Click HERE for Printable OZ Weekly

Reminder: SoShul Distancing Guidelines- The 3 W's

• Wear a mask at all times on shul premises (including over the nose)
• Wash your hands and use hand-sanitizer
• Watch your space and sit in marked seats (blue tape)
• Remember to check your symptoms at home
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• To sign-up for Shabbos Shacharis in the Sukkah/Patio, please click here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FL_NW6SjdES_gmdlbcBRvyPlA0hApBvjIsgF07iAqUA/edit?usp=sharing

• Thank you to our members, participants, gabbaim, staff, and Rabbis who made the High Holidays Services as safe and seamless as possible!
• It's not too late to contribute to the Kol Nidrei Appeal at www.OZNY.org/HighHolidays.

UPDATED Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth
• UPDATED: Shabbat Youth Groups are now at Park West Village (off Columbus, behind Whole Foods) at 10:30am
• UPDATED: Chalk the Walk - Rainbow Activity for Parshas Noach - due to inclement weather, this event has been moved to Sunday, Oct. 25 @ 10:00am

Learning Opportunities - www.OZNY.org/Events

• Weekly Haftorah - Mondays @ 8:00pm -  Zoom - with Rabbi Allen Schwartz - www.OZNY.org/Event/Haftorah2020 
• Tuesday Night Learning Program - Tuesday Zoom classes start 7:30pm - schedule & sponsor info: www.OZNY.org/TNLP
• Discover Judaism: Shabbat Review - Wednesdays @ 6:45pm - Zoom - with Adam Resnick - www.OZNY.org/Event/Melachot2020 
• Discover Judaism: Jewish Philosophy - Wednesdays @ 8:00pm - Zoom - with Joel Goldman - www.OZNY.org/Event/Discover2020
• Minchas Chinuch - Weekly Mitzvah - Wednesdays @ 8:00pm - Zoom - www.OZNY.org/Event/Mitzvah2020 
• Hashkama Shiur on Zoom - Sundays @ 6:15pm - Zoom - with Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard - www.OZNY.org/Event/Blanchard2020
• Men’s Daf Yomi Chaburah - Dial-In 425-535-9424, or join the Men’s Daf Yomi WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GLGBABEeiKbFBiXg3Mttw0 

Bulletin Board

Condolences

• Dr. Marvin Blumenfrucht & Marc Blumenfrucht and their families, on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Helen Blumenfrucht, z'l
• Yoram Stone & family, on the loss of his mother, Frances Stone z'l

Kiddush To Go
www.OZNY.org/Form/Kiddush5781 

• Len Schwarzbaum & Lauren Goldman, commemorating the Yarzheit of his father Sam Schwarzbaum z'l

Simchas Torah 5781 Chassanim

• Kol Nearim - David Ascher
• Chassan Bereisis - Zachary Prensky
• Chassan Torah - Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• Chassan Maftir - Dr. Ariel Brandwein

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

Join the 'Click'!

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp
• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp
• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Len's Links

• Lamm Heritage: The Generation of the Tower & A Towering Generation: https://images.shulcloud.com/731/uploads/noah2.pdf
• Covenant & Conversation: Righteousness is not Leadership: https://mcusercontent.com/2a91b54e856e0e4ee78b585d2/files/96a7346d-e61c-4fce-8030-f9218338f72a/Righteousness_is_not_Leadership_Noach_5781_.pdf

SCHEDULE

Friday, October 23, 2020

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Candles: 5:45pm
• Mincha/Maariv: 5:55pm

Shabbos Parshas Noach 5781

• 7:30am - Hashkama in Main Shul
• 8:30am - Sukkah Minyan - RSVP Required
• 9:15am - Shacharit in Main Shul
• 10:00am – Youth Groups in Central Park
• Kiddush To Go
• 5:45pm - Mincha in Main Shul
• Text & Context: Classic Commentaries on the Parsha with Rabbi Schwartz
• Men's Daf Yomi with Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman in the bet Medrash
• 6:45pm - Maariv
• 6:51pm - Havdala

Sunday

• Shacharis: 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 5:45pm

Monday

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 6:50am, 7:50am
• Mincha Maariv: 5:45pm

Tuesday

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 5:45pm

Wednesday

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 5:45pm

Thursday

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 6:50am, 7:50am
• Mincha Maariv: 5:45pm

Friday

• Shacharis: 6:10am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Candles: 5:36pm
• Mincha / Maariv: 5:45pm

Parsha Thought by Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard

Sometimes things feel so thoroughly bad, even wasted, that we wish we could start all over again. These are the days when we dream of turning our world over completely. At these moments, we hope, even aspire,  to profoundly recreate our whole lives. While I do not wish to discourage anyone who can, in fact, become a saint through a radical act of sheer will, I have to say that, in general, most of us can't become a different person or have a completely new life. And , truth be told, we shouldn't seek this. Real change, genuine moral and spiritual growth, is gradual and necessarily connected to the good that we have already achieved. For me and my friends, the moral and spiritual life is made up  of ongoing little acts of self re-creation that renew, expand and increase the good we have done.

