Rabbi Adler’s weekday shiurim – change in schedule:
Wednesday Women’s Mishna shiur will be on Tuesday night (TONIGHT) due to the Yom Ha’Atzmaut program on Wednesday.
Feldenkrais class:
Tonight, Tuesday, April 17, 8:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, April 18, 11:00am-12:00pm
COMMUNITY YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION
Wednesday evening, April 18, 7:15pm - Teaneck Jewish Center
The evening will open with tfillat mincha, followed by a Yom Hazikaron presentation from an Israeli soldier, and tfillat maariv chagigit. It will continue in the Jewish Center's social hall, which will be transformed into a Shuk Yisraeli, replete with Israeli food, music and experiential activities focusing on Israeli culture, geography and history. The evening will conclude in the Jewish Center's sanctuary with a musical performance of Shirei Eretz Yisrael - classic Israeli folk songs. All adults and children sixth grade and up are invited.
Friday Plag Mincha Minyan
In response to recent demand, we will be initiating a third Friday night (plag) mincha minyan this week. The minyan will convene in the beit midrash and will hopefully run throughout the summer months.This week’s plag mincha minyan will begin promptly at 6:00pm. Please join us if this fits into your schedule.
In order to ensure participation in the initial weeks while the minyan gains traction, please confirm your expected attendance to gabbai@rinat.org .
IDF KIDDUSH — SHABBAT PARASHAT TAZRIA-METZORAH,
APRIL 21st, after the Teen and 9:00am Minyanim
If you, your children or your grandchildren are currently serving, or have previously served in the IDF, and were not included in the list we posted last year, please email their names and divisions to revatokayer@gmail.com so we may include them this year.
If you have a child who is currently serving, and you wish to share a photograph of them in uniform, please email it to revatokayer@gmail.com . Deadline for submission of pictures is TODAY, Tuesday, April 17.
Donate online at https://www.rinat.org/idfkiddush . Your donations will be allocated in their entirety to support five worthwhile organizations: Yashar LaChayal, Beit Halochem, Friends of the IDF, Bishvil Machar, and Lone Soldier Center. Please note that to date the Rinat community has already raised over $10,000 for these worthwhile organiztions.
Youth News
The 6th grade minyan originally scheduled for this week has been postponed to Erev Shavuot, Shabbat, May 19.
THIS Sunday, April 22, 5:00-6:30pm, Rinat social hall
Rinat Teens in conjunction with Olami will be remembering the fallen Israeli soldiers with a pizza dinner, short video and planting flowers to beautify the front of Rinat. Questions? Contact shalva@faberfamily.com
Addiction and Substance Abuse in our Community
What is addiction? How can we prevent it? What can we do to help those who struggle with this disease? Join us for a Community Awareness Event, sponsored by our local RCBC synagogues and high schools, about the growing epidemic of substance abuse and addiction within our community. This important event will be held on Sunday, April 22nd, 8:00pm at Torah Academy of Bergen County, and is free of charge. Opioid and drug abuse are on the rise and we, in the Jewish community, are not immune – it can happen to anyone. Our goal is to increase public awareness and understanding, reduce the stigma associated with the disease, and encourage our community to focus on the issue and learn how to detect and prevent substance abuse. Members of the Teaneck community and Amudim, a not-for-profit organization that supports individuals and families dealing with substance abuse and addiction, invite you to join us. Speakers will include Rabbi Zvi Gluck, Director of Amudim, Avi Shteingart, LCSW/CASAC, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, Director of Professional Rabbinics at RIETS/Rabbi of Congregation Beth Aaron, as well as a recovering addict and a local parent.
Rambam and Moreh Nevuchim: Innovation and Controversy - Shiurim l’zecher Rav Ozer Glickman, z”l
Commemoration of Rav Glickman: Shabbat, April 28, 6:00pm - Rabbi Yosef Adler, Mara d’Atra Congregation Rinat Yisrael and Rosh Yeshiva, Torah Academy of Bergen County, will provide introductory remarks.
Rambam, Maimonides or Both? The Perennial Controversy About Interpreting the Man: Shabbat, April 28, 6:00pm - Dr. David Shatz, Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University, editor of The Torah u-Madda Journal, and editor of the series MeOtzar HoRav.
What is Perplexing About the Guide of the Perplexed? Continued (Shabbat, April 28) post-7:00 pm mincha - Dr. David Shatz
Providence, Evil and Human Suffering: Sunday, May 6, 8:00pm - Dr. Moshe Sokol, Dean, Lander College for Men, Professor of Philosophy and faculty member of the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Rabbi of the Yavneh Minyan of Flatbush.
Politics, Practice and Pedagogy: Mitzvot in Maimonidean Thought: Shabbat, May 12, 6:30pm - Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, Principal, SAR Academy High School.
Creation, Revelation and Prophecy: Shavuot, Monday, May 21, 6:55pm - Dr. Daniel Rynhold, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Coordinator of the PhD program at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University.
The Messiah, Messianic Age and Olam Haba: Shabbat, June 9, 6:50pm - Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman, Dean and Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Medieval Jewish History, Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Touro College.
RINAT NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Board of Trustees recently approved the 2018 Nominating Committee comprised of David Schiff, Bina Faber and Josh Zelig. The Committee is charged with preparing the 2018-2019 slate of candidates for the Board (maximum of 20 individuals) to be elected by the membership. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please inform one of the committee members. Ten percent (10%) of the membership may petition the Nominating Committee prior to May 6, 2018 to include a candidate on the slate. Elections and the annual membership meeting will be held in June. For further information, please contact any of the members of the Nominating Committee: David Schiff, dschiffx2@hotmail.com , Bina Faber, binafaber@yahoo.com or Josh Zelig, joshuazelig@yahoo.com .
