Weekly Brief

Rabbi Adler’s shiurim – change in schedule:
Monday night Gemara shiur will take place on Tuesday night, Feb 27;
Wednesday: Women's Afternoon Chumash Shiur takes place as usual;
No Mishna shiur on Wednesday night due to Purim.

MEGILLAH READING FOR THE HOMEBOUND
If you know of someone who is homebound, and cannot get  to shul, who would like to hear megillah reading on Purim please let us know and we will do our best to have a volunteer come to their home to read. Purim sa’meach,

Moshe Golubchik – 201 421 5446 or Pinhas Friedenberg - 201 357 8642.

Taanit Esther/Purim Schedule:
Taanit Esther: Wed Feb 28
Fast begins        5:20am
Shacharit       6:10, 7:10am -Beit Midrash
Mincha only    5:20pm —Main Shul
Fast ends    6:21pm
Maariv & Megillah
  Beit Midrash    6:25pm
        Main Shul    6:25pm
Late Megillah     9:45pm —MAIN SHUL (no Maariv)

PURIM DAY: Thursday, March 1
Shacharit  & Megillah
6:00am    Beit Midrash
7:00am    Main Shul
8:00am    Social Hall
9:00am    Main Shul
10:30am Late Megillah —Main Shul

Mincha 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00pm -Main Shul
Mincha/Maariv
5:25    Main Shul
Maariv
7:30, 9:15pm—Beit Midrash

PASTA GROGGER DRIVE:
Bring your pasta to use as grogger on Purim!
Donations given to tzedakah from Yeshivat Noam chesed project. Donation boxes will be located in shul lobby.

PURIM CHAGGIGAH—WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 28
Last chance to sponsor the Purim Chagigah! Sign up TODAY!
Register TODAY and pay $20 per person or $70 per family. Pre-registration closes TONIGHT, Tuesday night at 8:00pm after which you will need to wait in line and register at the door.
Join the Rinat Kehillah tomorrow, Wednesday night, February 28th immediately following Main Shul Megillah Reading in the ‘Red Carpet’ Social Hall for Rinat’s Annual Purim Chaggigah and VIP Oscar Party.There will be a meat dinner, carnival games, popcorn, cotton candy, photo booth, bounce house, red carpet, music, prizes and more. Please register by clicking here and consider sponsoring this event. Contact renazelig@gmail.com   for more information or if you have questions.
Sign up to sponsor right away!

Nerot's Pre Pesach sale at Rinat Yisrael! March 18th 9:30am-12:00pm

Featuring hats, socks and jewelry.

Nerot Pre-Pesach Wine Sale
Yom Tov is a perfect time to stock up on wine for the year; you may as well get it delivered to your home at a great price. By participating in this fundraiser, you will be supporting Nerot as well as taking care of your wine needs for Pesach, Shabbat, and the entire year.  For purchases over $150, your order will be delivered to your home the week of March 25. Visit www.rinat.org/nerotwine ​​​​​​​. Pay online and email your form to winesale@rinat.org ​​​​​​​, or mail/drop off your order form and payment (check to Rinat) to Ruth Hartstein at 341 Forest Ave. Teaneck, NJ 07666 (PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS). All order forms must be in no later than Friday March 9.

RINAT MATZAH SALE 2018
The link for matzah orders is live at: www.rinat.org/matzah  ​​​​​​​

Matzah baking will be at 1:30pm on Sunday March 11, 2018.
Anyone baking must make reservations and help transport matzah boxes to help save us a costly rental. All orders must be pre-paid
Regular and whole wheat - $ 25 / lb.  Broken matzah and matzah meal - $22 / lb. This includes a tip for the factory workers, who will be doing most of the baking.
You must login to your Rinat account to register. For those not joining us to bake, pick up at Rinat in Classroom G on Monday, March 12, 7-10pm.
Order by: Wed March 7 at 10am

COMMUNAL KIDDUSH—MARCH 10
Sponsorship Levels are:
Grand Slam - $1000
Triple - $360
Double - $250
Single - $180
Walk - $100

Sponsorships are available at: www.rinat.org/kiddush

Fourth Annual Community Learning of Congregation Rinat Yisrael and Congregation Beth Sholom, Shabbat, March 17.
Joint learning program with Cong Beth Sholom. This year's topic, "Ha-Laylah Ha-Zeh: How the Seder Helped Rebuild Jewish Life After the Destruction of the Temple," addresses Jewish responses to catastrophe and the contribution that the Pesach Seder made to rebuilding Jewish life in the wake of the destruction of the Second Temple. The session will begin at 4:00pm at Congregation Beth Sholom. Please register online at https://cbsteaneck.shulcloud.com/event/bethsholom-rinat-2018 ​​​​​​​. Deadline for sign up is March 5.