Celebrate the High Holidays at OZ

• www.OZNY.org/HighHolidays

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

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Sponsorships

Kiddush-To-Go (following Main Minyan)

• Ari & Chaya Weitzner for the Yarzheit of Ari's father Zev Dov ben Avraham z'l
• Allen Katz & Sheryl Galler for the Yarzheit of Allen's father Moshe ben Avraham HaKohein z'l

Mazel Tov

• Lisa & Alistair Gatoff, on the upcoming wedding of their daughter Dina to Michael Pisem
• Dan & Randi Hefter, on the birth of their daughter, Sara Shoshana

Len's Links & Parsha Picks

• Does Love Conquer All - click HERE
• The First Jewish Family - click HERE

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!

Shabbat Refresher Course with Adam Resnick

• The Fall Season starts next week and will commence a review of the 39 Melachot: 
• Topics to be covered: Reheating Food, Food preparation, Housework, Personal grooming, Appliances, Carrying, Eruvin, Muktzeh

Parshat Ki Teitzei 5780

• www.OZNY.org/Zmanim

Friday Night

• 7:15pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:25pm - Zman Minyan

Shabbat

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 7:15pm - Minyan

• 8:15pm - Maariv

• 8:22pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

• Mincha/Maariv: 7:15pm
• 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

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Mazel Tov

• Rabbi Allen & Alisa Schwartz, on the upcoming wedding of their daughter Esti to Aaron Feldman

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
    • Friday, August 14 will be the last Plag Minyan of the Season

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 Re'eh 5780

Friday Night

• 6:20pm - Plag Minyan

• 6:28pm - Zman Plag HaMincha

• 7:36pm - Candle Lighting

• 7:45pm - Zman Minyan

• 7:54pm - Shkiah

• 8:44pm - Tzeit Hakochavim

Shabbat Mevorchim

• 6:07am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 9:33am - Latest Shema

• 1:00pm - Chatzot

• 7:35pm - Minyan

• 7:53pm - Shkiah

• 8:35pm - Maariv

• 8:43pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

Rosh Chodesh Elul is observed on Thursday and Friday

• Mincha/Maariv: 7:35pm
• Sunday: 8:00am
• Monday: 6:00am, 6:50am, 7:50am
• Tuesday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Wednesday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am
• Thursday: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am
• Friday: 6:00am, 6:45am, 7:45am

Rabbi's Blanchard's Parsha Reflection

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Thank you!

• Our Post-Fast Mitzvah Meal Chai Campaign raised close to $3000 from close 50 participants
• Still time to participate at www.OZNY.org/Event/613

Rabbi Schwartz Class Update

• Monday Night Course has concluded for the season
• Take 5 for Tefillah will continue on Tuesdays on WhatsApp

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 & Sunday 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
• 6:40pm Plag Minyan has concluded for the Summer, now that Zman Mincha/Maariv will be starting earlier than 8pm. 
• 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 NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

• Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds ranks among Israel’s most valued economic and strategic resources, with a record of proven success spanning nearly 70 years. Praised for its dependability, the Bonds organization has helped build every sector of Israel’s economy. Partnering in Israel’s success story through investment in Israel bonds is global in scope.  
• Proceeds from the sale of Israel bonds have played a decisive role in Israel’s rapid evolution into a groundbreaking, global leader in high-tech, green-tech and biotech.
• Member FINRA
• Contact our synagogue representative, Robert Lunzer at 646-523-1939 or robert.lunzer@israelbonds.com or visit Israelbonds.com for current offerings.

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 Va'Etchanan 5780

Friday Night

• 6:40pm - Plag Minyan

• 6:43pm - Plag HaMincha

• 7:54pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:05pm - Zman Minyan

• 8:12pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:02pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

Shabbat Nachamu

• 5:53am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 9:27am - Latest Shema

• 1:02pm - Chatzot

• 7:50pm - Minyan

• 8:11pm - Shkiah

• 8:50pm - Maariv

• 9:01pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

• Sunday: 8:00am & 7:55pm
• Monday - Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am & 8:00am, 7:55pm Zman Mincha Maariv
• 6:40pm Plag Early Mincha/Maariv has concluded for the season
• Shacharit now starts at Brachot

Rabbi's Blanchard's Parsha Reflection

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."

Sometimes, as we experience the cosmos, we are awestruck. For moderns, it is often the above classic quote from Immanuel Kant that expresses the source of this feeling. I think we have somewhat the same dichotomy in some traditional Jewish sources. On the one hand, the created order of nature and the miracles that reveal a God who is greater than nature. On the other, the moral order and the God who institutes and, at the limit, enforces it.  Although we are not very clear on the relationship between the moral and natural orders, our experience  of their compelling power is often the source of a spiritual consciousness.  As I study these sources, I too find my mind filled with ever new and increasing admiration and awe. 

Help us close the Fiscal Year!

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

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• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

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

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 
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.

Tisha B'Av 5780 Schedule

www.OZNY.org/9Av

• Tuesday, July 28
  • 7:20pm - Rabbi's Annual Siyum & Take-Home BBQ - RSVP at www.OZNY.org/9Av
• Wednesday, July 29
  • 6:15pm - Early Mincha
  • 8:05pm - Zman Mincha
  • 8:14pm - Fast Starts
  • 8:20pm - Maariv & Eichah
  • 9:30pm - ZOOM Eichah
• Thursday, July 30
  • 6:45am - Early Shacharit & Kinnot
  • 9:00am - Shacharit & Kinnot with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
  • 12:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Allen Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 1
  • 1:02pm - Chatzot
  • 1:45pm - Early Mincha
  • 2:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 2
  • 4:00pm - ZOOM Shiur with R' Yoni Zolty
  • 7:50pm - Zman Mincha
  • 8:30pm - Maariv
  • 9:03pm - Fast Ends

Make a BIG Difference...

