Weekly Brief

Parsha shiur: Thursday, February 14, 8:30pm, Rabbi Yehuda Halpert

Sunday, February 17, 8:45am, Classroom D-E, Rabbi Moshe Taragin will speak on: Has Brisker Creativity and Tanach Analysis Eliminated the Awe of Talmud Torah?
Sponsored by: Barbara and Simcha Hochman, in commemoration of  the shloshim of Zelig ben Nachum, a"h, and by
The Wiesen family, in memory of Mark's father, Tzvi ben Mordechai.

Rinat Family ice skating on Presidents Day!
Monday February 18,10am-12pm, Fritz Dietl, 639 Broadway, Westwood. For ages 1-120!  $10, $12 at the door.  Sign up by clicking here .

TEANECK YOETZET INITIATIVE
Click the link below to like us on Facebook and follow the Teaneck Yoetzet Initiative for updates on events as well as resources and tips from Tova. Thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/TeaneckYoetzet/

CHEVRA KADISHA ZAYIN ADAR SEUDAH
Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Rinat Yisrael
Fast Begins:  5:48am
Mincha:  6:40 pm
Maariv:  7:30pm
Fast Ends:  7:42pm
Seudah: Approx. 7:45pm
Speaker: To be announced
Cost: $25
RSVP by clicking here .

Security Codes - Personalized security codes to access the building were e-mailed yesterday afternoon.  If you did not receive a code or have any questions, please e-mail eyurowitz@rinat.org or security@rinat.org.  
Our new system is in effect with a “soft opening” for morning and afternoon minyanim. This means that the doors will be opened by our gabbaim as usual, but we encourage you to use your codes to enter, to ensure they work. On entering your code, the red light will turn green and you will hear the door click and unlock.  
Starting on Monday Feb 11th, the keylocks will no longer be used and entrance to the building will be through keypad access only.
If you know of any non-members who attend our weekday minyanim, please ask them to reach out either via e-mail (eyurowitz@rinat.org ) or phone (201-837-2795 x115) to the shul office and an access code will be assigned to them.

Youth Meals - Join your friends and leaders for a Shabbat meal.
Reserve your spot today!
4-6 - dinner this Friday night, February 8.
2-3 - lunch this Shabbat, February 9.
Early bird discount ends today! Cost is $15 through the end of the day today.
Cost increases to $20 tomorrow, February 6 for grades 2-3 and 4-6.
Click here to reserve your spot.

Sunday, February 17, 8:45am, Classroom D-E, Rabbi Moshe Taragin will speak on: Has Brisker Creativity and Tanach Analysis Eliminated the Awe of Talmud Torah? For sponsorship opportunities, please click here .

Teaneck Yoetzet Initiative
Click here to like us on Facebook and follow the Teaneck Yoetzet Initiative for updates on events as well as resources and tips from Tova. Thanks!

REMINDER: Rinat Dinner is this Saturday night, February 2, 8:30pm at Congregation Keter Torah.

It's not too late to register! Please email dinner@rinat.org
Thank you.

Rinat Family Skiing, Snowboarding and Snow Tubing Trip
Sunday February 24, Shawnee Mountain, bus leaves Rinat at 7am
Join other Rinat families for a fun-filled day in the snow! Please visit
our website by clicking here for more information or to register.

SIGN UP TODAY!! Registration deadline is Thursday January 31.

Space is limited.

THIS Friday night, February 1: Sixth Grade Leadership Training Dinner, at
the Tollinsky home, following davening, no charge.
Do you want to be a group leader? Find out what it is all about? Join Martin & Divsha at their home for Friday Night dinner with some of our great leaders for our training session. Please email Martin & Divsha at youth@rinat.org
to reserve your spot.(All 6th graders must have reserved a spot to attend the meal).
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Youth Meals - Join your friends and leaders for a Shabbat meal.  
K/1 - lunch THIS Shabbat, February 2. (Early bird pricing ends tomorrow.)
2-3 - lunch next Shabbat, February 9.
4-6 - dinner next Friday night, February 8.
$15, $20 after January 30 for K/1, and after February 6 for grades 2-3 and 4-6. Click here to reserve your spot.

