includes the viewing of attractive paintings accompanied by explanations and stories, insights into our daily life derived from the structure and service in the Beis HaMikdash. This presentation enables this fascinating topic to come to life and be within the grasp of any audience.
9:30 am Registration
10:00 am A virtual tour of the Second Temple Part I
11:00 am Break
11:15 am A virtual tour of the Second Temple Part 2
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Malka Touger : Preserving What’s Dearest to Me
An analysis of a Midrashic passage ( Shir HaShirim Rabbah ) that explains how a sage helped a couple confronting challenges navigate through their difficulties.
Address for Monday program: JYL 192 Switzer Ave. Ottawa, K1Z 7H9
Cost : $18
Sponsor $36
Rabbi Eliyahu Touger has been one of the major contributors to the explosion of Jewish publishing, producing numerous translations of Jewish classics including Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, and The Torah Anthology, and Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Baal HaTurim . He has also published the works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and other Chassidic masters, and has authored wide-selling Jewish books such as To Know and To Care, As a New Day Breaks , and the Chassidic Haggadah . A lecturer at the Mayonot Institute in Jerusalem, Rabbi Touger communicates the insights of centuries of Torah scholarship in a vibrant and personally relevant manner.
Malka Touger is a world-renowned educator and lecturer on personal growth and development, family integrity and Jewish women’s topics. She has authored and co-authored several best-selling books such as: Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?, Just My Style – A Tznius Reader, The Secret of Jewish Femininity , Sefer Hamitzvot For Youth and produced a number of educational videos in both English and Hebrew. She lives in Har Nof, Jerusalem, with her husband, Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, and their children.
For more information please call:
Alta Vista Debbie Aarenau 613.736.0910
Barrhaven Leah Lengler 613.823.2982
Centrepointe Norma Silverstone 613.727.7523
Craig Henry Shifra Ioschikhes 613.680.0929
Glebe Jenny Roberge 613.608.6872
Westboro Meira Dachevski 613.868.9109
For reservations please call: Meira Dachevski 613.868.9109