Join the Rav and Karen, and thousands of students from around the world, for this year’s Rosh Hashanah connection in Florida. This holiday is a two-day opening in the kabbalistic calendar, allowing you the ability to plant your field of dreams for the entire year to come.
Most people think Rosh Hashanah is the New Year, but it actually occurs in the seventh month of the astrological cycle.
Rosh means ‘head’, and Hashanah means ‘the year.’ A more accurate definition is head of the year, or seed of the year. Kabbalah explains the first 6 months of the year is when you are planting ‘seeds.’ These seeds are your actions, words, and thoughts. The second half of the year is harvest time.
Rosh Hashanah is the two-day interval between these two time periods, a break before cause goes into effect, allowing you to create the reality you want by bringing in the Creator’s Light at the beginning.
Just as a healthy apple seed begets a healthy apple tree, the consciousness and actions you plant on Rosh Hashanah determine how your dreams will manifest in the year to come.
There’s a voice inside all of us that says we don’t matter, we don’t count, and we can’t help. But we need to know that this is the same voice that has kept the world mired in pain and suffering throughout the history of civilization.
The Rav and I are asking everyone to pay attention to what really matters this year. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the beginning for all of us. It is the birth of humanity, where we all began. And it’s where we can replant the seed of our lives and of our world. Each one of us is a tiny seed on the scale, but we never know who is going to be the last one to tip the scales in our favor.
More than ever we see, both on the news and in our neighborhoods, that humanity is desperate for a new direction. Let us provide that direction, let us put an end to the chaos, let us fulfill that basic human need for tolerance and love and compassion, first towards one another, and then to everyone around the world.
It does not matter where we come from or where we have been. What does matter is that we all come together this Rosh Hashanah, for there is power in numbers. Stand up and be counted. Join us this year for the Rosh Hashanah connection in Florida. United we stand, divided we fall.
All our Love,
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 10:00 am — 10:00 pm | Customer Care Desk | Hotel Lobby Registration & Great Hall Terrace Foyer |
| 10:00 am — 10:00 pm | Registration Desk | Great Hall Terrace Foyer |
| 10:00 am — 5:00 pm | Kabbalah Store | Great Hall Ballroom/ Terrace Foyer |
| 2:00 pm — 5:00 pm Every 30 minutes | Hatarat Nedarim/Nullification of the Vows | Great Hall Foyer |
| 2:00 pm — 5:00 pm | Welcome Buffet | Atlantic Ballroom + Regency Ballroom |
| 5:30 pm | Friendship Program Meeting | Great Hall Foyer |
| 7:00 pm | Children’s Camp Opens & Children’s Dinner | # 306, 307 and 308- 3rd Floor |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Session with Yehuda Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 7:00 pm | (Holiday Begins at 6:52pm) Candle lighting is after 7:00pm | Great Hall Foyer |
| 8:00 pm | Evening Connection | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 8:30 pm | Welcome lecture with Karen Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:30 pm | Dinner | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 12:00 am | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 8:00 am — 10:30am | Breakfast | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 9:00 am -9:00 pm | Customer Care Desk | Hotel Lobby Registration & Great Hall Terrace Foyer |
| 9:00 am | Morning Connection | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 10:00 am | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 10:30 am | Lecture with Michael Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 10:30 am | Torah Reading & Shofar for Children | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 11:30 am | Torah Reading | Great Hall Ballroom |
| TBD | Meditation with Karen Berg | Great Hall Foyer |
| 1:00 pm | Shofar Blowing | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm | Lunch | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 3:00PM | Global Volunteer meeting with Karen | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 4:00 pm | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 6:30 pm | Children’s Dinner with Parent Supervision | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 7:30 pm | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 7:30pm | Evening Connection | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 8:00 pm | Session with Yehuda Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:30 pm - 1AM | Dinner | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 12:00 am | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 8:00 am — 10:30 am | Breakfast | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 9:00 am -9:00pm | Customer Care Desk | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:00 am | Morning Connection | Hotel Lobby Registration & Great Hall Terrace Foyer |