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

• www.OZNY.org/Monthly

Rabbi Schwartz's New Zoom Summer Series:

Calamity & Consolation - The Haftorahs of Jeremiah & Isaiah

• Monday at 8:00pm
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Haftorah2020

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 NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

• Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds ranks among Israel’s most valued economic and strategic resources, with a record of proven success spanning nearly 70 years. Praised for its dependability, the Bonds organization has helped build every sector of Israel’s economy. Partnering in Israel’s success story through investment in Israel bonds is global in scope.  
• Proceeds from the sale of Israel bonds have played a decisive role in Israel’s rapid evolution into a groundbreaking, global leader in high-tech, green-tech and biotech.
• Member FINRA
• Contact our synagogue representative, Robert Lunzer at 646-523-1939 or robert.lunzer@israelbonds.com or visit Israelbonds.com for current offerings.

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 Devarim 5780

Friday Night

• 6:40pm - Plag Minyan

• 6:48pm - Plag HaMincha

• 8:01pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:10pm - Zman Minyan

• 8:19pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:09pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

Shabbat Chazon

• 5:46am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan

• 9:15am - Minyan

• 9:24am - Latest Shema

• 1:02pm - Chatzot

• 8:00pm - Minyan

• 8:18pm - Shkiah

• 9:08pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim 

• Sunday: 8:00am & 8:05pm
• Monday - Friday: 6:00am, 7:00am & 8:00am, 6:40pm & 8:05pm

Tisha B'Av 5780 Schedule / www.OZNY.org/9Av

• Tuesday, July 28
  • 7:20pm - Rabbi's Annual Siyum & Take-Home BBQ - RSVP at www.OZNY.org/9Av
• Wednesday, July 29
  • 6:15pm - Early Mincha
  • 8:05pm - Zman Mincha
  • 8:14pm - Fast Starts
  • 8:20pm - Maariv & Eichah
  • 9:30pm - ZOOM Eichah
• Thursday, July 30
  • 6:45am - Early Shacharit & Kinnot
  • 9:00am - Shacharit & Kinnot with Rabbi Allen Schwartz
  • 12:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Allen Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 1
  • 1:02pm - Chatzot
  • 1:45pm - Early Mincha
  • 2:30pm - Learning with Rabbi Schwartz: Yirmiyahu Part 2
  • 4:00pm - ZOOM Shiur with R' Yoni Zolty
  • 7:50pm - Zman Mincha
  • 8:30pm - Maariv
  • 9:03pm - Fast Ends

Rabbi's Blanchard's Parsha Reflection: Devarim

For most people, life is good, but it is also  dotted with difficult, trying, painful moments. We don't want them to happen, but they do and we do our best to navigate them. If possible, we don't do this alone but,  as the Beatles put it, we "get by with a little help from our friends". 

Some of those moments are the result of our own,  often moral,  mistakes. Here is a thought for those of us who want to be one of the "friends" that helps others sweeten or soften the demanding moments in life  that are due to their own moral errors : 

First, assume that even an immoral or unrighteous act originates in a good place that ends up distorted.  We know from research, for example, that in intimate relationships, painful, brutal  arguments are most often actually about preserving the relationship. That is,   such arguing  "begins" in a belief--often unstated or even below the level of awareness-- the relationship would be intolerable if things are not done as they ask, or if they are not in control. They might have to leave. They are arguing so that they can stay and not leave. The origin is good --preserving the relationship--but it gets distorted into a search for dominance or control rather than for greater understanding and creative compromise. 

Second, use the emotional or cognitive power of the original goal  to overcome the negative forces producing the problem and find better ways to achieve the goal. . In our example, if they can get in touch with how important preserving their relationship is to them, perhaps they [ or you with them ] can find better alternatives to the endless painful arguments. The more power you, as a friend, have to reorient them toward the "original" [good] source, the more likely it is that they will " get by with a little help from their friends".    Granted, this approach is  not perfect, not easy to do and doesn't always make things better,  but , in a difficult world, it offers one more possibility for fixing things and bringing people together.  

***The above thought is based on my understanding and adaptation  of the Hasidic commentary of the Noam Elimelech on Parashat Devarim and the related doctrine of "sweetening" judgement found in the Keter Shem Tov. 

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

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• To check OZ Local Zmanim, click HERE

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

Minyan Update

• Click HERE to access the RSVP form.
• Minyanim have resumed under the guidelines of the CDC, DOH, and OU/RCA. Limited minyanim are operating and filling at capacity.
• Visitors to the building must wear a mask on premises. Violators will be asked to leave or temporarily forfeit the ability to participate.
• You must be pre-registered for a minyan. Currently Members observing Kaddish or Yarzheit will have priority. If you are NOT pre-registered, you will NOT be allowed to enter.
• 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

Rabbi Schwartz's New Zoom Summer Series:

Calamity & Consolation - The Haftorahs of Jeremiah & Isaiah

• Monday at 8:00pm
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Haftorah2020

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

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 Pinchas 5780

Friday Night

• 6:40pm - Plag Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 6:57pm - Plag HaMincha

• 8:10pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:20pm - Zman Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 8:28pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:18pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

