Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi overseas:
Tentative schedule in USA early April:
April 1-2: Shabbaton in Columbia University for Gush and Migdal Oz bogrim7:01pm Shabbat Begin
7:15pm Mincha
8:30pm Dinner
10:30pm Tish/Oneg Q&A
Shabbat: April 2nd
9:15am Shacharit:
11:15am Kiddush
11:45am Shiur: Sefer VaYikra and Parashat Hachodesh
12:30pm Lunch
6:40pm Mincha, Seudat Shleshit, Shir HaShirim: Chag HaPessach and Ahavat Hashem
8:10pm Maariv
Sunday April 3rd
8:50am Shiur at Rinat, Teaneck, NJ The Connection between Chag HaPesach and Chag HaMatzot
7:30pm Shiur: Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim: Our History or Our Story? At the Home of Amy Kenter and Michael Shapiro 4120 Suffield Court Skokie ILMonday April 4th
9:00 am Shiur to students, Ida Crown
10:15 pm Rav Gigi will be visiting YU for a Rosh Chodesh party, April 4th at 10:15PM and will be meeting with chevre at the apartment of Michael Greenberg on 184th between Amsterdam and Audubon. Email Michael at michaeljgreenberg@gmail.com or call his cell 347-752-0594 for instructions.
Tuesday April 5th
9:00am shiur at SAR on Pesach for High School Juniors
12:30pm Lunch & Learn Korban Pessach: Eating from G-d's Portion @Kaye Scholer at 425 Park Ave
8:30pm Parents meeting in Teaneck @Eli and Miriam Berman
Wednesday April 6th
6:30pm dinner with Bogrim in Toronto, Ontario8:00pm Shiur Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim: Our History or Our Story? At Jeremy and Shawna Magence 44 Hefhill Court, Thornhill. Open to the community.
Thursday April 7th
9:00am Shiur to 11th and 12th graders, Or Chaim
12:00pm Lunch and Learn at University of Toronto, Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life 36 Harbord St.
Toronto, ON M5S 1G2 416-913-2424
Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi spent a week in South Africa the first week of March 2011, giving shiurim and reconnecting with alumni in both the Johannesburg and Capetown communities. For more information please contact Rabbi Jonathan Glass .
Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein spent two weeks in January meeting with prospective students, parents and alumni in several major cities across the United States and Canada, including Cleveland, Bergenfield, Chicago, Toronto and Boston.
Shiur and Tisch with Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein and Rav Daniel Rhein - Shabbat Parshat Bo
Alumni and prospective talmidim were invited to hear a shiur by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein, Friday Leil Shabbat Parshat Bo, at 8 pm, at the home of alumnus Judah and Shayna Goldberg, 42 Greenbriar St, Bergenfield, NJ. The topic was "The Role of King in Jewish Society." The shiur was also followed by a tisch, beginning at 9pm.
Sunday morning January 9th, he met with the Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon of Yeshiva University and spoke on "Rethinking Contemporary Modern Orthodoxy."
Alumni Shabbaton in Teaneck
The annual Yeshivat Har Etzion Alumni Shabbaton with Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein took place on October 29-30, Shabbos Parshat Chaye Sara at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Alumni representing all machzorim joined together to share their memories of the Yeshiva with each other and with the Rosh Yeshiva. It was an enjoyable Shabbat, with shared meals, shiurim and sichot, in a warm atmosphere. The Teaneck community was invited to hear Rav Lichtenstein speak over the course of Shabbat.
HaRav Gigi in South Africa Summer 2010
This past summer, Rosh HaYeshiva Rav Baruch Gigi visited South Africa for a month with his family. In Johannesburg he gave shiurim at the Mizrachi Kollel, which was established by Har Etzion alumnus Rav Doron Podlashuk ’96, and he also gave many shiurim and sichot to the wider community. In addition, Rav Gigi visited Cape Town for a Shabbat, where he met with community members there and gave shiurim in the local shul.
“Our bogrim in Johannesburg are very active in strengthening the Jewish community in general and raising the level of Torah in particular,” notes Rav Gigi with pride.
Photo: Rav Gigi in Capetown 2009