Sunday, February 3, 8:45am, Classroom D-E
Rabbi Yehuda Susman will speak on “Alexa, Can I Use You on Shabbat” -
Thoughts on Shabbat in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Sponsorship opportunities available

Family Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv - next Friday, February 8, in the Beit Midrash.
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Parsha shiur: on hiatus February 1st


The 31st Annual Rinat Dinner is 8 days away!
Please join us on Saturday, February 2nd at 8:30pm by visiting our website at https://www.rinat.org/dinner.  Online registration will close this Sunday night at midnight.  After that, if you want to make a reservation, please email the dinner committee at dinner@rinat.org .  Please note seating cannot be guaranteed after Sunday's midnight deadline.
 
Books of Tribute for the Annual Dinner

The Books of Tribute, traditionally presented to each Rinat honoree, are an opportunity for Rinat members, dinner attendees, friends and family to have personal messages to each honoree included in a meaningful keepsake.  Submitting a message for inclusion is a wonderful way to acknowledge an honoree's contribution and to offer your congratulations and good wishes.
 
Messages should be sent to the emails listed below.  Please submit all messages by February 2nd to ensure they are included in the Tribute Books.
 
For Adina and Rabbi Ezra Wiener: Wienertribute@gmail.com
 
For Tirza Bayewitz: Tirzatribute@gmail.com
 
For Our Kidney Donors: Kidneydonortribute@gmail.com
Please indicate if it is a message for all or for a specific donor.  
Zvi Adler, Iris Borger, Stephen Glicksman, Naomi Oppenheim,
Avi Shafar, Robbie Wind.
 

Parsha shiur: on hiatus January 24 and February 1st

Books of Tribute for the Annual Dinner

The Books of Tribute, traditionally presented to each Rinat honoree, are an opportunity for Rinat members, dinner attendees, friends and family to have personal messages to each honoree included in a meaningful keepsake.  Submitting a message for inclusion is a wonderful way to acknowledge an honoree's contribution and to offer your congratulations and good wishes.
 
Messages should be sent to the emails listed below.  Please submit all messages by February 2nd to ensure they are included in the Tribute Books.
 
For Adina and Rabbi Ezra Wiener: Wienertribute@gmail.com
 
For Tirza Bayewitz: Tirzatribute@gmail.com
 
For Our Kidney Donors: Kidneydonortribute@gmail.com
Please indicate if it is a message for all or for a specific donor.  
Zvi Adler, Iris Borger, Stephen Glicksman, Naomi Oppenheim,
Avi Shafar, Robbie Wind.
 
Reservations and donations for the Dinner may be made by clicking the link below
https://www.rinat.org/dinner

Communal Kiddush This Shabbat
Please join us THIS Shabbat morning after the 9am minyan for our Football Communal Kiddush to welcome our new Executive
Director, Elissa Yurowitz and thank our incredible CSS team: Ed Atwood, Brent Baer, Amit Bejar, Chaim Birman, Hillel Caplan, Nissan Clark, Eli Davidovics, Juda Engelmayer, Michael Epstein, Yaakov
Erlichman, Mitchell Esral, Joshua Goldstein, Adrian Gulich,
Daniel Hartstein, Barbara Hochman, Bernard Levine, Paul Malek, Michael Markel, Yitzi Markel, Larry Milstein, Etzion Neuer,
Simeon Oppenheim, Chaim Rapps, David Secemski, Shari Chana Spivak, Michael Stock, Yehuda Weiss, and Robert Wind. Please click the link below for sponsorship opportunities.
https://www.rinat.org/kiddush

This Moztei Shabbat at 7:00pm, Nerot invites you to join us for a screening of 93Queen , the documentary inspired by our recent speaker, Judge Rachel Freier and her work in establishing Ezras Nashim. This will be followed by a wine and cheese sampling. Prices start at $18, $25 at the door. Please click here for more details and to register.

Sunday, January 13th, 8:45am, Classroom D-E, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Rav, Yeshivat Har Etzion, will speak on: The Exodus, According to Sefer Tehillim—An Alternate Tradition, or a Biblical Commentary?

