Weekly Brief

Announcements & Upcoming Events

Tuesday, December 13 - Rav Glickman's shiur is cancelled.
Class will resume next week, December 20.

Tuesday, December 13, 7:30pm - Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is speaking in the Main Shul.
Cong Rinat Yisrael and Mizrachi-Religious Zionists of America presents Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter who will speak on the topic: “The Contemporary Significance of the State of Israel: Reshit Zemichat Geulatenu?”

Thursday, December 15, 8:30pm - Parsha shiur- Rabbi Eliezer Rubin. Topic: Vayishlach- Differing Stratagies: Deference , Deception and Deterrence

The next Communal Kiddush, which will take place THIS Shabbat, Parshat Vayishlach, December 17.
Sponsorship Levels are:
Big Kahuna - $1000
Big Cholent - $250
Hot Kugel - $180
Chopped Liver - $100
Please sign up at:http://www.rinat.org/kiddush

RINAT ANNUAL DINNER, JANUARY 7, 2017 AT 8:00PM
Please join us for our Annual Dinner on Motzei Shabbat, January 7, 2017, honoring 
Amy and Chanan Vogel, our Young Leadership Awardees, Nissan Clark and Eli Davidovics, representing our Rinat CSS volunteers, as Sruli Guttman Service Awardees, and Paula and Howard Friedman, our Keter Shem Tov Awardees.  Please be generous, as the dinner is one of our most significant fundraising events, critical to maintaining our extensive operations and activities. Register at  www.rinat.org/dinner. 
There are dedicated volunteers assembling the Book of Tribute for each honoree. Please don't delay. Write your messages today and submit them as follows: 
For Amy and Chanan, send your tribute to Cindy Forgash at ctforgash@yahoo.com.
For Eli Davidovics, send your tribute to Amy Birman at amybirman@hotmail.com.
For Nissan Clark, send your tribute to Adrian Gulich at gulich@gmail.com.
For Paula and Howie Friedman, send your tribute to Shaindy Brothman at shaindybrothman@gmail.com.
Please sign up to learn Tanach for the siyum at the dinner. (Learning sign up is at the bottom of the dinner registration page.)

Feldenkrais Exercise: Wednesday, December 14, 11:00am

This Shabbat, December 16-17, Rinat is proud to host Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger of Emory University as a Scholar in Residence. Schedule:
After Kabbalat Shabbat - dvar halacha.
Friday night Oneg Shabbat, at 8:00pm, “Haredi in the Coal Mine: What the Ultra-Orthodox Teach Us About Being Religious in America”. The Oneg will take place in the social hall.
9:00am Shabbat morning service - Derasha.
After mincha on Shabbat afternoon: "Mai Chanukah? Rav Yitzchak Hutner on the Revolution of Chanukah".

Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger, whose research and teaching focus on issues of religious authority, rabbinic literature, and the development of Jewish law in Judaism. Sponsorships for the Shabbat are available for $100 by emailing adulted@rinat.org. Please indicate if your sponsorship marks a yahrzeit or simcha. 

Thank you to our current sponsors:  Yocheved and Bennett Deutsch In memory of Bennett's father Dovid Levi Ben Alter Elyakim Getzel, z"l; The Harcsztark Family in memory of Rabbi Zusha Harcsztark z"l and The Yammer family on the occasion of the 8th Yartzeit of our father and grandfather, Alter Eliezer ben Yaakov Halevi, z"l.

Chanukah Puppet Show!!
This Sunday, December 18th from 10:00-11:00am at Keter Torah
$5 per person. Kindergarten and younger must be accompanied by an adult

This Sunday, December 18, 8:00pm, Rabbi Daniel Fridman of Jewish Center of Teaneck will be speaking at Rinat on the topic:"The Beauty of Yefet in the Tents of Shem:  The Challenge of the Torah-Chochmah Synthesis in Light of Chanukah". The shiur has been sponsored in commemoration of the fifth yahrzeit  of Mr. Sheldon Rudoff z"l.

This Sunday Dec 18, 5:00-9:00pm -  Nerot's Annual Chanukah Boutique
www.rinat.org/nerotboutique
Please shop for Chanukah and help support Nerot! 

SHAIMOS DRIVE THIS SUNDAY!!
There will be a Shaimos Drive next Sunday, December 18, from 10:00am-12:00pm in Classroom C.
$18 donation required. If you have a high school student in need of chesed hours who is able to help out, please email adina@rinat.org as soon as possible.

WELCOMING NEW NEIGHBORS AND NEW MEMBERS SHABBAT LUNCH
All new neighbors and new members are invited as guests at "veteran" Rinat families homes for Shabbat lunch, December 24th. Deadline to sign up is December 17th, no exceptions so that we can plan accordingly.  To sign up, email Amy Vogel, amyvogel2727@gmail.com.