Shabbat Day

• 5:35am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 9:15am - Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 9:18am - Latest Shema

• 1:01pm - Chatzot

• 8:20pm - Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 8:28pm - Shkiah

• 9:18pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

Weekday Minyanim (RSVP Required)

• Sunday: 8:00am & 8:15pm
• Monday - Friday: 7:00am & 8:00am, 6:40pm & 8:15pm

Rabbi's Blanchard's Parsha Reflection

Imagine that you have a very important life issue that you must address here and now . It involves significant moral and religious values. But, any action you take that really confronts this problem has serious consequences, not just for you but also for many others. If you are wrong, you will bring plague and disaster upon those around you. If you are right, you will bring unity and peace to your part of the world. To complicate matters, although you think you are clear about what's right, many others, whom you seriously respect, are themselves not really sure what to do. If you act, you will be standing alone on a matter of ultimate importance. You ask yourself: Am I a crazy off base fanatic or a truly devoted spiritual hero? What do you do?

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Baruch Dayan Emet

• Marnina & Arthur Berkowitz, on the passing of Marnina's father Sy Allis z'l

Mazel Tov & Milestone Chai Kiddush Sponsors

• Rabbi & Allen Schwartz, on the engagement of their daughter Esti to Aaron Feldman, on their son Ellie Schwartz receiving his Semicha, and their daughter Mindy Schwartz Zolty on her graduation from GPATs - and wishing Happy Anniversary to Ellie & Carly and Mindy & Yoni
• Rabbi Jack & Esther Varon, wishing everyone a safe and fun summer!
• Allen Katz & Shery Galler, wishing Mazel Tov to Chad & Yael Hopkovitz (and Lily & Talia) on the birth of their daughter and sister Aliza
• Erica Markowitz & Mendl Borensztejn, on Mendl's Aufruf and for their upcoming wedding
• Carol & Joe Tuchman, on the graduation of their son Sam from SAR High School
• Sarah & Stuart Milstein, on the graduation of their son Joshua from SAR High School
• Karen & Meyer Muschel, on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Sophie
• Amy & Glenn Leibowitz, on the engagement of their daughter Michal to David Khan
• Rikki & Mendy Gross, in honor of their grandson Alter Yitzchak Kaminetsky and his fantastic parents Alana & Josh
• Ronit & Aaron Etra, on the birth of their son Nathan - Nachamn Adir
• Yael, Lily, Talia, and Aliza Hopkovitz wishing Happy Birthday to Chad Hopkovitz
• Stephen Nathan, wishing Mazel Tov to all those celebrating Smachot in 5780!
• Susan Canter, in memory of Moshe Kuppel be Yehoshua z'l
• Joey Lifschitz, in honor of Rabbi Allen Schwartz and Gabbai Allen Katz for all they do for our community
• Marsha & Alan Bramowitz, in honor of their children Melissa & David Retchkiman - and for David's birthday!
• Beverly & Evan Markowitz, in honor of the OZ Community
• Keren Golan
• Naftali Bodoff
• Bradley Hames
• Jeffrey Feder
• Sheldon Newman
• Malca Resnick

Minyan Update

• Click HERE to access the RSVP form.
• Minyanim have resumed under the guidelines of the CDC, DOH, and OU/RCA. Limited minyanim are operating and filling at capacity.
• Visitors to the building must wear a mask on premises. Violators will be asked to leave or temporarily forfeit the ability to participate.
• You must be pre-registered for a minyan. Currently Members observing Kaddish or Yarzheit will have priority. If you are NOT pre-registered, you will NOT be allowed to enter.
• 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

Rabbi Schwartz's "G-d Series" continues on Zoom...

• Monday at 8:00pm
• https://www.ozny.org/event/Series2020
• June 27: Textualism, Consitutionalism, Originalism - Judaism & The Supreme Court

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

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 Korach 5780

Friday Night

• 6:40pm - Plag Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 6:57pm - Plag HaMincha

• 8:13pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:20pm - Zman Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 8:31pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:21pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

Shabbat Day

• 5:27am - Netz HaChama

• 7:30am - Hashkama Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 9:12am - Latest Shema

• 9:15am - Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 12:59pm - Chatzot

• 8:20pm - Minyan (RSVP Required)

• 8:31pm - Shkiah

• 9:21pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

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

• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs

• 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

Minyan Update

• Phase 1 Minyanim have resumed under the guidelines of the CDC, DOH, and OU/RCA. Limited minyanim are operating and filling at capacity - to sign up please contact chad@ozny.org.
• Visitors to the building must wear a mask on premises. Violators will be asked to leave or temporarily forfeit the ability to participate.
• You must be pre-registered for a minyan. Currently Members observing Kaddish or Yarzheit will have priority. If you are NOT pre-registered, you will NOT be allowed to enter.
• Rabbi Schwartz is emphatic that absolutely no one should feel any pressure to participate at this point.
• Rabbi Schwartz confirms that current curfew has religious service exemptions.

