Weekly Brief

Due to the uptick in COVID cases in our community, you’re strongly encouraged to wear a mask in the shul building. 

To register for Congregation Rinat Yisrael’s 34th Annual Dinner, honoring
Sheryl & Rabbi Yosef Adler, on Motzei Shabbat, February 12th, 8:30pm, click here. The venue can accommodate covered outdoor seating, with heaters. If you’d like to brave the cold and be seated outside, please e-mail our dinner committee, by clicking here. During the program, chairs will be available inside for guests who choose to eat at outdoor tables. Please note, dinner guests must be fully vaccinated. To sign up for the dinner siyum, click here. To view Rabbi Adler's second dinner video, click here.
 
There are many Chessed opportunities in the Rinat community. To become involved and be included in our database to assist other members of our kehillah, click here.

Rabbi Strauchler will share his daily divrei halacha over Whatsapp. These are recordings of his 5 – 7 minute presentations between Mincha and Maariv. To receive them, click here.

Rabbi Wiener has started a new mishna yomit Whatsapp daily recording. To sign up, click here. 

Rabbi Adler will be resuming his What’s App shiur on Wednesday of this coming week. The shiur on tefillah will continue with the study of tefillot Shabbat and focus on Shacharit. To join, click here 
 
Rabbi Adler's Zoom shiurim are cancelled this week.

This week's learning is sponsored by 

Judy Golowa in honor of finishing the OU Women's Initiative Nach Yomi cycle together with 1200 other women.

Aviva Appleman Jacobowitz & Yitzy Jacobowitz in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Rabbi Jason Jacobowitz z"l הרב יוסף בן אליעזר הכהן
Linda & Leib Koyfman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Linda's beloved father, Yitzchak Weinberg, יצחק בן אברהם שלמה , z”l, on the 26th of Shevat,כ"ו שבט .
Janice & Saul Levine and Debbie Pine & Mark Orenshein
 in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Sandra Orenshein, z"l.
Seymour Schulman and Family in commemoration of the fourth yahrzeit of
Rachel Schulman, z"l רחל גלדא בת יעקב בנימין ושרה לאה

Shabbat, January 22nd, 8:15am. Rambam Shiur, given by Rabbi Yaakov Blau. Located in the Beit Midrash.

Shabbat, January 22nd, 9am until the conclusion of the 9am minyan. 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– 6th grade groups. Davening, Parsha, games, with prepackaged snacks to go!  All children will need to wear a mask. 

Teen Minyan is cancelled this Shabbat, January 22nd and next Shabbat, January 29th and will resume on Shabbat, February 5th. To sponsor a teen minyan kiddush, click here. 

Shabbat, January 22nd, 10:30am. Tot Shabbat, located in the Beit Midrash Back Room.
 
Elie Berman's Shailot UTshuvot Shiur is cancelled this Shabbat, January 22nd and will resume next Shabbat, January 29th.

Junior High Mishna Shiur with Avi Katz is cancelled this Shabbat, January 22nd and will resume next Shabbat, January 29th. 

High School Shiur with Terry Novetsky is cancelled this Shabbat, January 22nd.

Shabbat, January 22nd, between Mincha and Maariv. Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler. Located in the Main Shul.

Parent/Child Learning is cancelled this Motzei Shabbat, January 22nd and next Motzei Shabbat, January 29th and will resume on Motzei Shabbat, February 5th.

Tuesday, January 25th, 12:30- 6:30pm. Blood Drive. Located in the Social Hall. To register, click here. Sponsor Code: 66985.

Tuesday, January 25th, 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.

Rabbi Strauchler's Tanach Shiur, "Yehoshua- The First Conquest" is cancelled this week and will resume on Tuesday, February 1st.

Wednesday, January 26th, 7:40- 8:40pm. Rabbi Wiener's Shiurim Program. Rabbi Wiener will be leading two chaburot every Wednesday evening.
The first, covering topics from the classical works of mussar, Chovot Halevavot and Mesilat Yesharim, will meet from 7:40pm-8pm.
The second, a Daf Yomi Be'iyun chabura, will meet from 8- 8:40pm. Both shiurim are located in the Main Shul.

Wednesday, January 26th, 7:45pm. Rinat Chavruta Initiative (RCI). Open to men and women (age 14+) and to learners of all levels. There will be snacks and a sho'eil umeishiv each week to help answer questions. To be matched with a chavruta, click here.  If you would like to sponsor the program, help out or have any questions, click here. For additional information, click here.

Thursday, January 27th, 8:30pm. Parshat Hashavua Shiur, Rabbi Wiener. To join, click here.

Meet the Members is back! This week, meet the Markiewicz Family by clicking here.To access our Meet the Members flipbook, click here.