Stay tuned for:

• OZ Paint Night
• Zoom Book Club
• Walking Tours & Well-being
• Professional Development & Networking
• Monthly 'Sukkah' Schmoozes w/Dr. Nava Silton-Brandwein
• and more...!

Check the Minyan Schedule at www.ozny.org/calendar

• Self-check symptoms at home
• Social Distancing maintained
• Masks required

Kiddush-To-Go

Every Shabbat - Sponsors Welcome

Distanced & Delicious!

www.OZNY.org/Form/Kiddush5781

Miss the 'Clank' of the coins?

Join the OZ Monthly Pushke

Make a Big Impact with a Small Contribution!

www.OZNY.org/Monthly

OZ Youth Groups in Central Park

Shabbat @ 10:00am (West 93rd Street Entrance)

Contact Youth@OZNY.org for all Youth Programs & Procedures

Parsha: Text & Context in the Main Sanctuary

Rabbi Allen Schwartz - Shabbat Afternoon between Mincha/Maariv

Take a journey with the Classic Commentaries!

www.OZNY.org/Event/Text2020

Hashkama Shiur is now on Zoom

Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard - Sundays @ 6:15pm

Peppered with Psychological Insights

www.OZNY.org/Event/Blanchard2020

The Weekly Haftorah on Zoom

Rabbi Allen Schwartz - Mondays @ 8:00pm

Explores different themes in Nevi'im and the Torah

www.OZNY.org/Event/Haftorah2020

TNLP | Tuesday Night Learning Program on ZOOM

Different Classes | Different classes start at 7:30pm

Joel Goldman, David Israel, Nava Silton, and Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman

www.OZNY.org/TNLP

Discover Judaism Presents - Open to All

Shabbos Review: 39 Melachot - on Zoom

Adam Resnick - Wednesdays @ 6:45pm

www.OZNY.org/Event/Melachot2020

The Weekly Mitzvah on Zoom

Rabbi Allen Schwartz - Wednesdays @ 8:00pm

Analyzes the Sefer HaChinuch with the Minchas Chinuch Commentary

www.OZNY.org/Event/Mitzvah2020

Discover Judaism Presents - Open to All

Exploring Jewish Philosophy & Prayer in the Torah

Joel Goldman - Wednesdays @ 8:00pm

www.OZNY.org/Event/Discover2020

Men's Daf Yomi Chaburah

Schedule, Conference Call & WhatsApp

No Better Day Than Today to Join!

www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

Join the 'Click'

The OZ App & OZ on WhatsApp

Check us out online

www.OZNY.org/Online

Reminder - Entry to Shul requires:

• Self-check of symptoms and temperature at home
• Stay home if not feeling well
• Stay home if awaiting test result, even for non-sick reasons like work or travel requirements
• Masks worn at all times
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.

• Thank you to our members, participants, gabbaim, staff, and Rabbis who made the High Holidays Services as safe and seamless as possible!
• It's not too late to contribute to the Kol Nidrei Appeal at www.OZNY.org/HighHolidays.

Weekend Notes

• Youth Dept. will host Pre-Yom Tov Kol Nearim on Friday at 4pm on steps & zoom: https://www.ozny.org/event/Kol-Hanearim
• Limited spots left in the Sukkah Minyan (Social Hall if Rain)- RSVP Required at https://www.ozny.org/form/OutdoorShacharit
• Limited spots left for the Shemini Schmooze with Dr. Nava Silton Brandwein - The Pursuit of Happiness II - RSVP required: www.ozny.org/event/Shemini2020

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

Join the 'Click'!

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp
• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp
• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

Len's Links

• The Last 8 Verses: https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48931547.html
• The Oldest Love Affair in History: https://www.aish.com/h/su/saast/The-Oldest-Love-Affair-in-History.html
• Ceremony & Celebration: https://rabbisacks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-Shemini-Atzeret-Simchat-Torah-FINAL.pdf

OZ Online Opportunities

www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call
• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm
• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm
• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

RABBI'S NOTES

• Social Distancing guidelines are still enforced at all minyanim. Please self check symptoms at home. Masks must be worn at all times on premises. If you do not feel well, or are awaiting test results - stay home.
• Community Leining: We will discharge the 'Tzibbur's' obligation to hear the Parshios that were missed in the Spring by distributing the leining throughout the final days of Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah. 
• Aravos: Have been generously donated this year. Contributions are still welcome - please deposit them in the drop boxes in the Bet Medrash lobby or Office Door, or make an online payment at www.OZNY.org/Payment.php. 
• Hoshanos: 7 Circuits will be conducted around the Bima in each minyan. They will be limited to 5 (Beis Medrash) to 18 (Main Shul) men depending on the location of the minyan. Those comfortable participating should take turns at each circuit. Only 1 Torah will be taken out. 
• Hakafos: Like Hoshanos, Hakafos will be limited to the number of participants. We will sing one song, and have 1 Short Dvar Torah at each Hakafa from members of the community.
• Kol Nearim: Parents are asked to keep their children with them at their side
• Simchas Torah Aliyos: Both the Hashkama and the Main Minyanim will conduct only 5 Aliyas, plus the Chasan Maftir, Chasan Torah, and Chasan Bereishis. The Main Shul will host Aliyas as well for the additional missed Parshios to be read throughout Yom Tov.

