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NEROT 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, simcha, or other occasion. To participate, click here.
 
Nerot Dried Flower Arranging with Sharone Bloom—Thursday, June 6th, 7:45-9:30pm. Registration is now closed. Social Hall.

Parshat HaShavua Shiur—Rabbi Strauchler—Thursday, June 6th, 8:30pm. “Holiness Leaving the Mishkan”. Beit Midrash.
 
Graduation Kiddush 2024—Shabbat, June 8th, following the 9am Minyan. Do you have a 2024 graduate? Whether from Pre-K, Kindergarten, Middle School, High School, College, or Graduate School, co-sponsoring our annual kiddush is a great way to celebrate their achievement! Kiddush sponsorship is $54/Child or $108/Family. To sponsor, click here. Social Hall.

Elie Berman—Shailot uTshuvot Shiur, June 8th, 10:30am. Beit Midrash.

Parent/Child Learning—Shabbat, June 8th, 5:30pm. Beit Midrash.

David Schwartz—Shabbat, June 8th, 6:50pm. "Where There's a Rabbinic Will, There's a Halachic Way"? Limits of Rabbinic Authority. Main Shul.
 
The Gates of Gaza: A Five-Part Virtual Series About the Area of Gaza and the Gaza Envelope in Jewish History—Sunday, June 9th, 10:30am. Presented by Shulie Mishkin. Final class. “Post 1967: Gush Katif and Yamit Settlement and Destruction”. Zoom by, clicking here.

Rinat’s 3rd Annual Summer Block Party—Sunday, June 9th, 2-5pm. Register with early bird pricing by Friday, June 7th. Full Member: $15/Person $36/Family. Affiliate Member: $18/Person $45/Family. Non-Member: $20/Person $54/Family. Volunteers still needed! To register or volunteer, click here. Pennington Road.

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag—Sunday, June 9th, following the 6:45pm Mincha. In preparation for Shavuot. "Sefirat Ha'Omer, Shabbat, and the Shmot/Devarim Dibrot Discrepancy". Beit Midrash.

Annual Meeting—Sunday, June 9th, 8pm. For more information, click here. Social Hall.

Bakery for Israel—Drop off, Sunday, June 9th 8:30pm-10pm or Monday, June 10th 9am-11am. Pick up, Monday, June 10th 12pm - onwards. To place an order, click here. Please contact israelaction@rinat.org with any questions. 1335 Fayette Street.

Tikkun Liel Shavuot—Shavuot Night,  June 11th-12th. Rabbi Strauchler—11:45pm. “Tikkun Layl Shavuot and Mastering Time: From Nocturnal Nothing to Miracle Morning”. Rabbi Wiener—12:45am. “Mishna Yomit Sotah: The Exemption of the Faint-Hearted from Battle”. Dr. Ari Mermelstein—1:45am. “Talmud Torah as an Act of Religious Piety During Bayit Sheni”. Dr. Ari Godon—2:45am. “The Day After, the Day Before, and Everything in Between: Understanding Muslim-Jewish Relations in the World Today." Sponsored by Debbie & Orin Golubtchik and Family in memory of Orin’s beloved parents, משה בן חיים ליב, z”l and חביבה בת שמואל, z”l and Barbara & Simcha Hochman and Family in memory of Simcha’s beloved father, Rabbi Jonas Hochman, z”l. Main Shul.

Youth Program’s Learning, Ice Cream and Pizza—1st day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June 12th, 4pm. Youth Wing

Latte and Learning with Avital Strauchler—1st day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June 12th, 4:15pm. “The Roots of Ruth: Foundations of Family and Chessed in Tanach”. Shiur during youth learning program. Lower Level Lobby.

High School Seniors Torah Talk-Back—1st day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June 12th, 6:15pm. Our graduating seniors will share divrei Torah on their experience growing up in our community – followed by reflections and divrei bracha from Rabbi Strauchler. Main Shul.

Rabbi Yehuda Chanales—1st day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June 12th, 7:15pm. “My Torah Learning: A Lev Hashavua Interactive Experience”. Ma’ayanot Faculty Shavuot Shiur. Main Shul.

Rabbi Strauchler—1st day of Shavuot, Wednesday, June 12th, 8:20pm. “Using the Science of Habits for Talmud Torah”. Main Shul.
 
Shavuot BBQ/Kiddush in honor of Adina & Rabbi Ezra Wiener—2nd day of Shavuot, Thursday, June 13th, following the 9am Minyan. To sponsor, click here. Social Hall.

Yoetzet Halacha Rivka Alter—2nd day of Shavuot, Thursday, June 13th, 4:30pm. “Will the Real Eishet Chayil Please Stand Up: In Depth Look at Eishet Chayil.” Women’s Shiur. Home of Samantha Katz & Lawrence Koutcher at 371 Rutland Ave.

Yoetzet Halacha Dr. Nechama Price—2nd day of Shavuot, Thursday, June 13th, 6:15pm. “Two-Faced Characters: The Double Layered Lessons of Boaz”. Main Shul.
 
Terry Novetsky—2nd Day of Shavuot, Thursday, June 13th, 6:55pm. "Birkhot HaShachar: A Paradigm of Intention and Awe in Blessings”. Main Shul.
 
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