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

• www.OZNY.org/Monthly

Psychological Insights into Parshat HaShavua

• with Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard
• starts Sunday, May 31 at 6:15pm
• Zoom info at www.OZNY.org/Event/Blanchard

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 Maariv & Mishna - Sunday - Thursday at 8:45pm in May

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

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

• Zoom "History of Jewish Humor" with Micah Halpern - Select Thursdays in June at 7:30pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

Parshat Nasso 5780

Friday Night

• 6:51pm - Plag HaMincha

• 8:06pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:24pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:14pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

FRIDAY

• 5:25am - Netz HaChama

• 9:09am - Latest Shema

• 12:55pm - Chatzot

• 8:25pm - Shkiah

• 9:15pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

SHABBAT 

• Yizkor

• 5:27am - Netz HaChama

• 9:10am - Latest Shema

• 12:54pm - Chatzot

• 8:20pm - Shkiah

• 9:10pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

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

• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs

• 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

Kallah Classes with Rebbetzin Alisa Schwartz

• Space is limited

• https://www.ozny.org/event/kallah2020

• Meets Tuesdays at 12:00pm in June

• June 2, 9, 16, with special sessions on June 23, and 30

Make a BIG Difference...

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

• www.OZNY.org/Monthly

The G-d Series continues...

• Meets 8:00pm on Monday Nights with Rabbi Allen Schwartz

• Online info at www.OZNY.org/Event/Series2020

  • May 25 - Rabbi's New Book Launch - Conflict & Resolution in the Prophets

  • June 1 - Rabbi's Annual Siyum HaShas

Pre Shavuot Lunch & Learn

• Join online at 12:00pm

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/97940491898

  • Monday, May 25 - Yechezkel’s Mysterious Chariot (R' Schwartz)

  • Tuesday, May 26 - Is Shavuot an Agricultural Holiday (R' Zolty)

  • Wednesday, May 27 - 2nd Day Haftorah: Why Habakuk?

Mazel Tov

• Rachel Traurig, on her marriage to Josh Rothberger

• Contribute to the Mitzvah Meal Campaign at www.OZNY.org/Event/613

Catered Shavuot Meals with Main Event / Mauzone

• Click HERE for Menu
• Questions? Call 201-894-8710
• Deal direct with caterer (not OZ Office)
• Order by Sunday, May 24

Volunteers Needed

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

Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5780

• Sunday May 24
• Zoom Hallel & Readings at 9:00am (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9926159469)
• Remember to include Birchat HaChodesh on Shabbat, and start Yaaleh V'Yavo Motzei Shabbat Maariv

Dedications

• The May Lunch & Learns have been dedicated in memory of our dear friend, Ken Bossewitch z'l

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

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call

• Zoom Kaballat Shabbat - Fridays at 7:00pm

• Zoom Maariv & Mishna - Sunday - Thursday at 8:45pm in May

• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm

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

• Zoom "Live at Five" with Jane Blumenstein LMSW - Thursdays at 5:00pm

• Zoom "History of Jewish Humor" with Micah Halpern - Select Thursdays in June at 7:30pm

• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

OZ Youth Dept. Events

• Shavuot Craft Project - Sunday, May 24th 11:30am

Torah Thought by Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Hashkama Minyan

Why do we count things? Typically, we have practical concerns - objectives, goals - and we need to know if we have enough resources to do so. We want to use what we are counting. Do we have enough food for our guests?  Enough paint to cover al the walls? Enough capital to last the next few quarters? This is enumeration..1,2,3....But: we sometimes count  what we have just because we love and appreciate it. Counting is a way of reviewing what we care about, a way of putting it into order. Show me what you put time into counting and arranging without any particular task to be performed and I'll show you what you hold dear, what you value just for itself, what you find intrinsically worthy of attention of your concern and commitment. We sometimes count just because we love and cherish.  

* At the beginning of the book of Numbers, G'd orders yet a third census, a counting of the People Israel--the first was after the Exodus, the second after the episode with the Golden Calf and this third counting precedes the building and installation of the desert sanctuary in which G'd will be present with the People and where He will speak with Moses.  Rashi , following a rabbinic text, comments that G'd counts Israel the "census" of the People is out of love, because they are so dear to Him. Although each census might have a practical concern, these sources insist that it is fundamentally not because G'd wants to use Israel but because he holds them dear.  The above are my brief reflections on this one small but essential point. 

Shabbat Mevorchim - Bamidbar 5780

FRIDAY NIGHT

• 6:42pm - Plag HaMincha

• 7:00pm - Zoom OZ Community Kabbalat Shabbat with Allen Katz

• 7:56pm - Candle Lighting

• 8:14pm - Shkiah (Sunset)

• 9:04pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

SHABBAT

• 44th Day of the Omer

• Pirkei Avot Chapter 6

• Birchat HaChodesh (RC Sivan on Sunday, molad was Friday at 11:42 AM and 13 chalakim.​​​​​​​)

• 5:31am - Netz HaChama

• 9:12am - Latest Shema

• 12:53pm - Chatzot

• 8:14pm - Shkiah

• 9:04pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

• Remember to include Yaaleh v'Yavoh in Motzei Shabbat Maariv

Sunday is Rosh Chodesh Sivan

• remember to include Yaaleh v'Yavo, Musaf, Half Hallel
• Rabbi Schwartz will be hosting Zoom Hallel & Torah Reading at 9:00am

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening
• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs
• 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

Click HERE for Post-Passover Shopping Guide

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

Mazel Tov

• Rabbi Allen & Alisa Schwartz on the engagement of their daughter ST Schwartz to Aron Feldman
• Erica Markowitz & Mendl Borensztejn upon their engagement
• Roz & Robbie Bindiger on the birth of a baby girl
• Aaron & Ronit Etra on the bris of their son Nachman Adir - Mazel tov to big brother Shmuel
• Contribute to the Mitzvah Meal Campaign at www.OZNY.org/Event/613

Volunteers Needed

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

Dedications

• The May Lunch & Learns have been dedicated in memory of our dear friend, Ken Bossewitch z'l

