Weekly Brief

AUGUST 2025 CALENDAR
To view the August 2025 Calendar, click here.

TISHA B'AV
Shabbat August 2nd

• Fast Begins: 8:11pm
• Shabbat Ends: 8:54pm

Sunday, August 3rd

• Fast Ends: 8:52pm

For complete schedule, click here.

THIS WEEK AT RINAT

Shailot uTshuvot Shiur with Elie Berman—Shabbat, August 2nd, 10:30am. "Learning Torah on Tisha B'Av?" Beit Midrash.
 
Parent/Child Learning with Rabbi Gerson—Shabbat, August 2nd, 4:45pm. Please note change in time for this week. To sponsor, click here. Beit Midrash.

Rabbi Alec Goldstein—Pre-Mincha Shiur—Shabbat, August 2nd, 5pm. “From Asceticism to Awe: Five Theories of Holiness”. Main Shul.

Rabbi Strauchler—Pre-Tisha B'Av Shiur—Shabbat, August 2nd, 8:20pm. "Berlin, Jerusalem and Teaneck: The Meshech Chocma's Theory of Exile". Main Shul.

Mesilat Yesharim with Rabbi Gerson is on hiatus and will resume, Sunday, August 24th.

Mourning for Jerusalem in 2025—Yeshiva University-RIETS Tisha B’Av Kinot Program with Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter—Sunday, August 3rd. For the live webcast, click here. To sponsor, click here. Main Shul. (Overflow in Beit Midrash until 2pm)

• 7:00am. Early Shacharit.
  
• 8:30am. Shacharit.
• 9:15am. Opening Shiur: “Why Tisha B’Av Matters in 2025”.
• 11am. Kinot Recital and Discussion.
• 5pm. Mincha.

Sponsors in Progress:
Joanne & Charlie Bacall, Pearl & David Berger, Mona & Michael Fishbane, Marcia & David Jacobowitz, Susan Dworken Koss & Fred Koss, Riki & Seth Landa, Sharon Barth & Naftali Ratzersdorfer, Yocheved Schacter, Elke & Kalman Stein, Linda & Michael Stock and Susan & Mark Wiesen.

Tisha B’Av Youth Program—Sunday, August 3rd, 10am-2pm. For children entering Pre-K-4th Grade. Pricing: Full Member- $30/Child. Affiliate Member-$40/Child. Non-Member-$50/Child. To register, click here. Youth Classrooms and Social Hall.

Rabbi Moshe Bernstein—Sunday, August 3rd, 3pm. “Divine Enemy and Human Enemy in the Book of Eicha”. To sponsor, click here. Beit Midrash

Tisha B'Av Movie Screening of "Tragic Awakening"—Sunday, August 3rd. Pricing: Full Members-Free. Affiliate Members-$8/Person. Non-Members-$18/Person. To register, click here. Social Hall.

• 5:30-5:40pm. Introduction.
• 5:40-6:30pm. Screening of “Tragic Awakening”.
• 6:30-7pm. Virtual Presentation by Director, Wayne Koping.
• 7-7:30pm. Q&A and Discussion.
• 7:40pm. Mincha.

Nerot Zumba with Leora Rothschild—Monday, August 4th and Wednesday, August 6th, 7pm. For women only. Pricing: $22 per class or $75 for four classes. To pay, Venmo @Larothschild. For more information or questions, email womensfitness@rinat.org or WhatsApp (917) 670-7482. Classroom D/E.

Teaneck Yoetzet Event—Tuesday, August 5th, 7:45pm. Featuring Yoetzet Halacha Rabbanit Shani Taragin along with our Teaneck Yoatzot Nechama Price and Rivka Alter, “Resilience and Faith: Women’s Questions to Yoatzot Halacha in Times of Crisis”. To register, click here. Social Hall.

Ishay Ribo—Thursday, August 7th, 8pm. Guest performances by Avraham Fried, Zusha and Shmuel. Pricing: $49.50/Ticket. For tickets, click here. To register for the bus, click here. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Catskills, NY.

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