COMMUNITY

Upcoming Series

• Weekly Haftorah - Mondays @ 8:00pm - Beis Medrash & Zoom - www.OZNY.org/Event/Haftorah2020
• 39 Melachos Review - Wednesdays @ 6:45pm - Zoom - www.OZNY.org/Event/Melachot2020
• Minchas Chinush - Wednesdays @ 8:00pm - Zoom - www.OZNY.org/Event/Minchas2020

Mazel Tov

• Steve Erenberg & Tamara Balaban, on the birth of a baby boy

Simchas Torah 5781 Chassanim

• Kol Nearim - David Ascher
• Chassan Bereisis - Zachary Prensky
• Chassan Torah - Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• Chassan Maftir - Dr. Ariel Brandwein

Hoshanos Sponsor

• Anonymous, in honor of Beverly, Chad, and Ignacio & his team, and their hard work on behalf of our community

Simchas Torah Kiddush-to-Go Sponsor

• Yehuda Weinstock, commemorating the second Yartzeit of his father, Menachem Zalman ben Pinchas z'l.

Parsha Patron: Community Leining

• Ki Tissa - Jeremy Cooper, in honor of his Bar Mitzvah parsha
• VaYakhel - Michael & Alison Novich: in honor of Jonah Glassberg's bar mitzvah that was one of the first to fall to Covid-19
• VaYikra - Camelia Serghie: in honor of Rabbi Allen & Rebbetzin Alisa Schwartz
• Tzav - Joey Lifschitz - In commemoration of the first yahrzeit of his cousin Rabbi Yosef (Joey) Azar - Yosef Zvi Ben Yaakov v' Rachel Pesel z'l
• Shemini - Paul & Pia Rubin, in honor of David Ascher & Family
• Tazria - Blayne Ross & Scott Mathias, in honor of the OZ Community
• Metzora - Sheldon Newman, in memory of his brother Joseph Newman - Yosef Binyamin ben Menachem Mendel z'l
• Achrei Mot & Kedoshim - Lori, in gratitude to Hashem on a continued Refuah Shlemah to my beautiful mother Esther bat Vera
• Emor - Zack Prensky: in honor of Daniel & Yoni
• Behar - Rabbi Allen &Alisa Schwartz: in memory of Tzvi Menachem Mendel ben Michoel
• Bechukosai - Andy & Ronnie Schonzeit: in memory of Andy's mother Rhea - Rivka Freya bas Yaakov z'l
• Bamidbar - Sheldon Newman, in memory of his brother Joseph Newman - Yosef Binyamin ben Menachem Mendel z'l

SCHEDULE

Friday - Hoshana Rabbah

• 6:30am - Main Shul
• 7:15am - Beis Medrash
• 8:15am - Main Shul
• 4:00pm - Kol Ne'arim on Shul Steps & via Zoom
• 6:06pm - Candles
• 6:15pm - Mincha/Maariv
  • Dvar Torah by Rabbi Schwartz: "A Time for every Purpose under the Sun: Koheles in Modern Thought"
• Upstairs Sukkah by reservation

 Shabbos - Shemini Atzeres / Koheles

• 7:00am - Hashkama in Main Shul
• 8:20am - Sukkah Minyan - RSVP Required
• 9:15am - Shacharit in Main Shul
  • 10:30am - Yizkor
  • Community Leining: Ki Tissa, VaYakhel, Pekudei
• 10:00am – Youth Groups in Central Park
• Upstairs Sukkah by reservation
• 5:30pm - Daf Yomi in Main Shul
• 5:30pm - Sukkah Schmooze with Dr. Nava Silton Brandwein - RSVP Required
• 6:05pm - Sukkah Minyan - RSVP Required
• 6:05pm - Mincha in Main Shul
  • Siyum by Rabbi Schwartz
  • Community Leining: VaYikra, Tzav, Shemini
• 7:00pm - Maariv
• 7:12pm - Candles
  • Hakafos
  • Community Leining: Tazria, Metzora

 Sunday - Simchas Torah

• 7:00am - Hashkama in Main Shul
• 8:00am - Sukkah Minyan - RSVP Required
• 9:15am - Shacharit in Main Shul
  • Hakafos
  • Community Leining: Achrei Mos, Kedoshim, Emor, Behar
• 10:00am – Youth Groups in Central Park
• Kiddush-to-Go
• 5:30pm - Daf Yomi in Main Shul
• 6:00pm - Mincha in Main Shul
  • Siyum Tanach & Siyum Mishnayos by Rabbi Schwartz, in memory of his father Milton Schwartz z'l
  • Community Leining: Bechukosai, Bamidbar
• 7:00pm - Maariv
• 7:11pm - Havdalah