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

• Daf Yomi Daily Conference Call
• Zoom Kaballat Shabbat - Fridays at 7:00pm
• Zoom Maariv & Mishna - Sunday - Thursday at 8:45pm * New Time
• Zoom "The G-d Series" with Rabbi Allen Schwartz - Mondays at 8:00pm
• Zoom Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Allen Schwartz - on Mondays & Wednesdays
  • 12:00pm - Mastering the Megillah: Ruth in Text & Context
  • 12:30pm - Tackling the Talmud: The King David Sugyas​​​​​​​
• Zoom TNLP on Tuesdays starts at 7:30pm
• Zoom Discover Judaism (Wednesdays) starts of 6:45pm
• Zoom "Live at Five" with Jane Blumenstein LMSW - Thursdays at 5:00pm
• Zoom "History of Jewish Humor" with Micah Halpern - Select Thursdays at 7:30pm
• Starting May 17 - Sunday Spirituality Series with Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard...
• Stay Tuned for More... Events!

OZ Youth Dept. Events

• Youth Tefillah - Sunday, May 10th 9:00a to 10:00a

• Zoom Tot Tefillah - Sunday, May 10th 10:00a to 11:00a

• Mother's Day Craft - Sunday, May 10th 11:00a to 12:00p

• Family Trivia Night - Sunday, May 17th 5:00p to 6:00p

Community Lag B'Omer Events

• Lag B'Omer is observed this coming Monday Evening & Tuesday
• Monday Night,  May 11 - West Side Community Hatzoloh-Thon - https://www.charidy.com/wsh/OZ
• Tuesday Afternoon, May 12 - Migdal Ohr Covid19 Concert Fundraiser - https://www.migdalohrusa.org/concert

Shabbat Emor 5780

FRIDAY - PESACH SHENI

• 6:31pm - Plag HaMincha
• 7:00pm - Zoom OZ Community Kabbalat Shabbat with Allen Katz
• 7:42pm - Candle Lighting
• 8:00pm - Shkiah (Sunset)
• 8:50pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

SHABBAT

• 30th Day of the Omer
• Pirkei Avot Chapter 4
• 5:44am - Netz HaChama
• 9:18am - Latest Shema
• 12:53pm - Chatzot
• 8:01pm - Shkiah
• 8:51pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening
• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs
• 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

Click HERE for Post-Passover Shopping Guide

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

Mazel Tov

• Rafi Murphy & Shira Klein on their engagement

Condolences

• OZ mourns the loss of our dear friend Ken Bossewitch z'l, and shares condolences with the extended Bossewitch family

Volunteers Needed

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

Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780

• Remember to include Ya'aleh v'Yavoh, Hallel, and Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh

Upcoming Events - www.OZNY.org/Online

• Rabbi Schwartz's April Lunch & Learns
• Weekday Night Mishna & Maariv (now at 8pm)
• Friday, April 24 @ 6:30pm - Community Kabbalat Shabbat with Erez Cohen
• Saturday, April 25 @ 9:00pm - Havdala & Kumsitz [Zoomsitz?] with Erez Cohen
• Thursday, April 30 @ 5:00pm - Live at Five with Jane Blumenstein, LMSW
• Stay tuned for Trivia Night, Yom Ha'Atzmaut, and a brand new series with Micah Halpern!

Guest Dvar Torah by Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Hashkama Minyan

The first Rashi in Tazria explains the placing of the laws of birth-impurity after the impurity laws that apply to animals by citing the order of the Torah's account  of creation in Bereshit---animals before humans. Elsewhere, he notes that the Rabbis saw the structure of the mishkan, the desert sanctuary, also mirror that order of creation. Other aggadot say that humans were created last so that we would not become prideful--after all, even a mosquito was created before us. 

The Gur Aryej and Mizrachi have an extended commentary on the Rashi in Tazria. These sources occasioned the following reflection. In a shiur i would flesh all this out. If you can, have a look at these sources. In any case, I  hope that these thoughts below will stimulate your thought.  

Most of us do not want a world of chaos, disorder or seeming randomness. Instead, we want  an ordered world. To do this, we often understand and organize the world in narratives--scientific, historical, psychological, religious, mystical.  Most often we  weave these narratives. together in a roughly systematic way. Most of us , however, do not have a complete, all encompassing story of our world and what it is like. In our "big" story their are "smaller" stories about apparently different narratives that share the same structure and hence some common meaning. The story of our marriage may sound a lot like the story of our parents' marriage, or the story of the marriages of our friends, or even the story of a marriage from a novel or movie that meant a lot to us. What's important is the kernel of common meaning and values that we attribute to these stories, for example, marriage as true or failed love, or as romantic attraction, or as  one misunderstanding or missed opportunity after another.   

What is your version or versions of the following stories? Do you or could you have a common vision or set of values or shared meaning that is expressed in all three of these stories?   

The story of how the world and its structure came to be and what values , if any, this implies.

The story of what creates an anomaly, mistake, fault or failure in that structure and how to repair them.

The story of how human societies access , even commune with, what transcends  the world as we understand it. 

