Weekly Brief

​​​​​​​Sixth Grade Parent/Child Minyan this Shabbat, May 19, Parshat Bamidbar in Social hall A. Please email youth@rinat.org to participate in leining, davening or to sponsor the hot kiddush.

Shavuot Program: May 2, 4-6pm - Come learn with your group leaders. Pizza and ice cream will be served!

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 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.  Thank you. Michael Goldsmith, Riki Landa and Josh Zelig.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT RINAT OVER SHAVUOT 5778
 
TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT – MOTZEI SHABBAT, MAY 19, 2018
11:30pm – Teen Learning with Rabbi Mandelstam. Topic: Naaseh V'nishma; What on Earth were we Thinking?
11:45pm – Rabbi Adler. Topic: Jewish Law and Medical Marijuana
1:00am – Rabbi Wiener. Topic: The Proprietry of Zealotry: Past and Present
2:00am – Rabbi Yechiel Bresler. Topic: Pesach to Shavuos: From Believers to Performers
3:00am – Rabbi Shaya First. Topic: Just What Happens When We Doze Off? Sleepers and Slumber in Halacha and Hashkafa.  Rabbi First is a TABC Faculty member teaching Gemara and Physics.
4:00am – Rabbi Avi Heller. Topic: Ten Insights into the Aseret Hadibrot
At the conclusion of his shiur, Rabbi Heller will be making a siyum on Masechet Shabbat.
5:10am – Shacharit
Tikkun Leil Shavuot is being sponsored by Orin and Debbie Golubtchik & family in memory of Orin’s parents, Morris and Haviva Golubtchik, and by Barbara and Simcha Hochman & family in memory of Simcha’s father, Rabbi Jonas Hochman.

FIRST DAY SHAVUOT, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018
6:10pm – Rabbi Steven Weil, Sr. Managing Director of OU. Topic: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann, Its Drastic Ramifications and Impact on Israeli Society and the Future of the Jewish State

SECOND DAY SHAVUOT, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018
Maayanot and Rinat Shavuot Learning program for women and teenage girls at Rinat: 3:15pm – 5:40pm, Rinat Beit Midrash
3:15pm – Dr. Rayzel Yaish, Director of Guidance. (Rinat Beit Midrash) Topic: Letters written in the Sands of Time: How the Torah Teaches us to Make the Most of Every Moment
4:00pm – Rinat Youth Learning Program – Classrooms
4:10pm – Mrs. Rivka Kahan, Maayanot HS Principal. (Rinat Beit Midrash) Topic: The Human Element: Charting a Personal Course to the Divine
5:00pm – Mrs. Yael Weil, Halakha Teacher. (Rinat Beit Midrash) Topic: The Conduit of the Kohain and a Divine Duchening: The Secrets of Birkat Kohanim Revealed
6:00pm – Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Chair, Bible Dept., SAR HS. (Main Shul) Topic: A Case for Midrash Study in the 21st Century
6:55pm – Dr. Daniel Rynhold (Main Shul) Topic: Creation, Revelation and Prophecy
Dr. Daniel Rynhold is Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Coordinator of the PhD program at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University.

Parasha shiur: Thursday, May 24,  8:30pm - Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

Shabbat, May 26, 6:40pm-  Rabbi Jeremy Wieder: Handling Situations of Doubt in Cases of Abuse - A Halakhic Perspective.

Monday, Memorial Day, May 28, 8:45am - Dr. AJ Berkovitz

Topic: How Liturgy Evolves: The Case of Psalms.