Monday, Columbus Day

• Shacharis: 6:50am, 7:50am
• Mincha Maariv: 6:05pm

Tuesday

• Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 6:05pm

Wednesday

• Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 6:05pm

Thursday

• Shacharis: 6:50am, 7:50am
• Mincha Maariv: 6:05pm

Friday

• Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am
• Mincha Maariv: 6:05pm
• Candles: 5:55pm

Celebrate the High Holidays at OZ

• Thank you for your patience and understanding as we arrange seating according to distancing guidelines - we hope iyH next year to resume preferred seating
• Yom Kippur Seating List, Schedule, and Seating Maps:
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H2nm9SWN-8B_WUIgWgM3fMlBUXhxXHHoNR6-l_uB7XI/edit?usp=sharing
  • Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow for spaced entry
  • Please bring your own machzor if you can
  • Please note that names appear under the account registered - and if you rsvp'd for more than one minyan your name may appear 2 times (Eg Sukkah Kol Nidrei & Early Shacharit)
  • Please sit only in your assigned seat. The Main Minyan & Sukkah Minyan are closed out. 8:15pm Late Maariv, 6:30am Shacharit & 8:00am Sephardic Minyan still have seats available.
• Davening Guides:
  • Machzor Page Guide (ArtScroll, Koren, Birbuam): Click HERE
  • Ohr Torah Stone Condensed Printable Machzor: Click HERE
  • Steinsaltz Printable Torah Reading & Commentary (Shacharit, Mincha, Yonah): Click HERE

Order your Lulav!

• www.OZNY.org/Event/Lulav2020

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp

• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp

• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Sponsor Kiddush To-Go (https://www.ozny.org/form/kiddush5781)

• Roz Singer & Robby Bindiger, in commemoration of the first yahrzeit of Rhoda Bindiger, Rivkah Kraindel bat Eliezer Moshe v' Chanah z'l

Mazel Tov

• Robert & Pam Lunzer, on the engagement of their daughter Rena and Eli Kittay
• Jenny Michael, on the engagement of her daughter, Shira Moffson to Kenneth Eckstein
• Andy & Ronnie Schonzeit, on Jacob receiving Semicha in Israel
• Jay & Zohara Taragin, on the engagement of Barak to Zahava Milstein

Baruch Dayan Emet

• Vivian & Gerald Adler, on the passing of Vivian's mother Grace Kahn z'l
• Edith Nathan, on the loss of her sister Devorah Lepkifker z'l

Have a Blast! - UPDATED

• High Holiday ZOOM Classes with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• www.OZNY.org/Event/High2020 (Zoom, Schedule, Sponsor)
  • Wednesday @ 8:00pm - Minchas Chinuch: The Holiday Mitzvot, meets on Wednesday Sept. 30

Minyan Update

• UPDATED SCHEDULE BELOW
• MUST RSVP FOR HIGH HOLIDAY MINYAN TO ATTEND
• Participants in Minyanim must follow all Shul & Social Distancing Guidelines, including wearing masks, sitting in marked seats, and following New York's self-quarantine rules
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• Weekday 6:00am Shacharit is temporarily suspended until after Sukkot
• Current Tefillah Times:
  • Shacharit
    • Shabbat: 7:30am, 9:15am
    • Sunday & Legal Holiday: 8:00am
    • Monday & Thursday: 6:50am, 7:50am
    • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:00am, 8:00am
    • Rosh Chodesh: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am
  • Mincha/Maariv
    • Zman - Please check Calendar

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth
• Youth Corner below

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

OZ Online Opportunities

www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Shabbat Refresher Course with Adam Resnick

• The Fall Season has started with a review of the 39 Melachot: 
• Topics to be covered: Reheating Food, Food preparation, Housework, Personal grooming, Appliances, Carrying, Eruvin, Muktzeh
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Melachot2020

Weekend Schedule

• Shabbat Shuva 5781
  • Friday Night
    • 6:29pm - Candles
    • 6:40pm - Mincha/Maariv
  • Shabbat Day
    • 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan
    • 9:00am - Sukkah Minyan (RSVP Required, Click HERE)
    • 9:15am - Main Minyan
    • 6:25pm - Mincha, followed by Shabbat Shuva Shiur with Rabbi Allen Schwartz: "How To Bribe G-d In The Season of Repentance"
    • 7:25pm - Maariv
    • 7:35pm - Havdala
    • No Late Selichot
• Sunday, Erev Yom Kippur
  • 7:50am - Selichot followed by Shacharit in Main Shul
  • 8:50am - Selichot followed by Shacharit in Main Shul
  • 1:16pm - Mincha (Gedola) in Main Shul
  • 4:15pm - Mincha (Ketana) in Main Shul
  • 5:30pm - Zoom Kol Nidrei & Selichot
  • 6:25pm - Candles
  • 6:35pm - Kol Nidrei & Maariv
    • Main Minyan (Closed Out)
    • Sephardic Minyan
    • Sukkah Minyan (Closed Out)
  • 8:15pm - Late Maariv in Main Shul

