We are greatly honored to welcome
Rabbi and Rebbetzin Kletenik
on the Shabbat Ki Tissa, 26-27 February 2016 (17-18 Adar 1)
through to the Sunday 28th.
Shabbat at CSTL, 27 February lunch kiddish:
"Wake Up and Smell The Coffee" Rabbi Moshe Kletenik,
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Rabbi Moshe Kletenik,
Seudah Shlishit between Mincha and Ma'ariv :
"A Halachic Perspective On Intellectual Property Rights"
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Sunday 28th February 2016 at our special Guest Jewish Lecture at CSTL.
10am light breakfast. 10.15am to about 11.30 am.
Rebbetzin Rivi Poupko Kletenik, Head of School, Seattle Hebrew Academy
Esther: A Text Study
We welcome visitors who are not members of CSTL.
This is for our whole broader Northend Community.
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Key biographical points of our speakers:
Rabbi Moshe Kletenik is Av Bet Din and Director of the Vaad Harabanim of Greater Seattle. He received his Rabbinical Smicha ordination from Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik and studied at Yeshivas Brisk in Chicago. Rabbi Kletenik was previously and remarkably, the President of the Rabbinical Council of America (www.rabbis.org). He is also member of the Faith Advisory Board to Washington Governor. He has written extensively on contemporary issues on a wide variety of Jewish topics including halachah and contemporary society. He is a highly respected scholar and authority on Jewish law. His specialty is Jewish Medical Ethics and Jewish law, as well as issues related to conversion. He has published in Hadarom, Hapardes and Aspaklaria and co-edited the RCA Sermon Anthology Series. He was for many years Rabbi of Bikur-Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation in Seward Park, Seattle.
Rebbetzin Rivy Poupko Kletenik is the Head of School at the Seattle Hebrew Academy, Seattle. She, too, is well-known as a remarkable educator and excellent communicator.
The Kleteniks are the proud parents of four children and wish them Mazal and B'racha on the Chatana of their daughter.