| 10:00 am | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 10:30 am | Lecture with Michael Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 10:30 am | Torah Reading & Shofar for Children | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 11:30 am | Torah Reading | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 12:30 am | Coffee Break | Great Hall Foyer |
| 1:00 pm | Blowing of the Shofar | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm | Lunch | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 3:30 pm | Zohar Project meeting | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 4:00 pm | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 6:30 pm | Children’s Dinner with Parent supervision | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 6:00-6:50 pm | Candle Lighting (no later than 6:50 pm) | Great Hall Foyer 3 |
| 7:00 pm | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 7:00 pm | Evening Connection and Kabbalat Shabbat | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 8:30 pm | Lecture with Karen Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:00 pm | Dinner | Grand Ballroom |
| 12:00 am | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 8:00 am — 10:30 am | Breakfast | Grand Ballroom and Regency Ballroom |
| 9:00 am | Morning Connection | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:00 am -9:00 pm | Customer Care Desk | Hotel Lobby Registration & Great Hall Terrace Foyer |
| 9:00 am | Morning Connection | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:30 am | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 10:30 am | Lecture with Michael Berg | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 10:30 am | Torah Reading for Children | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 11:30 am | Torah Reading | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm | Lunch and 3rd meal | Grand Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm | Children’s Camp Closes | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 6:30 pm | Children’s Dinner with Parent Supervision | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 6:30 pm | Children’s Camp Opens | # 306, 307 and 308 |
| 8:00 pm | Bookstore Opens | Great Hall Ballroom -1 |
| 8:15 pm | Evening Connection 3rd meal & Havdalah | Great Hall Ballroom |
| 9:00 pm - 1 am | Dinner & Special event | Grand Ballroom |
| 1:00 am | Children’s Camp Closes | #306, 307 and 308 |
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 8:30 am — 11:30 am | Customer Care Desk | Hotel Lobby Registration & Regency Foyer |
| 8:30 am — 10:30 am | Breakfast | Regency Ballroom 2 & 3 |
| 9:00 am | Morning connection | Regency Ballroom 1 |
| ADULT - Package Options | 2 nights – 7 meals 9/28-9/30 |
3 nights – 11 meals 9/28-10/1 |
4 nights – 12 meals 9/28-10/2 |
| Single (1 adult per room) | $1,872 | $2,707 | $3,049 |
| Double (2 adults per room) | $1,607 | $2,309 | $2,517 |
| ADULT - Package Options | 2 nights – 7 meals 9/28-9/30 |
3 nights – 11 meals 9/28-10/1 |
4 nights – 12 meals 9/28-10/2 |
| Single (1 adult per room) |
$1,784 | $2,574 | $2,872 |
| Double (2 adults per room) |
$1,562 | $2,242 | $2,429 |
| Package Options | 5 Meals 9/28-9/29 |
7 Meals 9/28-9/30 |
11 meals 9/28-10/1 |
**BEST VALUE** 12 meals 9/28-10/2 |
| Adult | $1,063 | $1,252 | $1,822 | $1,898 |
| Child – 2 to 3 | $326 | $364 | $478 | $493 |
| Child – 4 to 12 | $622 | $679 | $850 | $873 |
| Child – 13 to 17 | $936 | $1,039 | $1,551 | $1,619 |
| Package Options | Wednesday (9/28/11) |
Thursday (9/29/11) |
Friday (9/30/11) |
Saturday (10/1/11) |
| Adult | $150 | $250 | $250 | $250 |
| Child – 2 to 3 years | $50 | $75 | $75 | $75 |
| Child – 4 to 12 years (includes kid's camp meals) |
$100 | $125 | $125 | $125 |
| Child – 13 to 17 years | $125 | $175 | $175 | $175 |
This year we will be eating in 2 separate dining rooms so please take special note of where you are located.
Both dining rooms will have the opportunity to eat with The Rav and Karen and singing will be done all together.
Volunteering at the holidays is a lot of fun and a great way to get involved behind the scenes. Helping in the bookstore, greeting new students, participating in any number of functions during the holiday (even just for an hour) is a great way to experience what this holiday is all about.
To get involved, register at teamkabbalah.com. You will be asked about your volunteer preferences, as well as invited to upcoming volunteer training sessions.
Pairs new students with more experienced ones so that:
Parking at the Westin Diplomat is $20.00 per day for self-parking and $24.00 per day for valet parking.
Parking at the Crowne Plaza is $15.00 per day for self-parking and $18.00 per day for valet parking.