• Monday, Yom Kippur (Yizkor)
  • Shacharit 
    • 6:30am - Early Minyan in Main Shul (starts at haMelech)
    • 8:00am - Sephardic Minyan in Bet Medrash
    • 8:00am - Sukkah Minyan (Sold-Out) - Social Hall if Rain (starts at Nishmas)
    • 9:30am - Main Minyan in Main Sanctuary - followed by Mincha (Sold-Out)
  • 9:47am - Zman Kriat Shema
  • 3:30pm - Community Yizkor on Front Steps
  • Early Minyan
    • 4:15pm - Early Mincha in Main Sanctuary
    • 5:15pm - Early Neilah in Main Sanctuary
  • Sukkah Minyan (Sold-Out)
    • 5:20pm - Mincha
    • 6:25pm - Neilah & Maariv
  • Sephardic Minyan in Bet Medrash
    • 5:30pm - Mincha
    • 6:30pm - Neilah & Maariv
  • Main Minyan
    • 6:30pm - Neilah & Maariv
  • 7:32pm - Havdalah
• Tuesday & Wednesday
  • Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am
  • Zman Mincha Maariv: 6:30pm
• Thursday
  • Shacharis: 6:50am, 7:50am
  • Zman Mincha Maariv: 6:30pm
• Friday, Erev Sukkos
  • Shacharis: 7:00am, 8:00am
  • Zman Mincha Maariv: 6:25pm
  • Candles: 6:17pm

Parsha Points by Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard: Thoughts at this Time of Self-examination

As human beings, we are responsible for ourselves and our actions. This means, among other things, that we need to make up for the damage we have done to others--their person, their feelings, their dignity, and their property. Here are just some of the thoughts I had that are taken from the first chapter of the Talmud Tractate Bava Kamma that deals with damages and damagers.  I have found it helpful. I hope that you will too. 

On the whole, we need to repair / compensate others who have been damaged by anything for which we are responsible and over which we have control--typically this means property/animals/our body. I think that we should also think about the damage we have done through hurtful language and behavior.  This includes:

a. damage we have done by creating in our world/society realities that constitute physical, emotional, intellectual, moral  or spiritual "dangers" .. potentially harmful ideas, situations, experiences. 

b. we need to pay careful attention to damage that we did by initiating something which, joined with other forces around us, took on a life of its own and hurt others--snide comments, mockery of others, , gossip, etc.

c. We need to be careful about those to whom we entrust the things and powers for which we are responsible. Are they people who are worthy of our trust? Do they have the necessary capabilities? 

d. We need to be aware of the damage we cause simply by using our natural powers in the world in a commonly accepted fashion.. Just because ti is the custom/nature of humanity to act in these ways does not mean that we shouldn't look for alternatives that do not cause. Self seeking behavior is natural to humans, and we can't be taken to court for the damage that sometimes happens to others just from our doing so, but we still need to think carefully about how being " human only too human" can hurt others.

e.  We need to be aware of some motives for damage: 

Sometimes we simply intend to cause  damage.. hurting people just to show our power.   

Sometimes we are caught up in seeking our own pleasure , although this ends up hurting  others 

Sometimes we are "just following our nature" and the pain of others is  "collateral damage". 

Sometimes we are just too busy, self-involved or distracted to notice if others are being hurt. 

May we all work to merit a good life. 

In this season of the Jewish New Year may we all be written and sealed in the book of life. 

SELICHOT SCHEDULE BELOW - PLEASE NOTE TIMES

Celebrate the High Holidays at OZ

• www.OZNY.org/HighHolidays
  • Rosh Hashana Seatings Assignments will be emailed next week.
  • Seats are going quickly, and you must register to attend.
  • Financial assistance is available. 
  • Social Distancing guidelines will be enforced. 
  • Please contribute to the Kol Nidrei Appeal.

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp

• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp

• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Sponsorships

Kiddush-To-Go (following Main Minyan)

• Steven Antosofsky, in loving memory of his father David Antosofsky (Dovid Yosef ben Menachem Meir z'l)
• Joel & Devorah Goldman
• Baruch & Bracha Katz

Mazel Tov

• Debra and Marvin Sternberg on the engagement of their son, Jacob to Nechama Kurland
• OZ shidduch group for their latest match, Elisha Lucks & Melanie Jacobs

Have a Blast! - UPDATED

• High Holiday ZOOM Classes with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• www.OZNY.org/Event/High2020 (Zoom, Schedule, Sponsor)
  • Sept. 14 @ 8:00pm — Haftorahs of Rosh Hashana
  • Sept. 21 @ 8:00pm — Haftorah of Yom Kippur
  • Sept. 24 @ 8:00pm — Shabbat Shuva — How Our Prayers Help Us Repent: Liturgies of Atonement & Forgiveness
  • Wednesdays @ 8:00pm - Minchas Chinuch: The Holiday Mitzvot, meets on Tuesdays, Sept. 16, 23, 30

