Weekly Brief

For February calendar, click here.

***New***Israel Initiatives: Therapy for Chayalim- Metiv—Rinat is proud to be sponsoring five days of group therapy for a group of Oketz IDF heroes. To learn more about this initiative and to sponsor, click here.

Save the Date: Rinat Yisrael 36th Annual Dinner—Motzei Shabbat, February 24th, 8pm. Guests of Honor: Riki & Seth Landa. Sruli Guttman Service Award: Ranon Mann. Young Leadership Award: Emily Adler, honoring our graduating group leaders and a l’hitraot to Adina & Rabbi Ezra Wiener as they make Aliyah. To register, click here. To sign up for the siyum, click here. To submit tributes for Riki & Seth Landa, email landatribute@rinat.org​​​​​, for Ranon Mann, email ranontribute@rinat.org and for Emily Adler, email emilytribute@rinat.org.

Parshat HaShavua Shiur—Rabbi Jeremy Wieder—Thursday, February 1st, 8:30pm. “אחת דבר א-לקים שתים זו שמעתי: The Differences Between the Two Sets of Ten Commandments” Sponsored by Cecile & Michael Wollman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Cecile’s beloved father, Yaakov Rosenkranz, Yaakov Yehuda ben Shraga, z”l, on chaf gimmel Shevat. For source materials, click here. Beit Midrash

Youth Leader Training—Friday February 2nd, at the conclusion of Mincha/Maariv. Divsha & Martin will be hosting a training for prospective leaders, at their home. The dinner is for middle school students who have not yet attended a training dinner. There is no charge for this program. If you are interested, please email youth@rinat.org.
 
Making Sense of Divine Providence with Rabbi Wiener—Friday, February 2nd, 8:15pm. Beit Midrash.

Shailot uTshuvot Shiur with Elie Berman—Shabbat, February 3rd, 10:30am. Beit Midrash.

Winter Communal Luncheon—Shabbat, February 3rd, at the conclusion of the 9am Minyan. Registration is now closed. Social Hall.
 
Parent/Child Learning—Motzei Shabbat, February 3rd, 6:45pm. To sponsor parent/child learning, click here. Beit Midrash.

Bar Mitzvah Class 5784—Motzei Shabbat, February 3rd, 6:45pm. Classroom D/E.

Two community members are in need of a kidney, please come to the Renewal, Kidney Donation Awareness & Swabbing Event on Sunday, February 4th. Swabbing: 8:30am-11am in Main Lobby. Educational Program: 9:45am in Social Hall A.

Actions and Emotions: Negotiating New Realities in Israel, American and Around the World with Yocheved Schacter—Sunday, February 4th, 11am-12:30pm. Group open to the first fifteen responders. To RSVP, email shanayschacter@gmail.com. Classroom G.

Finding Joy in Crisis with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar—Sunday February 4th, 8pm. Book launch for “An Ode to Joy: Judaism and Happiness in the Thought of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Beyond.” ed. Dr. Erica Brown, Dr. Shira Weiss. Social Hall A.

Nerot Challah Bake— Thursday, February 8th, 8pm. For more details and to register, click here. Social Hall.

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier’s Gemara B'Iyun Shiur on Maseches Bava Kamma—Monday, February 5th, 8:15pm. Beit Midrash