Shabbat Tazria Metzorah 5780 / Rosh Chodesh Iyar

FRIDAY

• 6:20pm - Plag HaMincha
• 6:30pm - ZOOM OZ Community Kabbalat Shabbat with Erez Cohen
• 7:28pm - Candle Lighting
• 7:46pm - Shkiah (Sunset)
• 8:36pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

SHABBAT

• 16th Day of the Omer
• Pirkei Avot Chapter 2
• 6:01am - Netz HaChama
• 9:27am - Latest Shema
• 12:54pm - Chatzot
• 7:47pm - Shkiah
• 8:37pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim
• 9:00pm - ZOOM Community Havdalah & Kumsitz with Erez Cohen

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening
• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs
• 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

Click HERE for Post-Passover Shopping Guide

Click HERE for Rabbi Schwartz Dvar Torah on Haftorah Parshat Shemini

Mazel Tov

• Vera Perlman, on the birth of a great grandson to her grandchildren Michael and Chipper Perlman. Mazel tov to great aunt and uncle Yehuda and Annette Fishman
• Nava Silton & Ariel Brandwein and family, on the birth of a baby girl

Condolences

• Murray Young, z'l
• Sinclair & Sharon Haberman and Brook & Regina Haberman on the passing of their father Rabbi Jacob Haberman z'l
• Elizabeth Konecky, on the passing of her mother Mrs. Cyrena Parker Konecky z’l
• Ariel Kohane, on the passing of his brother Gil Kohane z’l

Volunteers Needed

• Please contact RAS@ozny.org to help shop for the homebound
• Please contact socialaction@ozny.org to participate in the JCC UWS Reading of the Names for Yom HaShoah on Monday Night - OZ's slot is Tuesday at 7:30am  - 8:15am

Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5780

• Please do not hesitate to contact Rabbi Schwartz (ras@ozny.org) for any questions of Sefirah & Omer observances
• This Shabbat we recite Birchat HaChodesh before Mussaf
• Rosh Chodesh Iyar is celebrated next Friday & Shabbat
• The Molad with be this Wednesday at 58 minutes and 12 Chalakim after 10:00pm
• Friday we will have 8:30am Rosh Chodesh Hallel & Reading on Zoom

Upcoming Events - www.OZNY.org/Online

• Click HERE for Rabbi Schwartz's April Lunch & Learns
• Click HERE for Weekday Night Mishna & Maariv (now at 8pm)
• Friday, April 17 @ 6:30pm - Community Kabbalat Shabbat
• Saturday, April 18 @ 9:00pm - Havdala & Kumsitz
• Monday, April 20 @ 6:00pm - Holocaust Commemoration with Ann Kirschner (click HERE)
• Monday, April 20 @ 8:15pm - Rabbi Schwartz's Shiur: G-d & The Omer
• Friday, April 24 @ 8:30am - Rosh Chodesh Hallel & Reading

Shabbat Tzav 5780

FRIDAY

• 6:14pm - Plag HaMincha
• 6:30pm - ZOOM OZ Community Kabbalat Shabbat with Erez Cohen
• 7:20pm - Candle Lighting
• 7:38pm - Shkiah (Sunset)
• 8:28pm - Tzeit HaKochavim (Night Fall)

SHABBAT

• Birchat HaChodesh before Mussaf
• Pirkei Avot Chapter 1
• 6:11am - Netz HaChama
• 9:33am - Latest Shema
• 12:55pm - Chatzot
• 7:39pm - Shkiah
• 8:29pm - Havdalah / Tzeit HaKochavim
• 9:00pm - ZOOM Community Havdalah & Kumsitz with Erez Cohen

• All email updates are posted at www.OZNY.org/Happening
• Visit www.OZNY.org/Online for New Virtual Classes and Programs
• 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

Don't Passover This Important Information...

• Do not hesitate to contact Rabbi Schwartz about Pesach guidance or assistance - ras@ozny.org
• Click HERE for the OU's Passover Kosher Guide
• Click HERE for Online Sale of Chametz Form
• Click HERE for Article by Dr. Jill Katz: "Celebrating Pesach in the Land of the Pharoahs"
• Click HERE to download the New Koren RCA Siddur for Chol HaMoed viewing

Pesach ZOOM with OZ

• Zoom Taanit Bechorot Siyums at 7am, 8am, 9am, 10am - Click HERE for Zoom
• Zoom Chol HaMoed Hallel & Readings - 8:30am - Click HERE
• Zoom Chol HaMoed Mishna & Maariv - 7:45pm - Click HERE
• Zoom Chol HaMoed Monday Night with Rabbi Schwartz: Shir HaShirim - Click HERE
• Zoom Yizkor for Kedoshei HaShoa & IDF - Tuesday at 6pm - Click HERE

Stay tuned for Youth Programs and Sephardic Programs...

New Zoom April Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Schwartz

• Join Rabbi Schwartz and Learn the Basics of Nach (12:00pm) & Shas (12:30pm)
• https://zoom.us/j/9926159469

Apr. 12 - Sunday

• Yehoshua-Shoftim
• Brachos Shabbos Eruvin

Apr. 13 - Monday

• Shmuel
• Pesachim, Rosh Hashana, Yoma, Sukkah

Apr. 14 - Tuesday

• Melachim, Divrei Hayamim
• Beitza, Ta’anis, Megillah, Chagiga, Moed Katan

Apr. 19 - Sunday

• Yeshayahu
• Yevamos  Kesuvos

Apr. 20 - Monday

• Yirmyahu
• Nedarim, Nazir

Apr. 22 - Wednesday

• Yechezkel
• Sotah Gittin Kedushin

Apr. 24 - Friday

• Trei Asar
• Bava kama Bava Metzi’a  Bava Basra

Apr. 26 - Sunday

• Tehillim Mishle Iyov
• Sanhedrin Makkos Shvuos Avoda Zara Horayos

Apr. 27 - Monday

• 5 Megillah
• Zevachim Menachos Chullin

Apr. 29 - Wednesday

• Daniel Ezra-Nehemiah
• Bechoros Arachin Krisos Temura Me’ila Niddah

Guest Dvar Torah by Elana Flaumenhaft

בָּרוּךְ הַמָּקוֹם, בָּרוּךְ הוּא, בָּרוּךְ שֶׁנָּתַן תּוֹרָה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּרוּךְ הוּא. כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה בָנִים דִּבְּרָה תוֹרָה: אֶחָד חָכָם, וְאֶחָד רָשָׁע, וְאֶחָד תָּם, וְאֶחָד שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאוֹל.

