Weekly Brief

High Holiday Seat Reservations 5782

Early bird registration for High Holiday seats is now open for full members.  It is our intent, based on current CDC and state guidelines, to offer our Pre-Pandemic, business as usual seating this year.  We will continue to monitor CDC and State guidance with the hope that the situation will only continue to improve. Seat prices for members are unchanged from our 2019 pricing. To reserve seats, click here. To access a printable version of the High Holiday seating letter, click here. To access the FAQs, click here.

To join Adult Education’s upcoming events notification whats app group, click here. 

Rabbi's Note
The topic we are up to in Gemara shiur this Shabbat is “Women and Zimmun .“ All women and men are cordially invited to the shiur after Mincha.

Rabbi Adler's shiurim are cancelled this week and will resume the week of Monday, June 28th.

This week's learning is sponsored by 
Leah & Jonathan Adler in memory of Leah’s mother, Rachel Balsam, רחל בת דוד וחנה, z”l.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 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, June 22nd, 7pm– Beginner/Intermediate Ulpan Class with Keren Ashram.  To register, click here. To join, click here. Password: RinatUlpan.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 8pm- Advanced Ulpan Class with Keren Ashram.  To register, click here. To join, click here. Password: RinatUlpan.

Thursday, June 24th, 8:45pm. Parshat Hashavua Shiur, Rabbi Tully Harcsztark. To join, click here.

Shabbat, June 26th, Youth groups from 9am-conculsion of 9am minyan. Drop off and pick up at 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- 4th/5th grade groups. Davening, Parsha, games, with prepackaged snacks to go. Each group will be limited to 15 children per group and all need to wear a mask. Click here to register.

Shabbat, June 26th, 10:30am. Tot Shabbat outdoors, behind the Beit Midrash.

Shabbat, June 26th, 6pm- Backyard Lecture Series. Week 3 hosted at the Allen home, 328 Ogden. Join your friends on Shabbat afternoons in neighborhood backyards throughout the summer months (weather permitting). Rabbi Wiener will take you on “A Journey Through the Siddur.” The structure and content of the siddur will be analyzed beginning with Shabbat davening. To host a lecture, please contact Michelle at michelle.joey.london@gmail.com.

Shabbat, June 26th, 6:55pm. Pre-Mincha Shiur with Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Jaffe, "Did Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein Conceive of More Equal Avenues of Religious Expression for Women?" Located in the Main Sanctuary.

Sunday, June 27th, 9:30am. Parsha with Rabbi Wiener for 3rd through 6th grade girls and boys. To join, click here. 

Sunday, June 27th, 9:30am- The Jewish Footprint in Seville- A Virtual Journey, presented by Moises Hassan-Amselem. For more details, click here. To join, click here.

Sunday, June 27th, 10:30am, new weekly Gemara shiur series with Rabbi Wiener. "Perek Chezkat Habatim Summer Gemara Shiur Series." To join,  click here. Password: RinatUlpan.

Monday, June 28th, 8pm. Rabbi Adler's Gemara Shiur.  To join,  click here.

Sunday, June 30th, 8:30pm- General Membership Meeting. Voting will take place online via Survey Monkey. To join, click here.

Sunday, July 4th, 9:30am- Agnon Lecture Series: Stories Ralated to the 3 Weeks with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks. Agnon's "The Kerchief." Please read the assigned story before the event. One can attend either one of the events or both. For more details, click here. To join, click here.

Monday, July 5th, 8:55am- Rabbi Donny Besser. Legal Holiday Shiur. "Bentching on a :חצי כוס A Key to Galut Survival." For more details, click here.  Located in the Social Hall. To join via Zoom, click here.

Tuesday, July 6th, 8pm. Yoetzet Initiative Summer Event. To register and/or donate, click here. In person option available in the Social Hall. To join via zoom, click here.

Wednesday, July 7th, 12:15pm. Rabbi Adler's Chumash Shiur. To join,  click here.

Wednesday, July 7th, 8pm. Rabbi Adler's Misna Shiur. To join,  click here.

Sunday, July 11th, 9:30am- Agnon Lecture Series: Stories Related to the 3 Weeks with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks. Agnon's "Peace Eternal." Please read the assigned story before the event. One can attend either one of the events or both. For more details, click here. To join, click here.  

Sunday, July 11th, 8pm- Dr. Sonia Gollance. "Mixed Dancing and Jewish Modernity." For more details, click here. To join, click here.

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