Social Action Committee
Sunday, January 13th at 8:00pm, Rinat’s Social Action committee, is partnering with Jewish Federation of Northern NJ and 9 other Teaneck shuls, to present the 2nd Annual MLK Jr Lecture, “An Evening With Gurbir Grewal”, the Attorney General of New Jersey.  The lecture will be held at the Teaneck Jewish Center.

Parsha shiur: Thursday, January 17th, 8:30pm, Rabbi Naftali Harcsztark

Friday night, February 1: Sixth Grade Leadership Training Dinner, at the Tollinsky home, following davening, no charge.
Do you want to be a group leader? Find out what it is all about?
Join Martin & Divsha at their home for Friday Night dinner with some of our great leaders for our training session. Please email Martin & Divsha at youth@rinat.org to reserve your spot. (All 6th graders must have reserved a spot to attend the meal).

This Sunday, January 6th, 8:00pm, Social Hall, Jacob Wisse, Director, Yeshiva University Museum will present on: Lost & Found: Adventures of a Family Photo Album Rescued from the Holocaust.

This lecture was generously sponsored
in commemoration of the 20th yahrzeit of Charlotte Kratter, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother of Elke and Kalman Stein, Baruch and Rivkah Stein, Nechama, Eli, Joseph, and Hadassah Stein.

Communal Kiddush - Next Shabbat!
Please join us on January 12th, 2019 for our Football Communal Kiddush to welcome our new Executive Director, Elissa Yurowitz and thank our incredible CSS team: Ed Atwood, Brent Baer, Amit Bejar, Chaim Birman, Hillel Caplan, Nissan Clark, Eli Davidovics, Juda Engelmayer, Michael Epstein, Yaakov
Erlichman, Mitchell Esral, Joshua Goldstein, Adrian Gulich, Daniel Hartstein, Barbara Hochman, Bernard Levine, Paul Malek, Michael Markel, Yitzi Markel, Larry Milstein, Etzion Neuer, Simeon Oppenheim, Chaim Rapps, David Secemski, Shari Chana Spivak, Michael Stock, Yehuda Weiss, and Robert Wind. Please click the link below for sponsorship opportunities.
https://www.rinat.org/kiddush

Nerot Movie, Wine, and Cheese Event
Saturday night January 12th, 7:00pm in the Rinat Social Hall.
Come watch 93 Queen, the inspirational story of our recent guest lecturer, Judge Rachel Freier, and her quest to establish Ezras Nashim, an all-female Orthodox Volunteer EMT Ambulance Service. To support their petition to apply for their own ambulance, please click here . Enjoy a beautiful selection of wine and cheese after the movie. Click here to register, choose from our Syrah, Gewurztraminer and Tempranillo packages.

Sunday, January 13th, 8:45am, Classroom D-E, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Rav, Yeshivat Har Etzion, will speak on: The Exodus, According to Sefer Tehillim—An Alternate Tradition, or a Biblical Commentary?

Sunday, January 13th at 8:00pm, Rinat’s Social Action committee is partnering with Jewish Federation of Northern NJ and 9 other Teaneck shuls, to present the 2nd Annual MLK Jr Lecture, “An Evening With Gurbir Grewal”, the Attorney General of New Jersey.  The lecture will be held at the Teaneck Jewish Center.

Parsha shiur: Thursday, January 3rd—to be announced
Sunday, January 6th, 8:00pm, Social Hall, Jacob Wisse, Director, Yeshiva University Museum will present on: Lost & Found: Adventures of a Family Photo Album Rescued from the Holocaust.

Sunday, January 13th, 8:45am, Classroom D-E, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Rav, Yeshivat Har Etzion, will speak on: The Exodus, According to Sefer Tehillim—An Alternate Tradition, or a Biblical Commentary?

ThisShabbat December 21st-22nd—Scholar in Residence
Dr. Adam Ferziger, Dept. of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University Bar Ilan University.
Friday Night Oneg at 7:30pm: Female Clergy and Male Space: The Ritualization of the Orthodox Rabbi.
Shabbat Morning Drasha (8:30 and 9:00 services):
Jerusalem and Babylon in the 21st Century - The Relationship between Israeli and American Judaisms.
Shabbat After Mincha:
Love and Death: Reform Marriage and Reform Burial in Contemporary Halakhah.