Len's Links

• How to Renew a Nation

• Dimensions of Teshuva

Minyan Update

• Participants in Minyanim must follow all Shul & Social Distancing Guidelines, including wearing masks, sitting in marked seats, and following New York's self-quarantine rules
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• Current Tefillah Times:
  • Shacharit
    • Shabbat: 7:30am, 9:15am
    • Sunday & Legal Holiday: 8:00am
    • Monday & Thursday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
    • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am
    • Rosh Chodesh: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am
  • Mincha/Maariv
    • Zman - Please check Calendar
• Selichot Schedule
  • Saturday Night: 10:30pm
  • 20 minutes before each posted Shacharit Minyan
  • Late Night Maariv & Selichot at 10:00pm Sunday - Thursday

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth
• Youth Corner below

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

OZ Online Opportunities

www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Shabbat Refresher Course with Adam Resnick

• The Fall Season has started with a review of the 39 Melachot: 
• Topics to be covered: Reheating Food, Food preparation, Housework, Personal grooming, Appliances, Carrying, Eruvin, Muktzeh
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Melachot2020

Parshat Netzavim VaYelech 5780

• www.OZNY.org/Zmanim

Friday Night

• 6:52pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:05pm - Zman Minyan

Shabbat

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 6:50pm - Minyan & Shiur

• 7:50pm - Maariv

• 7:59pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

• 10:30pm - Selichot

Weekday Minyanim  * Selichot Start - Please Note Times

• Mincha/Maariv: 6:50pm
• Late Maariv & Selichot: 10:00pm
• Shacharit & Selichot
  • Sunday: 7:40am
  • Monday & Thursday: 5:40am, 6:30am, 7:30am
  • Tues., Wednes., Fri.: 5:40am, 6:40am, 7:40am

YOUTH CORNER

• Youth Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 13th 9:00a to 10:00a

• 

  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 13th 10:00a to 10:30a

• 

  Family Apple Picking

  Sunday, Sep 13th 11:00a to 2:00p

• 

  Round Challah Bake!

  Thursday, Sep 17th 6:00p to 7:00p

• 

  Youth Tefillah

  Friday, Sep 18th 9:00a to 10:00a

• 

  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Friday, Sep 18th 10:00a to 10:30a

• 

  Rosh Hashana Craft

  Friday, Sep 18th 11:00a to 12:00p

• 

  Tashlich & Shofar

  Sunday, Sep 20th 4:00p to 5:00p

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  Youth Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 27th 9:00a to 10:00a

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  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 27th 10:00a to 10:30a

Please note: Monday Labor Day Shacharit at 8:00am

Celebrate the High Holidays at OZ

• www.OZNY.org/HighHolidays

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

Touro Teshuva Lecture

• Tuesday, September 8 at 8:00pm

• Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike: Tekiat Shofar - Linking the Individual to the Community

• Zoom Info @ www.OZNY.org/Event/Touro2020

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp

• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp

• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Sponsorships

Kiddush-To-Go (following Main Minyan)

• Len Schwarzbaum & Lauren Goldman, in honor of the birth a grandson - a baby boy to Josh and Eyenadis Schwarzbaum
• Saul Weiner, in memory of his grandparents, and in thanks to Hashem for surviving, with his taste and smell intact
• Ariel Jerushalmy, in honor of the OZ Community
• Anonymous, in honor of the Apple Bank Calendars - Pick Yours Up at the Office!

Mazel Tov

• Len Schwarzbaum & Lauren Goldman, on the birth a grandson - a baby boy to Josh and Eyenadis Schwarzbaum
• Andy & Ronnie Schonzeit on the marriage of their son Jeremy to Lauren Shapiro.

High Holidays Catering - Order & Delivery direct from Caterer to your home:

• Order by Sept. 6: Fischer Brothers & Leslie: https://www.ozny.org/event/Fischer2020
• Order by Sept. 11: Main Event Mauzone: https://www.ozny.org/event/Mauzone5781

Len's Links

• Declaration and Confession: The Convert and the Land

• Be Silent and Listen

Minyan Update

• Participants in Minyanim must follow all Shul & Social Distancing Guidelines, including wearing masks, sitting in marked seats, and following New York's self-quarantine rules
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• Current Tefillah Times:
  • Shacharit
    • Shabbat: 7:30am, 9:15am
    • Sunday & Legal Holiday: 8:00am
    • Monday & Thursday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
    • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am
    • Rosh Chodesh: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am
  • Mincha/Maariv
    • Zman - Please check Calendar

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth
• Youth Corner below

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

OZ Online Opportunities

www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Shabbat Refresher Course with Adam Resnick

• The Fall Season has started with a review of the 39 Melachot: 
• Topics to be covered: Reheating Food, Food preparation, Housework, Personal grooming, Appliances, Carrying, Eruvin, Muktzeh
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Melachot2020

Parshat Ki Tavo 5780

• www.OZNY.org/Zmanim

Friday Night

• 7:04pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:15pm - Zman Minyan

Shabbat

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 7:00pm - Minyan & Shiur

• 8:00pm - Maariv

• 8:10pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Please note: Monday Labor Day Shacharit at 8:00am

Weekday Minyanim 

• Mincha/Maariv: 7:15pm
• Sunday & Legal Holiday: 8:00am
• Monday & Thursday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
• Tues., Wednes., Fri.: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am

YOUTH CORNER

• Youth Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 13th 9:00a to 10:00a

• 

  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 13th 10:00a to 10:30a

• 

  Family Apple Picking

  Sunday, Sep 13th 11:00a to 2:00p

• 

  Round Challah Bake!

