Friday October 26, 2012 at 4:00 PM CST
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Monday October 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM CST
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Where
The Mussar Kallah Retreat will take place at beautiful and serene Illinois Beach Resort, located amid 4,100 acres of a protected state park, right on the shore of Lake Michigan.
The Illinois Beach Resort
One Lake Front Drive
Zion, IL 60099 USA
Tel: 847-625-7300 or 866-IL-BEACH
www.ilresorts.com
Registration will open closer to the Kallah start date.
Transportation
The Illinois Beach Resort is located only 40 minutes from O’Hare Airport and about an hour from the Milwaukee airport. We do not recommend using Midway airport. For details on how to get to The Illinois Beach Resort by car or by transfer from the airport, click this link www.ilresorts.com/directions.cfm.
Closer to the date of the Kallah, we will send information about sharing taxis from the major airports.
Food
Registration includes Friday night dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Monday breakfast. All food will be strictly glatt kosher. Please indicate any food requests, allergies, etc., on the registration form.
Donations
The Kallah depends on your donation to help meet the cost of teachers and other expenses. If you can help, please click on this link.
We appreciate your generosity.
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Bring your soul to the Mussar Kallah, the premier annual Jewish spiritual retreat. Registration Fee is $500, which includes all programs and food. Please note: travel and accommodations are extra. You must book your hotel room directly with the Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center by calling 847-625-7300. We have a special rate of $101 per night for up to 4 people in a room. Reservations must be made by September 25th to ensure the special rate and availability. |
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The Program Expand your mind and nourish your soul. Plus catch up with all the wonderful people you met at other Kallot and make new friends as well. Join the growing Mussar community in learning and celebration with Alan Morinis, Rabbi Yaakov Feldman, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe and other Mussar teachers. The theme of the Kallah Retreat this year is "Yirah: The Beginning of Wisdom". We'll explore and put into practice many facets of this crucial, if challenging, inner soul-trait. Contemplative sessions of Mussar meditation, contemplation and visualization will be interspersed with sessionsfocused on the ways yirah can be cultivated and expressed in real contexts. Sessions will be experiential, include text study and offerpractical lessons that can be taken home to enhance and deepen your spirituallife and practice of Mussar. This Kallah will provide comprehensive tools to introduce and guide you in the Mussar ways to cultivate the soul in the context of community, inwardly and outwardly. As you know from having attended before, the Kallah is a great place not only to learn from our wonderful teachers, but to learn from each other as well. We have all experienced the warmth, good fun, and invigorating connections that came from spending time with others who practice Mussar and appreciate its importance in improving our world, and ourselves. Join us for a terrific weekend |
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Some of this year's sessions:
The Teachers Alan Morinis will be joined at this year's Kallah by scholars-in-residence Rabbi Yaakov Feldman and Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, two experienced and highly regarded Mussar teachers. Those of us who have studied with Rabbi Feldman before couldn't wait to have him back. And what an honor and opportunity for many of us to study with Rabbi Wolbe for the first time. You'll see why. When and Where The Kallah will be held at the Illinois Beach Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan outside Chicago. The Kallah begins Friday October 26 and ends at noon on Monday, October 29. Registration includes glatt kosher meals and snacks from Friday night diner through Monday breakfast. |