WEEKLY BRIEF 14 Tevet 5779/December 22, 2018–Parshat Vayechi

SHABBAT SCHEDULE

Candle Lighting 4:13pm Mincha/Maariv 4:20pm Shabbat Morning Sof Zman Kriyat Shma 9:36am Rambam Shiur 8:15am Shacharit— Main Shul 7:00am Beit Midrash 8:30am Main Shul 9:00am Social Hall B-Teens 9:00am Daf Yomi 10:30am Tot Shabbat 10:30am Shailot UTshuvot shiur 10:30am Aliyot for Wheelchair Users? Shabbat Afternoon First Mincha 2:00pm Amud Yomi—Beit Midrash 2:55pm Children’s Mishna shiur 3:15pm Bnei Akiva Snif 4:00pm Zman Mincha 4:00pm

Shiur—Rabbi Ferziger Jr High School Shiur - Avi Katz—Beit Midrash Back Room

Shabbat Ends 5:14pm Parent Child Learning 6:05pm Beit Midrash

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE: DEC 23-28

Shacharit Sun 7:00, 8:00, 9:00am Mon, Thurs 6:20, 7:20am Tues (Legal Holiday) 7:00, 8:00, 9:00am Wed, Fri 6:30, 7:30am Mincha/Maariv Sun, Tues (Mincha only) 12:45pm Sun —Thurs 4:15pm Late Maariv Mon—Thurs 7:30pm Sun—Thurs 9:15pm Next Friday, December 28 Candle Lighting 4:17pm Mincha/Maariv 4:20pm

MAZAL TOV

Marcy Goldstein and Eran Bellin on the birth of a granddaughter, Talah Naomi, to Judah and Rivkah Bellin. Mazal Tov to big brother Ben. Andrea and Michael Ferber on the bar mitzvah of Binyamin. Mazal tov to grandparents, Marilyn and Gideon Ferber, and to the extended family and friends who have traveled from near and far to join in the simcha. Susan and Fred Koss on the marriage of their granddaughter Racheli, daughter of Chevi and Avigdor, to Avi Stein, son of Sara and Shua Stein. Mazal Tov to aunt and uncle Meira and Jerry Adest of Teaneck.

WEEKLY BRIEF DEADLINE

Please email your announcement to adina@rinat.org by WEDNESDAY at noon.

BERGEN COUNTY YOETZET CONTRIBUTION

Rinat’s contribution to the Bergen County Yoetzet Program was funded in memory of

Helen Brueckheimer, a”h

לעילוי נשמת מרת הינדל בת אליקים הכהן

By her loving family

YOUTH NEWS

Happy birthday to Yael Erlichman. Thank you to her parents for sponsoring the snack this week in groups.

2nd-3rd Grade Friday Night Dinner |December 28th Enjoy Shabbat dinner with your friends and group leaders! Walking groups home will be provided. Early bird pricing ends on December 26th. Click this link to sign up.

Kindergarten-1st Grade Shabbat Lunch |December 29th Enjoy Shabbat lunch with your friends and group leaders! Walking groups home will be provided. Early bird pricing ends on December 26. Click this link to sign up.

Allergy Notice: Rinat youth department is not nut-free, we are nut aware and allergy-aware. Please do not send your children to groups with snacks and candy from home.

ADULT EDUCATION

This Shabbat December 21st-22nd—Scholar in Residence Dr. Adam Ferziger, Dept. of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University Bar Ilan University. Schedule is as follows: Friday night Oneg at 7:30 pm: Female Clergy and Male Space: The Ritualization of the Orthodox Rabbi; Shabbat Morning Drasha (8:30 and 9:00 services): Jerusalem and Babylon in the 21st Century - The Relationship between Israeli and American Judaisms; Shabbat After Mincha: Love and Death: Reform Marriage and Reform Burial in Contemporary Halakhah.

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Leora and Martin Fineberg in honor and in memory of Leora's mother Miriam Adler, מרים רודא בת יצחק ו חנה זיסל

who passed away on this past Yom Kippur.

Rabbi Adler's weekday shiurim – change in schedule: No Mishna shiur on Wednesday night, December 26th.