  Thursday, Sep 17th 6:00p to 7:00p

• 

  Youth Tefillah

  Friday, Sep 18th 9:00a to 10:00a

• 

  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Friday, Sep 18th 10:00a to 10:30a

• 

  Rosh Hashana Craft

  Friday, Sep 18th 11:00a to 12:00p

• 

  Tashlich & Shofar

  Sunday, Sep 20th 4:00p to 5:00p

• 

  Youth Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 27th 9:00a to 10:00a

• 

  Zoom Tot Tefillah

  Sunday, Sep 27th 10:00a to 10:30a

High Holidays at OZ

• Thank you for your patience as we finalize our High Holiday plans to ensure a safe, secure, and special experience for all of our members. Once the Rabbi and Gabbaim release the final schedule, seats will be announced available for purchase online. Please note that for this year reservations will need to be made for each service and location scheduled.

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp

• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp

• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Mazel Tov

• Rabbi Allen & Alisa Schwartz, on the wedding of their daughter Esti to Aaron Feldman
• Gabe & Anat Levi, on the engagement of their daughter Tali to Zev Marcus
• Andy & Ronnie Schonzeit, on the aufruf of their son Jeremy, and upcoming wedding to Lauren Shapiro
• Tsivia Hochman & Tal Fishman on the birth of their daughter Ronit Lea
• Rafi Murphy, on his aufruf and upcoming wedding to Shira Klein
• Benji Fink, on his aufruf and upcoming wedding to Shaina Bedziner
• Dr. Fred Hirsch, on being named the "Lung Cancer Hero of 2020" in recognition of his award winning Pulmonary research
• The OZ Daf Yomi Chevra, on putting Massechet Shabbat to rest and getting rewired for Massechet Eiruvin

Minyan Update

• Participants in Minyanim must follow all Shul & Social Distancing Guidelines, including wearing masks, sitting in marked seats, and following New York's self-quarantine rules
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• Current Tefillah Times:
  • Shacharit
    • Shabbat: 7:30am, 9:15am
    • Sunday: 8:00am
    • Monday & Thursday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
    • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am
    • Rosh Chodesh: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am
  • Mincha/Maariv
    • Zman - Please check Calendar

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

OZ Online Opportunities - www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Parshat Shoftim 5780

Friday Night

• 7:26pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:35pm - Zman Minyan

• 7:44pm - Shkiah

• 8:34pm - Tzeit Hakochavim

Shabbat

• 6:14am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 9:35am - Latest Shema

• 12:58pm - Chatzot

• 7:25pm - Minyan

• 7:43pm - Shkiah

• 8:25pm - Maariv

• 8:33pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

• Mincha/Maariv: 7:25pm
• Sunday: 8:00am
• Monday & Thursday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
• Tues., Wednes., Fri.: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am

Rabbi Blanchard's Parsha Reflection

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

• Check Your Account Balance & Support our Shul by Clicking HERE.

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening

• Join the OZ WhatsApp at www.OZNY.org/WhatsApp

• Download the OZ App at www.OZNY.org/GetApp

• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

Submit your "Views from the Pews" to Office@OZNY.org

Mazel Tov

• Rabbi Allen & Alisa Schwartz, on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Rivkah - Mazel tov to Rivkah’s parents, Chani & Joel, and to Shira, Meira, Ahuva, Sara, Shiffy and Chaim
• Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard & Naomi Mark on the birth of a granddaughter, born to their children Elana & Yaakov Goldsmith
• Pia & Paul Rubin, on the wedding of their son Elie to Allison Gold

Baruch Dayan Emet

• Richard & Jane Stanger, on the passing of Richard's brother Jordan Stanger - Yisroel Ben Tzion ben Avraham Manis z'l

Rabbi Schwartz Class Update

• Monday Night Course has concluded for the season

Minyan Update

• Minyanim have resumed under the guidelines of the CDC, DOH, and OU/RCA. Limited minyanim are operating at partial capacity.
• Visitors to the building must wear a mask on premises and sanitize hands. Violators will be asked to leave or temporarily forfeit the ability to participate.
• Weekday Minyanim currently meet in the Bet Medrash and max out at 30 men and 5 women.
• Shabbat Minyanim meet in the Main Sanctuary with 1 Person / Family per row alternating between window and aisle seat designations.
• In the Main Sanctuary, Individuals and Families should sit in the BLUE marked seats
• Shacharit will now start at Brachot
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.

Make a BIG Difference...

