Lisa Septimus speaks on "When Reality Does Not Match the Dream" after Musaf.  Rabbi Yehuda Septimus offers a lecture at 6:30pm entitled:  "Repeat What You Sow - Cyclicality in Shemitah and Teshuvah."

Yehuda Septimus is the Rabbi of the Young Israel of North Woodmere.  He received a BA in English ‎and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University, and a PhD in Religious Studies ‎from Yale University.  He has taught at institutions of higher education including Brooklyn College, Columbia, and Yale.  His recent book, "On the Boundaries of Talmudic Prayer," helps account for the broad sweep of rabbinic ritual prayer. 

Lisa Septimus has recently been appointed Yoetzet Halacha of Great Neck Synagogue.  She also serves as of Yoetzet Halacha of the Five Towns and served as a Yoetzet in Manhttan for two years.  A graduate of Stern College’s Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies, she subsequently served as the program’s shoelet u’meishiva.  She teaches Talmud, Chumash, and Ethics at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck, NY, where she also coordinates informal education programs and serves as Dean of the Class of 2016.  In her active role as rebbetzin at the Young Israel of North Woodmere (NY) she is integrally involved with adult education and youth programming.  She has taught at The Jewish Center in Manhattan, Riverdale Jewish Center, Drisha, and Yeshiva University’s Summer Learning Program.