welcome

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Welcome to the Chabad of Westmount

Irwin Beutel Jewish Learning Retreat.

A wonderful weekend of inspiration

and relaxation, fantastic lectures and
delicious cuisine awaits you.

In this booklet you will find the complete

program for the weekend, including
Children’s day camp, CLE, Workshops,
lectures and activities.

Please note, in addition to the

scheduled meals, our hospitality room is
open around the clock with hot tea, cof-
fee, beverages, fruits and snacks for your
comfort and pleasure. Please note all our
food is Glatt Kosher and Chalav Israel.

Please let us know if there is anything

that you need or if you have any ques-
tions. Please direct any inquiries to our
designated head-hostess, Ms. Rivka
Shanowitz. You can contact Rivka by
cellphone at 514-592-6470.

We are here for you.

Looking forward to celebrate a

wonderful Shabbat together.

The Chabad of Westmount Team

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12:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Registration Kids Orientation and Pre-Shabbat Activity
Front Lobby Les Cedres
Welcome! Sign in at the lobby. Let us know if Get to know your fabulous counselors and fellow
there anything we can do to make your stay campers. Greet Shabbat with an exciting and
more comfortable. fun activity.
1:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
Soups & Salads Mincha
Watson
Nicklaus Room
After you’ve settled in, join us for some delicious Pre-Shabbat Mincha Prayer
soups and salads. Enjoy the beautiful scenery
and be warmed by the cozy wood-burning 4:30 p.m.
fireplace. The Watson will be stocked 24 hrs
a day for the entire duration of the Shabbaton The Mysticism of Shabbat
with a selection of tea, coffee, pastries and fruits. Nicklaus
Enjoy!
Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz
2:00 p.m. The music of Shabbat expresses the inherent
Downhill Sledding mystical connection between the Jewish people,
the Shabbat and the Divine. This text-based
Meet in the front lobby class explores the deep spiritual messages in the
Meet at the front lobby for a Downhill sledding liturgy of the Kabbalat Shabbat service.
activity at the snow covered golfcourse. All Welcome the Shabbat with a richer
children must be signed in and out to partici- understanding of its majesty and mystery. The
pate in the outing. Snowpants, gloves and hats Kabbalat Shabbat Service will never sound the
required. Children 3 and under must be accom- same!
panied by at least one parent for this activity.
Candle Lighting
Chocolate Workshop Doral
Les Cèdres Usher in the Shabbat with the beautiful Jewish
Mushki Stern tradition of lighting candles, a practice that
connects us to generations that come before
Create your own beautiful chocolate treat for us—all the way to Sarah our foremother. The
Shabbat! Let your imagination soar at this moment following the kindling serves as an
chocolate workshop! Using swiss chocolate and auspicious time to express our innermost wishes
variety of gourmet toppings, create a and prayers for our loved ones. It is customary to
confectionary delight in honour of Shabbat! give several coins to charity prior to lighting.
4:45 p.m.
Kids Game Room!
Les Cèdres

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5:00 p.m.
Welcoming the Shabbat
Nicklaus
Experience the joy and Passion of Kabbalat
Shabbat, the as we welcome the Day of Rest
with song and joyous melody in this brief, but
spiritually uplifting service.

5:45 p.m.
Kiddush and Friday Night Dinner
Riviera
Our signature Friday night dinner offers you fab-
ulous freshly grilled fish, an array of Oriental dips
and herb-infused salads as well as a wonderful
herb-infused chicken entrée plate accompanied
by white or red wine.
7:00 p.m.
Lecture: Singing in the Rain
Riviera
Rabbi Moshe Bryski

Kids MAGIC Show!

Nicklaus
Get cozy an awesome story hour with Rabbi
Ariel. Experience the olden day in real time in
this masterful and interactive experience.

8:45 p.m.
Dessert Reception
Doral
Prepare to be greeted by a mouth watering
sweet table of exquisite French pastries and
cakes, fresh fruits and a generous selection of
herbal teas and coffee.

Student Oneg Shabbat

Les Cèdres

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7:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

Light Breakfast Kids Shabbat Olympics
Salon Watson Les Cèdres
In keeping with Shabbat tradition, a light Get your game on! Help your team in a variety
breakfast pastries of yogurts and cereals will be of races to win the Shabbat Olympics Medal!
served. Served until 10 AM.
12:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
Kiddush & Lunch Buffet
Ethical Dilemmas in Law
Riviera
Nicklaus Expect a sumptuous buffet featuring a generous
Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz array of Montreal’s most excellent smoked fish
and meat, chicken and turkey, a wide assortment
10:00 a.m. of crunchy and seasonal salads and dips, bread
Shacharit and of course, steaming hot cholent to satisfy
every appetite.
Nicklaus
Spiritually uplifting and joyous morning service. 1:45 p.m.