• ...with a SMALL monthly contribution at the OZ Online Pushke

• www.OZNY.org/Monthly

Psychological Insights into Parshat HaShavua

• with Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard (Hashkama Minyan)
• Sunday at 6:15pm
• Zoom info at www.OZNY.org/Event/Blanchard

Youth Events

• www.OZNY.org/Youth

ISRAEL BONDS SPECIAL EVENT

• Featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu & Ambassador Ron Dermer
• Tuesday August 18, 2020 @ 8:00pm
• Contact our synagogue representative, Robert Lunzer at 646-523-1939 or robert.lunzer@israelbonds.com or visit Israelbonds.com for current offerings.
• RSVP: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh7eea951056a19d&oseq=&c=&ch=

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound

OZ Online Opportunities - www.OZNY.org/Online, www.OZNY.org/Events

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Parshat Eikev 5780

Friday Night

• 6:30pm - Plag Minyan

• 6:36pm - Zman Plag HaMincha

• 7:46pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:55pm - Zman Minyan

• 8:04pm - Shkiah

• 8:54pm - Tzeit Hakochavim

Shabbat 

• 6:00am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 9:30am - Latest Shema

• 1:01pm - Chatzot

• 7:45pm - Minyan

• 8:02pm - Shkiah

• 8:45pm - Maariv

• 8:52pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

• Sunday: 8:00am & 7:45pm
• Monday - Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am & 8:00am, 7:45pm Zman Mincha Maariv
• Next Friday's Plag Minyan is at 6:20pm
• Shacharit now starts at Brachot

Rabbi's Blanchard's Parsha Reflection

How do we live a good life in order to be worthy of the love and blessing that comes our way? It surely is not enough that we do what is good simply in order to protect ourselves from suffering, or merely to benefit ourselves. It does not seem to me enough that we do what is right and good so that others will think well of us, or even so that we act according to what our society sees as appropriate. This kind of action rarely gets past self interest. Even when it does benefit others it is primarily rooted in our search for payoff or for our own personal success.  In fact, it is mostly about "me". 

To my way of thinking, to actually be worthy of the love and blessing that comes our way we have to start living beyond "I. me. mine"---even sophisticated versions of this , in which my "I-me-mine" also benefits your "I-me-mine". We need to reach for the common good that binds us beyond even the mutual agreement of self interested "social contracts". We need to seek the principles and purposes of our common good.  We seek what is rooted in realities that transcend the limits of our own given natural desires, perceptions, purposes and interests.  To be worthy of love and blessing, we need to seek what transcends us, whether this is philosophical, religious, mystical or spiritual.

These remarks are reflections on Deuteronomy 7:12ff. 

SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW

Ohab Zedek Zoom Links

• Wed. 9:30pm - Zoom Eichah with Ohab Zedek: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88237608283
• Thu. 4:00pm - Zoom Shiur with R' Yoni Zolty: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82195816202 

Rabbi Allen Schwartz's 2 Part Shiur on Jeremiah

• On Thursday will be both live in the Bet Medrash and via Zoom
• 12:30pm - Jeremiah Part 1 - Destruction for the Sake of Rebuilding (Source Sheet, Click HERE)
• 2:30pm - Jeremiah Part 2 - Plans for the Future (Source Sheet, Click HERE)
• Zoom Info
  • Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9926159469
  • Call In: +1 646 558 8656 / Meeting ID: 992 615 9469
  • One tap mobile: +16465588656,,9926159469# US

Partner Presentations & Programs:

• Koren Publishers eichah & Kinot Free Download: Click HERE
• Yeshiva University Tisha B'Av Program: https://www.yutorah.org/tishabav/
• Mizrachi Tisha B'Av & 3 Weeks Program: https://mizrachi.org/threeweeks/
• Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation: http://tishabav.live/
• Orthodox Union Kinnot Program: https://www.ou.org/tishabav/
• Annual UN Isaiah Wall Mincha Rally will be online aat 1:45pm: Zoom ID 86000481865

Tisha B'Av 5780

Notes:

• Unless otherwise noted, all Davening is in the Main Sanctuary.
• Pew cushions will be removed.
• If overflow is required, will meet in the Bet Medrash.
• Rabbi's Classes on Thursday will meet in the Bet Medrash.
• Masks and social distancing will be enforced at all times.

Schedule:

• Wednesday, July 29
  • 6:15pm - Early Mincha
  • 8:05pm - Zman Mincha
  • Koren Publishers Eichah Free Download: Click HERE
  • 8:14pm - Fast Starts
  • 8:20pm - Maariv & Eichah
  • 9:30pm - ZOOM Eichah - https://www.ozny.org/event/Eichah2020
• Thursday, July 30
  • 6:45am - Early Shacharit & Kinnot
  • 9:00am - Shacharit & Kinnot with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
  • Click HERE for OZ Recommended Kinnot List
  • Koren Publishers Kinot Free Download: Click HERE
  • 12:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Allen Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 1: Destruction for the Sake of Rebuilding
  • 1:02pm - Chatzot
  • 1:45pm - Early Mincha
  • 2:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 2: Plans for the Future
  • 4:00pm - ZOOM Shiur with R' Yoni Zolty: Modern Manifestations of the Mikdash - https://www.ozny.org/event/9AvShiur
  • 7:50pm - Zman Mincha
  • 8:30pm - Maariv
  • 9:03pm - Fast Ends

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