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Leora and Martin Fineberg in honor and in memory of Leora's mother, Miriam Adler, מרים רודא בת יצחק ו חנה זיסל
who passed away on this past Yom Kippur.
For more details, please click this link.

On Tuesday, December 25th, please join us for two learning opportunities:
* Rabbi Daniel Wolf will speak at 8:45am, in Classroom D-E, on "Get Zikkui" - Effecting a Divorce in the Husband's Place.
For more details, please click this link.

* The Daf Yomi group of Cong Rinat Yisrael invite the community to listen to a shiur given by Amitai Ben Dovid, author of the sefer "Sichas Chulin", on Tarfus and Shechita, The shiur will take place at 10:00am in the Rinat Social Hall. A nominal $10 contribution is requested and additional sponsorships are welcome.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Susan & Michael Richmond, in memory of Susan’s father, Salo Schlanger, a”h.
For more details, please click this link.

Rabbi Adler's weekday shiurim – change in schedule:
No Mishna shiur on Wednesday night, December 26th

Parsha shiur: Thursday, December 27th, 8:30pm, Rabbi Adler

SAVE THE DATE! RINAT’S 31ST ANNUAL DINNER
Motzai Shabbat, February 2nd 2019

Adina and Rabbi Ezra Wiener, Guests Of Honor

Tirza Bayewitz, Young Leadership Awardee
 
Rinat Kidney Donors, Sruli Guttman Service Awardees
Zvi Adler
Iris Borger
Stephen Glicksman
Naomi Oppenheim
Avi Shafar
Robbie Wind

and honoring our Outstanding Graduating Group Leaders 
To RSVP for the Dinner, please click here . 

SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR THIS SHABBAT

* Sixth Grade Parent/Child Minyan - POSTPONED
The Sixth Grade Parent/Child Minyan is postponed to a later date.
* Rabbi Eliezer Rubin will be giving the Shailot Utshuvot shiur at 10:30am:

Topic: Rav Amital's Appreciation for and Concerns About Personalizing Observance and Torah Study.

We are excited to welcome Judge Freier this Shabbat.  As a result of her visit, there are 2 changes to our usual Shabbat schedule:
•    Jr. High Shiur will be before Mincha at 3:00pm
•    Zman Mincha will be at 3:45pm not 4:00pm

SPECIAL LECTURE THIS SHABBAT
Shabbat afternoon, December 15th, following Mincha
Hon. Rachel Freier, the founder of Ezras Nashim and subject of the documentary 93Queen, will be giving a lecture at our shul. Judge Freier’s lecture is entitled: My Journey to the Bench.
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
Leora and Jonathan Kukin in honor of the 80th birthday of their mother, Miriam Nussbaum.
Susan and Danny Levin in memory of David and Ellen Kaplan and William Levin.

Please click here for details on our Adult Ed programs.

K-1 Family Kiddush: This Shabbat, December 15th
Meet the parents of your children’s friends and enjoy a hot child-friendly kiddush! Thank you to the Bayewitz, Cohn, Graber, Hooper, Krohn, Lefkowitz, and Gielchinsky/Loskove families for sponsoring the kiddush.

Parsha shiur: Thursday, December 20th, 8:30pm, Rabbi Gottlieb

Next Shabbat December 21st-22nd—Scholar in Residence
Dr. Adam Ferziger, Dept. of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University Bar Ilan University.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Leora and Martin Fineberg in honor and in memory of Leora's mother, Miriam Adler, מרים רודא בת יצחק ו חנה זיסל
who passed away on this past Yom Kippur.
Please click here for details on our Adult Ed programs.

Project Ezrah Annual Dinner - this Motzei Shabbat, December 15, 8:00pm at Cong Ahavath Torah, 240 Broad Avenue, Englewood, NJ.
Walk-ins are more than welcome!

Honorees are: Gloria & Harold Gellis, Robin & Mark Hoenig, Chana & Jordan Katz, VV & Shmiel Ramras, Dalia & Ed Stelzer, Rabbi Andrew & Dr. Sara Markowitz. To RSVP, go to www.ezrah.org and click on the Dinner Icon.