Rabbi Shimon Schwalb in his sefer, Me’en Bait HaShoeva, asked why we preface the 4 sons with the words, “Baruch HaMakom…”? Rabbi Schwalb noted that we use the designation “HaMakom” when we are referring to Hashem’s middah of justice.  For example, when paying a shiva call, we say “HaMakom Yinachem  Etchem etc.”  The reason for this is that when we find ourselves in a painful and sad situation, we feel as if there is something missing from Hashem and the way He conducts our world.   Therefore we say HaMakom during those times so that we acknowledge that we know Hashem is everywhere, there is no empty place in Hashem’s existence.

As we begin fulfilling our responsibility of "והגדת לבנך", “And you will speak to your son” some of us may find ourselves without being blessed with children, or unfortunately a child who isn’t on the correct path at the moment and therefore cannot fulfill this mitzvah.  So we begin the paragraph saying, “Baruch HaMakom” – we acknowledge that Hashem is truly there and everywhere.  As most of us find ourselves by ourselves, without family nearby, it is important to remember that Hashem is there and always watching over us.

PESACH GUIDE & SCHEDULE 5780
Adapted from Rabbi Josh Flug OU/YU
 
Tuesday Night

• Zoom Mishna & Maariv at 7:45pm
• Bedikas Chametz (Checking for Chametz) should be performed after 8:18 PM (Tzeit HaKochavim)
• Recite Kiddush Levana by this time.

Wednesday Morning

• Shacharis — on Erev Pesach, we omit מזמור לתודה and למנצח.
• Fast of the Firstborn — Under the circumstances today and this particular fast, one may rely on a siyum over the phone of video conference.
• Those in the week of Shiva should participate in the 8am Siyum, as Makkos concludes with Divrei Agadatta.
• We will have Zoom Siyumim at
  • 7am  Bava Kama
  • 8am. Makkot (Preferred for observing sitting Shiva)
  • 9am  Sanhedrin
  • 10am Masechet Avoda Zara
• Drop off Chametz at Ohab Zedek bin (124 West 95th Street) between 9am and 11am (on from the Bedikah! - No excess).
• Latest time to eat chametz: 10:23AM
• Latest time to destroy chametz: 11:40AM
• Destroying Chametz This Year — If you can't drop off your Chametz as listed above, you can flush it down the toilet, or discard in a public receptacle on your corner.
• On erev Pesach, there is a prohibition against eating matzah. Additionally, one should not eat a meal or drink wine after the tenth hour (4:12PM). This is particularly relevant for those who are doing an erev Pesach mock seder with family over video conference.
• Eiruv Tavshilin should be prepared.
• Candle lighting should take place at 7:11PM.

Wednesday Night - Leil HaSeder

• Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach.
• With regard to the Hallel that many shuls have the practice of reciting on the Seder night after Ma’ariv, this practice is only for those who will be davening with a tzibur, and not at all relevant to those who will be davening alone, without a minyan. Even a large family that has a self contained minyan, but will be having the Seder together, should not recite this extra Hallel at the conclusion of Ma’ariv. The extra Hallel after Ma’ariv is only recited when there will be a larger crowd for Ma’ariv and additional pirsumei nisa (publicizing of the miracle). Nusach Ari, Nusach Sefardi and some Nusach Sefard have the minhag to say this Hallel still.
• Kiddush should not begin before tzeis hakochavim which is at 8:19PM.
• It is preferable to complete the fourth cup of wine by halachic midnight (chatzos).

Thursday - First Day

• Shacharis for Yom Tov with the proper Pesach insertions followed by complete Hallel with its berachos.
• The Torah reading for the first day is “משכו” (Shemos 12:21-51), the maftir is ובחדש הראשון (Bamidbar 28:16-25) and the haftarah is from Yehoshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27.
• The Piyut of Tal which is recited on Pesach was only instituted when davening with a tzibur and not when davening alone. One can certainly recite it if they wish, but there is no mandate based on the existing custom to do so.
• Rabbi Soloveitchik z'l maintained that in order to change the manner in which we describe Hashem from “One who brings the rain” (משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם) to “One who brings the dew” (מוריד הטל) we require the authorization of the community and therefore an individual may not undertake to make this change himself. However, since there is no existent tzibur davening together at this point each individual should recite Morid HaTal in their private Mussaf prayer on the first day of Pesach. When all of the individuals across the Jewish world recite Morid HaTal in their private Mussaf this will create a “resolution of the community” that will be effective in changing the Nusach of our seasonal description of Hashem. However, from Mincha of that day and onward, those who daven Nusach Ashkenaz will stop saying Morid HaTal and those who daven Nusach Sefard will continue to say it, each one according to their custom. 
• Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach.
• Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov. Ashkenazim should omit משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם and should not recite מוריד הטל.

