Weekly Brief

The End is Near 
With the end of our fiscal year approaching at the end of May, please make sure to pay all outstanding amounts as soon as possible and in any event before month-end. Payments can be made by credit card at www.rinat.org , or by check. Please contact the office (via email at billing@rinat.org or by phone at 201 837-2795 ext 102) if you have any questions. And if you need to make a financial arrangement, please contact one of us. 
Thanks for your cooperation. 
Michael Goldsmith, Jonathan Kukin, Riki Landa and Josh Zelig

Pre-Mincha shiur Shabbat, April 29, 2017, 6:15pm
Rabbi Steven Weil, Senior Managing Director, Orthodox Union 
Topic: The 50th Anniversary of the Event That Changed Jewish Destiny: An Analysis of the Six Day War

New Shiur Series With Rabbi Wiener 
Tuesdays May 2, 9, 16, and 23, 7:30-8:15pm - Classroom G  
Rabbi Wiener invites boys in 6th-8th grade to a series of shiurim which will meet on Tuesday nights covering topics relevant for young men in the pre and post bar mitzva age range. Topics will include Tefila Betzibbur, The laws of the  Shaliach Tzibbur, Biur Tefila and more. 

Kehunah Lecture Series 
Rabbi Ozer Glickman will be delivering a lecture series on Bikdushato Shel Aharon: The Practice of Birkat Kohanim, covering many concepts concerning Kehuna, with a focus on modern-day Avodah. The series will run at 8:00pm each Tuesday between Pesach and Shavuot (5/2, 5/9, 5/16 & 5/23). Classroom D-E

Parsha shiur: Thursday May 4, 8:30pm: Rabbi Ezra Wiener will be speaking.

Yom Haatzmaut Community Event: 7:15pm, Monday, May 1 at Keter Torah
Please join us for a community-wide event for Yom Haatzmaut:
Yom Hazikaron Commemoration: Paul Kaye, War-Hero and Navy Veteran who served on the Aliyah-Bet ship, "Hatikvah".  
Yom Haatzmaut Celebration: Tefilat Maariv Chagigit, followed by a Chagiga in the main ballroom with light pareve refreshments.
Youth Activities organized by the RZA Fellows program (Religious ZIonists of America) and run by our very own youth leaders!! Youth program is for for Kindergarten through Grade 5 during this time. 
Looking forward to seeing you there!

IDF KIDDUSH | NEXT SHABBAT, MAY 6
The IDF Kiddush in memory of Rinat member Ilan Tokayer z"l, will take place on Shabbat Parshat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim. All contributions will support IDF soldiers and organizations. Please note: If you have any children or grandchildren currently or previously serving in the IDF or doing Sherut Leumi that were not included last year, please email their names to revatokayer@gmail.com so we may honor them this year. Click https://www.rinat.org/event/idf-kiddush-2017.html to sponsor.

Sunday, May 7, 9:15am: Matan in the Morning
Matan Shiurim to celebrate Jerusalem’s Jubilee—featuring  Rabbanit Shani Taragin who will speak on: Yerushalayim: Who Chooses Whom? and Mrs. Yael Leibowitz, who will speak on: Jerusalem’s Tapestry of Identities.

Sunday, May 7, 8:00pm: Rinat Yisrael Adult Education Committee is pleased to co-sponsor along with the Tikvah Fund: Professor Ruth Wisse, the Martin Peretz Professor Emerita of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Tikvah Fund, and noted lecturer who will speak on: Are American Jews their Own Worst Enemies? A lecture and conversation with Prof. Ruth Wisse. 

Feldenkrais: Wednesday, May 3 11:00am-12:00pm

Shabbat Schedule

Erev Shabbat, April 28: 17th Day Omer (Iyyar 2)
7:00p Mincha/Maariv
7:15p Candle Lighting
7:32p Candle Lighting
7:35p Mincha/Maariv
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שמונה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וארבעה ימים לעמר

Shabbat, April 29: 18th Day Omer, Tazria-Metzora (Iyyar 3)
7:00a Shacharit
8:15a Rambam Shiur
8:30a Shacharit
9:00a Shacharit
9:00a Shacharit- Social hall -Teens
9:25a Sof Zman Kriyat Shma
10:30a Daf Yomi
10:30a Shailot Uteshuvot Shiur
2:00p Mincha
5:50p Mincha
6:15p Amud Yomi
6:15p Shiur Pre-Mincha
6:30p Children's Mishna Shiur
7:15p Mincha/Maariv
8:33p Havdalah
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר

Sunday, April 30: 19th Day Omer (Iyyar 4)
7:00a Daf Yomi
7:00a Shacharit
7:30a Mishna Yomi
8:00a Shacharit
9:00a Shacharit
1:45p Mincha
7:35p Mincha/Maariv
9:15p Maariv
9:30p Yerushalmi Chaburah
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום עשרים יום שהם שני שבועות וששה ימים לעמר