El Salvador to hold weekend Shabbaton with special guests Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum
The El Salvador Bnei Anousim community is holding a seminar this weekend. Filled with classes, prayer, singing and shared meals, the Shabbaton will feature as guest speakers Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum.
But perhaps the highlight of the weekend will be a visit to San Salvador’s Quetzaltepec volcano, which rises up from the western side of country’s capital city. Participants will eat breakfast and discuss future community projects in the stunning shadow of the volcano.
Here is the schedule for the Shabbaton.
Thursday
17:50 Mincha (afternoon) and Aravit (evening) prayers in San Salvador.
18:30 – 19:30 Meeting with the presidents of the communities and the representative of the Jewish Agency in El Salvador.
Friday
06:00 – Shacharit (morning) prayers at San Salvador
10:00 – Visit to the Bnei Anousim community of Armenia
12:00 – Visit to the Bnei Anousim community of Izalco
13:00 – Return to San Salvador
17:45 – Candle lighting
17:50 – Mincha
18:15 – Kabbalat Shabbat and Aravit with Divrei Torah (words of Torah) by Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum
20:00 – Shabbat dinner with Divrei Torah by Michael Freund and one of the young community members
Shabbat
7:00 – Halacha (Jewish Law) class with Rabbi Isaac Aboud (Shavei Israel’s emissary to El Salvador)
8:00 – Shacharit
10:30 – Kiddush
11:00 – Shabbat lunch
12:00 – Conference of the emissary of the Jewish Agency
14:30 – How Shavei Israel was born and Shavei’s activities with Bnei Anousim with Michael Freund
15:45 – Mincha
16:15 – Seuda Shlishit (third meal) and singing
16:45 – Divrei Torah with Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum
18:45 – Aravit and Havdalah ceremony closing Shabbat
19:00 – Talks from the presidents of the communities
19:30 – Musical Melave Malkah
Sunday
07:00 – Shacharit at San Salvador
09:00 – Breakfast at a Volcano and meeting about future projects of the community