Thursday Night - Second Seder

• Nightfall is at 8:20PM. One should not make any preparations for the Seder or light candles before that time.
• Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach. See note from first night regarding Hallel.
• Sefiras Ha’Omer begins. It is recited after the Amidah before Aleinu

 
Friday - Second Day

• Shacharis for Yom Tov with the proper Pesach insertions followed by complete Hallel with its berachos.
• The Torah reading for the second day is “שור או כשב” (Vayikra 22:26-23:44), the maftir is ובחדש הראשון (Bamidbar 28:16-25) and the haftarah is from Melachim II 23:1-9, 21-25.
• Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach.
• Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov.

Friday Night - Erev Shabbat

• If one prepared an eiruv tavshilin before Yom Tov, one may cook on Yom Tov for Shabbos. One should try to ensure that all of the food that is cooked is potentially edible by sundown (Shkiah) at 7:31PM.
• Friday night candle lighting should take place after this time and no later than 7:13PM.
• Once the candles are lit, all of the stringencies of Shabbos are in effect.
• An abridged קבלת שבת is recited that begins with מזמור שיר ליום השבת. We also omit במה מדליקין.
• Ma’ariv Amidah is for Shabbos. Ya’aleh V’Yavo is added with proper insertion for Pesach.
• Vayechulu is recited after the Amidah followed by Sefiras Ha’Omer and Aleinu.
• If one accepted Shabbos early, one should omit Sefiras Ha’Omer in Ma’ariv and recite it after 8:21PM.

Shabbos Day - Chol HaMoed

• Shacharis for Shabbos. Ya’aleh V’Yavo is added with proper insertion for Pesach.
• Half Hallel is recited.
• Shir HaShirim is traditionally recited with the tzibur at this point  — The custom to read Shir HaShirim on Pesach was clearly instituted only for a tzibur. Nonetheless, there is nothing prohibited about reading Shir HaShirim on Pesach without a tzibur. One should be conscious of the fact that such a reading would not constitute a fulfillment of the original minhag.  
• The Torah reading for the second day is “ראה אתה” (Shemos 33:12-34:26), the maftir is והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25) and the haftarah is from Yechezkel 37:1-14.
• Mussaf for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shabbos and Pesach.
• Mincha for Shabbos. Ya’aleh V’Yavo is added with proper insertion for Pesach.
• Shalosh Seudos should be eaten after Mincha, before 7:32PM (Shkiya)

Saturday Night - Motzaei Shabbos

• Weekday Amidah should be recited including Atah Chonantanu and Ya’aleh V’Yavo. Additionally, please note the change to ותן ברכה.
• We do not recite ויהי נועם. After the Amidah, Sefiras Ha’Omer is recited followed by Aleinu.
• Havdalah is the standard Havdalah for Motzaei Shabbos.

Sunday - Tuesday Chol HaMoed

• Zoom Hallel & Torah Reading 8:30am (Sun, Mon, Tu)
• Zoom Mishna & Maariv at 7:45pm (Sun, Mon)
• Shacharis is weekday Shacharis. מזמור לתודה is omitted. The Amidah should include Ya’aleh V’Yavo with the proper insertion for Pesach. Half Hallel is recited after the Amidah
• The Torah reading for the second day of Chol HaMoed is “קדש לי” (Shemos 13:1-16) and והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25).
• The Torah reading for the third day of Chol HaMoed is “אם כסף” (Shemos 22:24-23:19) and והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25).
• The Torah reading for the fourth day of Chol HaMoed is (Bamidbar 9:1-14) and והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25).
• We do not recite למנצח on Chol HaMoed.
• Mussaf for Yom Tov (Chol HaMoed) with proper insertions for Pesach.
• Weekday Mincha. The Amidah should include Ya’aleh V’Yavo with the proper insertion for Pesach.

Tuesday Night - Last Days 

• Candle lighting should take place no later than 7:17PM.
• Shehechiyanu is not recited on the seventh or eighth of Pesach.
• Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Pesach. Sefiras Ha’Omer (after 8:25PM)
• Kiddush for Yom Tov.

Wednesday - Seventh Day

• Shacharis for Yom Tov with the proper Pesach insertions followed by half Hallel with its berachos.
• The Torah reading for the seventh day is  Shemos 13:17-15:26, the maftir is והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25) and the haftarah is from Shmuel II 22:1-51.
• Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach.
• Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov.

Wednesday Night - Achron

• Nightfall is at 8:26PM. One should not make any preparations for the meal or light candles before that time. One should also wait until this time to recite Ma’ariv.
• Shehechiyanu is not recited on the seventh or eighth night of Pesach.
• Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Pesach. Sefiras Ha’Omer.
• Kiddush for Yom Tov.

Thursday - Eighth Day

• Shacharis for Yom Tov with the proper Pesach insertions followed by half Hallel with its berachos.
• The Torah reading for the eight day is Devarim 15:19-16:17, the maftir is והקרבתם (Bamidbar 28:19-25) and the haftarah is from Yeshayahu 10:32-12:6.
• Yizkor can be recited without a minyan. One should make sure to pledge money to tzedakah before reciting Yizkor.
• Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Pesach.
• Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov.
• Yom Tov concludes at 8:27 PM.
• Weekday Ma’ariv should include Atah Chonantanu. Sefiras Ha’Omer.
• Havdalah includes only two berachos: HaGafen and HaMavdil (no besamim or eish).
• All chametz sold with Rabbi Schwartz will be repurchased at 10:30 PM.