Weekly Brief

• Non vaccinated individuals should please refrain from attending any minyanim or groups for 10 days if you traveled outside NJ, NY, PA, CT  or DE.
• No quarantine is required for individuals who are two weeks post their second vaccine (single vaccine if J & J was administered). 

Shabbat Minyanim Update

• We have eliminated registration for all minyanim, including weekday minyanim. 
• There are vaccinated sections in the Main Shul and in the Beit Midrash. These sections are only for members who are at least two weeks past their final vaccines, or for members who have recovered from COVID within the past 3 months. At least one seat should be left empty between pods in the vaccinated seating.
• We also removed all red and green markers in the Main Shul for the
  non-vaccinated sections.  Instead, every 3rd row is available. Multiple pods may sit in one row, but when selecting seats please leave at least 3 seats between different seated pods in your row. This will enable the Main Shul to maintain the required 6 foot distancing in the unvaccinated sections. 
• Everyone is still required to wear masks indoors at all times as well as in the tent minyan and in the outdoor youth area. 

Save the Date- Thursday, June 3rd, 6pm, Rinat's 33rd Annual Dinner. Join us as we extend Hakarat Hatov to the volunteers who kept our community united and strong during our year apart: Leah Adler, Aaron Friedman, Faye Landes, Paul Malek, David Schiff and Josh Sultanik. To RSVP, click here.

Shavuot Flower Sponsorship- Please consider sponsoring the floral arrangements that will be decorating our shul on the chag. Sponsorships may be made in commemoration of a yahrzeit, a simcha, or a reason of your choosing. To participate, go to https://www.rinat.org/flowersponsorship.

Rinat face masks on sale now for $10! To purchase your mask, click here. Pick up is at the Rinat office.

To join Adult Education’s upcoming events whats app group, click here.
 
Rinat's learning this week is sponsored by: 
Leora & Jonathan Kukin and Family in memory of our father, Dr. Ira Kukin, a”h.
Rella Levenstein Feldman & Curtiss Pulitzer in memory of Rella’s sister and brother, Esther Lowenstein, a”h and Shmuel Menachem Levenstein, a”h, children of Sara, a”h & Aharon Yitzchak, a”h, murdered in Auschwitz in May, 1944.
Yocheved & Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter in memory of our mother, Tybe Rochel bas Chaya Sarà and Reb Mordechai haCohen, z”l.

Shabbat, May 8th, 9am until the conclusion of the 9am minyan. Hot off the press! Groups are extended starting this Shabbat. Drop off and pick up in front of shul. Between 9:15am-10:15am, children will be escorted to Whittier park and supervised by our group leaders. Questions? E-mail youth@rinat.org. N/PK– 5th grade groups. Davening, Parsha, games, with prepackaged snacks to go! Each group will be limited to 15 children. All children will need to wear a mask.  Sign up is mandatory. Click here to register. 

Sunday, May 9th, 10am- Shev Shemateta 101: "An Introduction to Rabbinic Decision-Making." Each shiur in the 7-part series addresses a self-contained topic and each can be understood without attending the other shiurim. Avigail Gross Gelman. "Is Possession Nine Tenths of Jewish Law?"  For more details, click here. For source materials, click here.  To join, click here.
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Sunday, May 9th, 8:30pm- Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky, moderated by Yoetzet Halacha Tova Warburg Sinensky. "The Stories We Don't Tell About Building Our Families...And What We Lose Because We Don't." For more details, click here. To join, click here.

Monday, May 10th, 8:15pm, Rabbi Adler's Gemara Shiur. To join, click here. 

Tuesday, May 11th, 12:30pm- 6:30pm- Community Blood Drive in the merit of the full recovery of Shira Shatzkes. Appointments are strongly recommended. To register, go to www.nybc.org/newjerseydrive and use Sponsor Code 66985 or text (917) 699-9073.

Tuesday, May 11th, 2pm, Leah Silver's "Siddur v'Sidra." is uploaded weekly in audio and source sheet form onto what's app so it may be listened to when convenient.  If interested, please join the whatsapp group by clicking here.

Tuesday, May 11th, 7pm, Beginner/Intermediate Ulpan Series with Keren Ashram. For more details and to register, click here. To join, click here. Password: RinatUlpan.​​​​​​​

Tuesday, May 11th, 8pm, Advanced Ulpan Series with Keren Ashram. For more details and to register, click here. To join, click here. Password: RinatUlpan.

Wednesday, May 12th, 12:15pm, Rabbi Adler's Women's Chumash Shiur. To join, click here. 

Wednesday, May 12th, 8:15pm, Rabbi Adler's Women's Mishna Shiur. To join, click here.

Thursday, May 13th, 8:30pm, Parshat Hashavua Shiur. Rabbi Adler. To join, click here.