Sixth grade Parent/Child Minyan - December 15th
Save the date for the next sixth grade minyan. Please email youth@rinat.org to sign up to help make the minyan, daven, lain, or share a dvar Torah, or for more information.

K-1 Family Kiddush - December 15th
Meet the parents of your children’s friends and enjoy a hot child-friendly kiddush! Thank you to the Bayewitz, Cohn, Hooper, Krohn, Lefkowitz, and Gielchinsky/Loskove families for sponsoring the kiddush. To sponsor email youth@rinat.org

On Shabbat, Dec. 15 at 4:00pm, Cong. Rinat Yisrael will be hosting Judge Rachel Freier who will speak on "My Journey to the Bench".
 
Judge Freier, whose career was highlighted in the recent acclaimed film "93 Queen", campaigned and was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York State and the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in United States history. After her election she was assigned to serve on the Criminal Court in the Kings County 5th judicial district.

The entire community is invited to hear a courageous heroine of our times.

On Shabbat, December 21-22, Cong. Rinat Yisrael Adult Education Program Presents as Scholar in Residence: Prof. Adam Ferziger, Dept. of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University.

Schedule:
Friday night Oneg at 7:30 pm: Female Clergy and Male Space: The Ritualization of the Orthodox Rabbi.
Shabbat Morning Drasha (8:30 and 9:00 services): Jerusalem and Babylon in the 21st Century - The Relationship between Israeli and American Judaisms.
Shabbat After Mincha: Love and Death: Reform Marriage and Reform Burial in Contemporary Halakhah.
Sponsored by Leora and Martin Fineberg in honor and in memory of Leora's mother Miriam Adler,  מרים רודא בת יצחק ו חנה זיסל

To sponsor this or other upcoming adult education programs, please click this link: https://www.rinat.org/form/Adult-Education%20sponsorship.html .

Sixth grade Parent/Child Minyan: December 15th
Save the date for the next sixth grade minyan. Please email youth@rinat.org to sign up to help make the minyan, daven, lain, or share a dvar Torah, or for more information.

K-1 Family Kiddush:December 15th
Meet the parents of your children’s friends and enjoy a hot child-friendly kiddush! Thank you to the Bayewitz, Cohn, Hooper, Krohn, Lefkowitz, and Gielchinsky/Loskove families for sponsoring the kiddush. To sponsor email youth@rinat.org .

NEW Gemara learning opportunity
Monday night at 8:25pm
Change in schedule: Please note that the class WILL meet on Monday night but WILL NOT meet on Wednesday night, December 5.
Our new gemara group, led by Rabbi Avi Heller, is learning Masechet Megilla and plans to make a siyum by Shavuot 2019! New students – men and women - are welcome to join at any time. The class level is open for anyone, but especially for almost-beginner to intermediate Gemara students. We translate every word on the daf and questions are welcome. Review resources, recordings and vocabulary are available via www.OUTorah, www.dafaweek.org and a Whatsapp group. If you are interested in joining, please email hellera@ou.org .
 
Save the date for a special lecture
Shabbat afternoon, December 15—details to follow
Congregation Rinat Yisrael is proud to announce that the
Hon. Rachel Freier, the founder of Ezras Nashim and subject of the documentary 93Queen , will be giving a lecture at our shul. Judge Freier’s lecture is entitled: My Journey to the Bench.

Thursday, November 22, Thanksgiving Day, after the 8:00am Shacharit,
Mr. Sam Berkovitz will speak on: "Worshiping a Living God with Dead Metaphor”.

Thanksgiving Social Action Program
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22
The Social Action Committee invites Rinat members to volunteer assisting Teaneck leaders including Elie Katz and Mohammed Hameeduddin who are organizing a free kosher, Thanksgiving lunch for those in need including seniors, veterans and emergency service workers. Volunteer opportunities include: greeting people, serving, helping in the kitchen, cleaning-up, and eating with participants to make them feel comfortable. To volunteer or for more details, please email Elie Katz, katz07666@gmail.com or visit the Gemilut Chesed Corner on our website.

