Shavuot

Come celebrate Shavuot with Congregation Kol Ami! On Shavuot we received the Ten Commandments and the Torah. To commemorate the revelation we study, pray, and eat cheesecake!

This year we will be hosting an interfaith panel discussion led by Rabbi Spector and including Elder Kevin Pearson, Avais Ahmed, and Rabbi Hecht About the subject "Why Choose Faith?" 

Sunday, June 1st
7:00pm — Erev Shavuot Dinner
Join us for a dairy/vegetarian dinner cooked by Kol Ami Member, William Calderon.
RSVP by Thursday, May 29th!
$12 per person

7:45pm — Interfaith Panel, Ma'ariv Service, and Tikkun Leil Shavuot Text Study
Join us at Congregation Kol Ami for Shavuot, our holiday where we celebrate the receiving of the Torah and 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai, for this special evening co-sponsored by Congregation Kol Ami and Temple Har Shalom. Following our dinner at 7:00pm, Rabbi Spector will moderate an interfaith panel featuring Rabbi Jonathan Hecht, interim rabbi of Temple Har Shalom and former dean of the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Elder Brian K. Taylor, Utah Area President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Avais Ahmed, co-founder the Utah Muslim Civic League. The panel will focus on themes of Shavuot of revelation and conversion in the leaders' respective faiths. Following the panel, there will be a brief Ma'ariv Service, and then an interfaith Tikkun Leil Shavuot text study from our panelists, Rabbi Spector, and Cantor Davis. This will be a truly special and unique evening bringing together friends of Abrahamic Faiths with unique traditions.

Monday, June 2nd
9:30am — Shavuot Day 1 Service

12:15pm — Lunch & Learn
Join us after our Shavuot morning services for a special Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Spector and guest speaker Jan Saeed. Jan will offer insights into the Baha’i Faith, explore its connections to Judaism, and open a meaningful conversation around the holiday’s central themes of revelation and conversion.
RSVP here!
While there is no cost for this event, donations are greatly appreciated.


Tuesday, June 3rd
9:30am — Shavuot Day 2 and Yizkor Service
 

Underwriting opportunities are available. Please contact Galit Livne, Program & Engagement Coordinator, for more information.