On Shabbat, November 9-10, the Adult Education Committee of Cong. Rinat Yisrael presents Rabbanit Sally Mayer, Rosh Midrasha at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Overseas Program, as scholar-in-residence. The schedule for the Shabbat is as follows:

Friday night oneg, 7:45pm: “‘Can You Order Me a Ham on Rye?’ Lifnei Iver in the Workplace and Beyond”

Shabbat morning: Derashot at teen minyan, 8:30 a.m. minyan, and 9:00 a.m. minyan

Post-Mincha shiur: “Timeless Tradition Meets Modernity: When Halacha Is Based on Outdated Science”

Rabbanit Sally Mayer serves as Rosh Midrasha at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Overseas Program and teaches Talmud, Halacha, parsha and Jewish philosophy. Rabbanit Mayer holds a BA from

Stern College, an MA in Medieval Jewish History from Yeshiva University, and studied at Drisha Institute in the Scholars Circle Program. Before moving to Israel with her family, she was a member of the core faculty that built Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, where she chaired the Talmud Department.