Spring 2006
Sunday March 5th, 2006, 9:30AM - 5:30 PM
@ The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th St
co-sponsored by: The Carlebach Shul & The JCC in Manhattan
Speakers:
Rabbi Avraham Brandwein - Desire and Determination
Rabbi Naftali Citron - Kabbalistic Meditation to transform your life
Rabbi Laibl Wolf - The Ego in Spirituality / The Kabbalah of Mind Yoga
Rabbi Simon Jacobson - Kabbalah of Soulmates
Dr. Raphael Kellman - The Future of Science and Medicine as revealed by Kabbalah
Chani Citron - Kabbalah of Holistic Nutrition
Panel - Transforming Negative Emotions with the Light of Kabbalah
Rabbi Dr. Yakov Travis - Kabbalah from Moses to Madonna
Melinda (Mindy) Ribner - The Power of the Feminine
Rabbi Dov Ber Pinson - Kabbalistic Views on Reincarnation (advanced workshop)
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Tentative Schedule:
Registration 9:30am Rabbi Naftali Citron
Welcome 10:00am
Keynote 10:15-11:15am Rabbi Brandwein and Rabbi Citron “Desire and Determination”
Talk 11:20-12pm Rabbi Citron, talk and meditation
12pm – 1pm Rabbi Yakov Travis - Kabbalah from Moses to Madonna
Lunch 1-1:45pm
Workshop I, 2:00pm - 3:15pm: Dr. Raphael Kellman; Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Workshop II, 3:30-4:45pm Rabbi Laibl Wolf; Rabbi Yakov Travis; Mindy Ribner; Rabbi Brandwein
Closing 4:50-5:30pm Rabbi Laibl Wolf
(Schedule is a subject to change)
+ additional speakers to be announced
Price: $50 in advance, $60 at the door - lunch available for purchase
Reservations: Please Contact The JCC or click here. (Opens in New Window)
JCC Code#: MAKDAY00W6 JCC Reservations: (646)505-5708.
More info here: http://www.carlebachshul.org/UpSchedule/KabbalahDay.htm
For more info go to: www.carlebachshul.org, call 212-580-2391 or email info@carlebachshul.org
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PRESENTER BIOS:
RABBI NAFTALI CITRON: Kabbalistic meditation to transform your life - Learn the spiritual lexicon
that can jumpstart the power of your imagination. Rabbi Citron is the spiritual leader of the Carlebach
Shul. He has been teaching Kabbalah, Chassidus and Meditation for over 10 years. He served
earlier as Rabbi of the Highland Lakes Shul in Florida and The Jewish Learning Center in Santa
Cruz, California. He has been instrumental in creating the Rosh Chodesh Institute, the Carlebach
Conference, the Sefirah trail and the Day of Kabballah.
RABBI AVRAHAM BRANDWEIN: Kabbalah of Desire and Determination
Will and pleasure are the strongest internal forces within a person, powering the individual and the
world at large. Learn how to harness them towards fulfilling your cosmic destiny. Rav Avraham
Brandwein is one of the most respected authorities on Kabbalah today. He may be the only surviving
individual who learned Kabbalah directly from Rav Yehuda Ashlag, his uncle, the author of the"
Sulam", one of the most profound Kabbalist of the 20th century. His father, Rav Yehuda Tzvi was the
primary student of Rav Yehuda Leib Ashlag, z"l. Rav Ashlag unlocked Kabbalah's great mysteries
with his masterpiece on the Zohar known as the "Sulam" making the Zohar accessible to many more
people. The synthesis of the Ari and the Zohar's Teachings as well as his openness to sharing and
explaining the Kabbalah are some of the hallmarks of his views. Rav Brandwein is sought out, far and
wide, for his advice and guidance.
DR. RAPHAEL KELLMAN: Mind over Matter
Doctor Kellman will speak about the role of mind, body interplay through the teachings of Kabbalah.
He is a healer whose work is firmly founded in traditional medicine as well as in spiritual awareness.
He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his post-graduate training at
outstanding hospitals. Dr. Kellman is the founder of the Kellman Center for Progressive Medicine in
New York. He is the author of several books, including Matrix Healing: Discover Your Greatest Health
Potential Through the Power of Kabbalah.
MELINDA (MINDY) RIBNER: The Power of the Feminine Kabbalah predicts that it is the feminine
principle that will lead the new order to heal our so very troubled world. What is this power of the
Feminine forecasted in kabbalah? How will the Divine feminine on high and on this Earth be restored
to the proper and optimal balance with the masculine? This session will include kabbalistic teaching
and meditation along with discussion to awaken the power of the feminine in men or woman alike.
Melinda (Mindy) Ribner L.C.S.W., a kabbalistic meditation teacher, a psycho-spiritual therapist and
healer for more than 20 years. She is the founder and director of BeitMiriam. A close disciple of
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, she received semicha from him to teach Torah, meditation, and prayer.
She is the author of several books including Everyday Kabbalah and Kabbalah Month by Month.
RABBI LAIBL WOLF - The Ego in Spirituality Australian Rabbi Wolf has been a spiritual mentor and
a teacher of the mystical side of Judaism for 32 years. Laibl has developed the original system of
"Behavioral Kabbalah", called MindYoga, which transmutes the ancient mystical teachings into a
pathway of personal fulfillment. He is attuned to the similarities between Eastern spirituality and the
kabbalah, he has met with many leaders of other spiritual communities. Melbourne University has
appointed Rabbi Wolf as its founding lecturer in Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality, he is the author of
Practical Kabbalah. He is also a lawyer and educational psychologist, specializing in teenage
rebellion. Laibl founded and heads the Human Development Institute, and dedicated it to the
progress of humankind through insight and personal mastery.
RABBI DR. YAKOV TRAVIS - Kabbalah from Moses to Madonna Rabbi Travis received Rabbinic
Ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem and then a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from Brandeis
University, specializing in Kabbalah. His writings and courses focus on Jewish spirituality, from the
Bible to the present. He taught for many years in Jerusalem, served as spiritual leader of McGill
University's Hillel and was visiting professor at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His first book,
The Foundation of Kabbalah: Rabbi Ezra of Gerona, The Emergence of Jewish Mysticism and The
Mystical Meaning of the Mitzvot, will be available in 2006. His next book is entitled Kabbalah: From
Moses to Madonna. An innovative scholar and educator, Dr. Travis is co-founder of E-Idra, an online
community for scholars of Jewish Mysticism, and founding director of Siegal College's pioneering
RUACH Masters Program in Jewish Spirituality. He also participates regularly in local and national
interfaith programs.
RABBI SIMON JACOBSON: Kabbalah of soul mates - If souls are destined to be together, why is it
so hard to find a sidduch? Is it possible to have more than one soulmate? Can I be blocking my vision
from recognizing my own soulmate? Practical steps to find a bashert. For fourteen years Rabbi
Simon Jacobson was responsible for publishing the talks of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the
Lubavitcher Rebbe o.b.m. A widely traveled and prolific public speaker, Rabbi Jacobson lives in
Brooklyn New York. He is the founder of the Meaningful Life Center, which builds bridges between
the secular and the spiritual and helps people discover the deeper meaning of their lives based on
the three-thousand-year-old wisdom of the sages. He is the author of several books including
Toward a Meaningful Life.
Price: $50 in advance, $60 after Feb 27th - lunch not included.
Reservations, Please Contact The JCC click here. (Opens in New Window)
JCC Code#: MAKDAY00W
JCC Reservations: (646)505-5708 or email: info@carlebachshul.org