Day Camp Begins Lecture: Seizing Life’s Moments

Riviera
Palmer
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
Get started with fun morning board games and
toys. Under counselor supervision.
Day Camp Jumbo Games
10:30 a.m. Les Cèdres
Dvar Torah Address Get ready to have a blast with these Jumbo
games to play with your friends.
Nicklaus
Rabbi Moshe Bryski Student Stump the Rabbi
Salon Watson
Kiddie Shul
Palmer 2:30 p.m.
Fun & exciting children’s services and interactive Dessert Reception
Parsha storytelling time.
Riviera
11:15 a.m. For your Shabbat pleasure, partake from our
Torah with Devorah dessert reception buffet featuring a variety of
mouth-watering French, Italian and Viennese
Salon Watson pastries, an assortment of fresh fruits and
Rebbetzin Devorah Shanowitz invigorating sorbets.
This class weaves Torah insights with
contemporary and existential issues; ancient
wisdom with modern dilemmas. You will study,
laugh, discuss, be inspired and debate.

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3:15 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

Board Game Bar Skiing and Liability CLE
Les Cèdres Nicklaus
Enjoy the relaxation of a Shabbat afternoon with Maitre Dan Romano
nothing to rush you and nowhere to go with Who bears liability for a ski mishap? Ski Hill and
some fun board game time. Operator? What is the responsibility of skiers to
themselves and or to others? What role does
Nature Walk instruction, equipment and other variables play?
Meet at Front Lobby A practical presentation on law and liability on
this iconic winter sport.
Nature Walk Get out there for some fresh air
and a invigorating walk around on Mont Gabriel. 5:51 p.m.
Enjoy the stunning winter vistas of the S Sauveur
valley and beyond! Maariv
Nicklaus
3:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Practical Parenting
Musical Havdallah Service
Nicklaus
Riviera
Rebbetzin Devorah Shanowitz
Rabbi Moshe Bryski
5 principles for more effective parenting.
Join us for an inspirational and musical
Kids SUSHI Making Havdallah service—our heartfelt farewell to
Shabbat. As we enter the new week, we do so
Doral with hope and prayers for the coming days.
Get ready for some yummy, fun and healthy Fragrant spices are inhaled, candles lit and
food art! songs sung! This is a service not to be missed.
Indeed may G-d bless us, our loved ones, our
4:15 p.m. people and all of mankind with a week filled with
blessing and success.
Snack Break
6:30 p.m.
Salon Watson
Enjoy of snack with some wraps, sliders, and
Kids Carnival In Pyjamas
dips. Doral
Kids! Come down your in Pyjamas for a super
4:45 p.m.
fun carnival. Enjoy fluffy pink Cotton candy, an
Mincha Service awesome moon bounce, games, prizes and so
much more! Parents and Grandparents
Nicklaus welcome.

Kids Acrobat Show and Rally

Doral
Parents and Grandparents are welcome!

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7:30 p.m.
Melave Malka
Riviera
A great Jewish tradition is to participate in a
Melava Malka “farewell to the Queen”. We kin-
dle lights, tell inspirational stories and celebrate
the blessings Shabbat has endowed us with, and
energize us ourselves for the coming new week.
Enjoy a dairy feast of grilled salmon, delectable
salad bar, hot lasagna, scrumptious pizza, and
pastas.

8:00 p.m.
Late Night Skiing
Sign up at Front Desk
Mont Gabriel is one of the few sites in the
Laurentians that offers night skiing! With the easy
ski in, ski out option, you are out on the hills in
moments of leaving the hotel. Ski pickup is at the
parking lot. Ski mountains close at 10 PM.

8:15 p.m.
Kids Movie Night
Palmer

8:30 p.m.
Paint & Sip
Les Cèdres
Unwind after a busy day with wine, a canvas
and paint. Create a one-of-kind canvas guided
by an instructor. You don’t have to be an artist to
have an amazing time.

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8:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m.

Breakfast Reception How the New Federal Budget Will Affect
Riviera Your Life and What To Do About It
Wake to freshly brewed coffee and a full Nicklaus
continental breakfast feast replete with yummy Michael Martella
blintzes and maple syrup, hot omelets with a
filling of your choice, yogurts, fresh fruits, a Find out how the new federal budget will affect
selection of hard and soft cheeses and your life when it comes to Corporate
Norwegian smoked salmon. You are invited to investments, Income splitting, CIRP and IPP,
make sandwiches and take snacks to go, Legacy transfers, Alternative investments.
whether you are heading back to the city, or the
ski hills. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. Hotel Checkout
Shacharit Service Front Desk
Nicklaus If you would like to store your luggage in the
hotel while you ski, speak to the front desk,
9:00 a.m.
Morning Skiing
Sign up at Front Desk
After a great breakfast, hit the ski hills for a
wonderful morning of skiing. No fuss, ski in, ski out
on the hills gets you on the hills in moments. Ski
pickup from the parking lot.

Day Camp Closing Session & Prize Store

Les Cèdres
End off a super fun weekend with an exciting arts and
crafts. Collect the prize you earned over the
weekend. Day camp is over at 11 am.

9:30 a.m.
Let’s Kill All Lawyers: Artificial
Intelligence and the Future of Law
Nicklaus
Frederick Pinto, LL.M.
Artificial intelligence applications are already
deeply transforming vast sectors of the
economy. But what impact will they have on the
practice of law?

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