NEW—Gemilut Chesed Corner
Visit our new Gemilut Chesed Corner on our website for more details about
* The 26th Annual Bergen County Chanukah Toy Drive - deadline extended through Monday, November 26!
*Yachad – Yeshivat Noam Shabbaton
Please click the link: https://www.rinat.org/Gemilut-Chesed-Corner

SAVE THE DATE FOR A SPECIAL LECTURE
Shabbat afternoon, December 15th
Congregation Rinat Yisrael is proud to announce that the Hon. Rachel Freier, the founder of Ezras Nashim and subject of the documentary 93Queen , will be giving a lecture at our shul. More details to follow.

Family Kabbalat Shabbat Minyan:THIS WEEK, Beit Midrash
Join other families for a Friday night minyan geared to children of all ages.  Email youth@rinat.org to participate.

Junior Cong. Friday Night Dinner: THIS WEEK, November 16
Enjoy Shabbat dinner with your friends and group leaders!
Grades 4-6. Walking groups home will be provided. Click this link to sign up: https://www.rinat.org/form/youth-meals-fall-2018.html

LATKEFEST - THIS SUNDAY!
Sunday, November 18 | 5:00-7:00pm. Latke Bingo, Dreidel Competitions and More! Dinner included! Reserve your spot by clicking this link: https://www.rinat.org/form/latkefest-2018.html

Rabbi Adler's weekday shiurim –change in schedule:
The Women’s Mishna shiur will take place next week on Tuesday November 20, not on Wednesday November 21.

Amud Yomi is now beginning Seder Nezakim – Bava Kama.All are welcome to join! Weekdays, 15 minutes before the first minyan. Now is a perfect time to join!

Parsha shiur: Tuesday, November 20, 8:30pm - Rabbi Eli Rubin

Sunday, November 18, 8:45am, Rabbi Reuven Taragin
Topic: Mitzvat Neir Ish U'Beito- The Relationship Between The Channuka Individual and Home.

Thanksgiving Social Action Program
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22
The Social Action Committee invites Rinat members to volunteer assisting Teaneck leaders including Elie Katz and Mohammed Hameeduddin who are organizing a free kosher, Thanksgiving lunch for those in need including seniors, veterans and emergency service workers. Volunteer opportunities include: greeting people, serving, helping in the kitchen, cleaning-up, and eating with participants to make them feel comfortable. To volunteer or for more details, please email Elie Katz, katz07666@gmail.com or visit the Gemilut Chesed Corner on our website.

NEW—Gemilut Chesed Corner
Visit our new Gemilut Chesed Corner on our website for more details about
The 26th Annual Bergen County Chanukah Toy Drive
Yachad – Yeshivat Noam Shabbaton
Please click the link: https://www.rinat.org/Gemilut-Chesed-Corner

SAVE THE DATE FOR A SPECIAL LECTURE
Shabbat afternoon, December 15th
Congregation Rinat Yisrael is proud to announce that the Hon. Rachel Freier, the founder of Ezras Nashim and subject of the documentary 93Queen , will be giving a lecture at our shul. More details to follow.

Rabbi Adler's weekday shiurim –change in schedule:
Women’s Mishna shiur November 14—cancelled in deference to the Annual Mikvah Event. Mishna shiur will take place the following week on Tuesday November 20 not on Wednesday November 21.

This Shabbat, November 9-10, Rabbanit Sally Mayer will visit as scholar-in-residence. The schedule for Shabbat is as follows: Friday night oneg, 7:45pm. Topic: ‘Can You Order Me a Ham on Rye?’ Lifnei Ivver in the Workplace and Beyond; Shabbat morning: Derashot at teen minyan, 8:30am minyan, and 9:00am minyan; Post-Mincha shiur on: Timeless Tradition Meets Modernity: When Halacha is Based on Outdated Science.
Sponsored by: Sheryl and Bruce Schainker in memory of Sheryl's mother, Bernadine Zimbalist z'l .

Sunday, November 11, 8:00pm, Professor Jordan S. Penkower, Bar Ilan University.
Topic: The Ten Commandments – from the Bible to Rembrandt.