Tuesday, December 25th |8:45am |Rabbi Daniel Wolf will take place in Classroom D-E. Topic: "Get Zikkui - Effecting a Divorce in the Husband's Place". Dayan Lavie of the Zefat Bet Din forges a bold and original solution for a "Get Zikkui", effecting a divorce in the husband’s place. Rabbi Wolf will explain the decision and some of the issues involved.

Tuesday, December 25th |10:00am, Daf Yomi group of Cong. Rinat Yisrael will be hosting Amitai Ben Dovid who will be presenting a shiur on Tarfus and Shechita in the Rinat Social Hall. To help defray the cost, a nominal $10 contribution is requested and additional sponsorships are welcome.

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Susan & Michael Richmond, in memory of Susan’s father, Salo Schlanger, a”h.

Parsha shiur: Thursday, December 27th—Rabbi Adler

NEROT NEWS

Feldenkrais class: Class is on hiatus until January 22

Oneg Shabbat Friday, January 4th |7:30pm Please join us for an exciting Women’s Oneg at the Wiener home on Friday night, January 4th at 7:30pm. Come enjoy inspiring divrei Torah and delicious desserts with Nerot and fellow Rinat members.

Movie, Wine, and Cheese |Saturday night January 12th | 7:00pm in the Rinat Social Hall. Come watch 93 Queen, the inspirational story of last Shabbat’s guest lecturer, Judge Rachel Freier, and her quest to establish Ezras Nashim, an all-female Orthodox Volunteer EMT Ambulance Service. To support their petition to apply for their own ambulance, please click here. Come and enjoy a beautiful selection of wine and cheese afterwards. Look out for registration email! Sponsorships available!

TEEN MINYAN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Teen minyan is on. To sponsor a hot Kiddush, please email Rabbi Mandelstam: raphi.mandelstam@tabc.org.

PARENT CHILD LEARNING | 6:05PM

If you’d like to sponsor a week, please email parentchild@rinat.org. or click here.

NEW GEMARA LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

Monday night Dec 24th; Wednesday night Dec 26th at 8:25pm. Our new gemara group, led by Rabbi Avi Heller, is learning Masech-et Megilla. Class is for men and women. The class level is for any-one, but especially for almost-beginner to intermediate Gemara students. Review resources, recordings etc is available via www.OUTorah. For details, please email hellera@ou.org.

BNEI AKIVA SNIF | 4:00-5:15PM

Children grades 1-5 please join us this Shabbat in the classrooms.

SAVE THE DATE—NEXT COMMUNAL KIDDUSH!

Please join us on January 12th, 2019 for our Football Communal Kiddush to welcome our new Executive Director, Elissa Yurowitz and thank our incredible CSS team: Ed Atwood, Brent Baer, Amit Bejar, Chaim Birman, Hillel Caplan, Nissan Clark, Eli Davidovics, Juda Engelmayer, Michael Epstein, Yaakov Erlichman, Mitchell Esral, Joshua Goldstein, Adrian Gulich, Daniel Hartstein, Barbara Hochman, Bernard Levine, Paul Malek, Michael Markel, Yitzi Mar-kel, Larry Milstein, Etzion Neuer, Simeon Oppenheim, Chaim Rapps, David Secemski, Shari Chana Spivak, Michael Stock, Yehuda Weiss, and Robert Wind. . Please click the link below for sponsor-ship opportunities. https://www.rinat.org/kiddush

HAKARAT HATOV

Thank you to Rabbi Adler, Rabbi Wiener, the Chevra Kadisha, the Aveilut Committee and the entire Rinat community for the selfless support and kindness so generously extended to our family after the passing of Linda’s father, Bernard Stern, a”h, and throughout the shiva. Linda and Michael Shmidman

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS AND AFFILIATE MEMBERS

Welcome to the following families who have recently joined the shul: Members: Amichai Weinberg and Mayah Judovits, Nadav and Bita Zamir Affiliate Members: Mordechai and Mia Luchins, Eric and Karen Orgen

WEEKLY BRIEF SPONSORS

Joan and Warren Enker to commemorate the yahrzeits of their mothers, Helen Goldstein and Mina Enker. Jeff and Susan Erdfarb to commemorate the yahrzeit of Jack Erdfarb.