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Scholar in Residence

Dr. Yitzhak Conforti is a Professor at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky department of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. Yitzhak is a scholar of modern Jewish history, Jewish nationalism, and Zionism. He is the author of: Past Tense – Zionist Historiography and the Shaping of the Zionist Memory [in Hebrew] (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi 2006) which won the Hecht prize and the Ish Shalom prize. And: Shaping a Nation: The Cultural Origins of Zionism (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi, 2019). He was a visiting professor at Oxford University, U-Penn and NYU. He has published extensively on modern Jewish historiography, History and Memory, Jewish Nationalism and Zionism. You are invited to follow his publications on ACADEMIA.EDU.

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LEN'S LINKS

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Dr. Lamm z'l - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z'l - click HERE
• YUTorah in Print - click HERE

• Scott & Jeannie Fisher, on the recent Bar Mitzvah of their son Henry — and to grandparents Ervin & Clara Rosenfeld!

• Chazan Ari Mandelbaum will join us for all Shabbos Minyanim!
• As part of the MDS West Side Shabbaton, Rabbi Abba Genack will visit OZ Friday Night
• Scholar in Residence Dr. Yitzhak Conforti will speak after Shacharis

• Annette & Yehuda Fishman, for the Yarzheit of Annette’s father Chaim ben Aryeh Leib z’l
• Tammy Balaban & Steven Erenberg, for the 2nd Yarzheit of Tammy’s father Zev Yitzchak ben Yosef HaLevi z’l

• Saturday Night Chai — Eleanor Selling, Anonymous
• Mishna & Minyan — Jonathan Lebowitz, Nathan Finkle
• Chesed / Mitzvah Meal: Ilya & Esther Starobinets, Andrew Chernela, Sidney Stern
• Seforim Fund: Igor London, Thelma Rosenthal
• WIN: Women in Network — Sabra Sasson, Shula Weisman, Marla Krinitz

• Join us for a Lively Friday Night Davening w/Chazan Ari Mandelbaum in the Main Shul, followed by a L’Chaim and more in the Bet Medrash (Challah Rolls will be available)

• 8:00pm — Late Maariv, 8:15pm — Tanach: Tehillim (*7:15p Mitzvah Class NOT Meeting*)

• Thursday, Dec. 8 @ 7:00pm — Sons of Keturah & The Far East
• Thursday, Dec. 16 @ 7:00pm — Joseph & The Egyptian Dynasties

• 12/17 - Chanukah Chai Kiddush featuring LatkeFest & Sufganimania!

• 9:00a: Festive Shacharis w/Ari Mandelbaum; 10:00a: Shiur & Shmear w/Rabbi Schwartz

• Dec. 16 @ 5:30pm - Friday Night Dinner: www.OZNY.org/Event/GameNightDinner2022
• Dec. 17 @ 7:00pm - Epic Chanukah Chagigah: www.OZNY.org/Event/Chagigah2022

• 8:00pm - Mon - Thu
• Join the Minyan Matters WhatsApp:
• https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRwSOphLuviJj8O0sVpqRX

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• 7:15pm - Mitzvah Chaburah: Minchas Chinuch (Not meeting this week)
• 8:00pm - Late Maariv
• 8:15pm - Tanach: Tehillim of King David
• www.OZNY.org/Mishmar

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesdays @ 2pm in the Library and on Zoom
• www.OZNY.org/Tzurba

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• Bible Behind The Scenes
• Select Thursdays at 7:00pm
• ​​​​​​​www.OZNY.org/Live

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

Families are complicated.

Brothers fall out and are reunited.

Children sometimes deceive parents yet find ways to honor them.

Despite their differences, brothers and sisters protect each other.

Sometimes family members go their separate ways and find each other only at the end of their lives.

How can we hold the family together despite the conflicts and misunderstandings?

Forgiveness?

Love?

Obligation?

A larger narrative? 

Reflections on the many family stories found in Genesis

OZ - The Heart Of The Upper West Side

#GivingTuesday
Help Us Replenish & Refurbish our Library Collection!

Consider a contribution at 
www.OZNY.org/Tuesday

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PEACE OF MIND

There is never a comfortable time to talk about the purchase of burial plots. In this weeks Parsha, we learn the importance of this issue from the efforts of Avraham to secure a dignified last resting place for Sarah. Hoping for the best but still planning for any outcome is an essential Jewish trait. Preparing for these matters ahead of time eliminates much stress and even delay when the plots will be needed, iyH after 120 years. Our office is available to discuss reserving spaces at significant savings in our active properties at Beth El Cemetery (Paramus) and Riverside Cemetery (Saddle Brook). We can also discuss Memorial Plaques, the Preservation of a Pew, the recitation of Kaddish, or a myriad of different dedication opportunities. Contact office@ozny.org or 212-749-5150 for more information.

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LEN'S LINKS

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Dr. Lamm z'l - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z'l - click HERE

• NOVEMBER STATEMENTS ARE IN THE MAIL - WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
• WINTER WARM CLOTHING DRIVE STARTS THIS WEEKEND — DROP-OFF BINS IN LOBBY
• PLEASE NOTE PRIVATE EVENT IN THE BET MEDRASH FRIDAY NIGHT & SHABBAT MORNING

• Sharon & Sinclair Haberman, on the wedding of their son Andrew to Pnina Levin
• Lisa & Dmitriy Dvoskin, on the birth and bris of their son Theodore Abram Dvoskin
• Yonah Hiller, son of Kathi Barnhard Hiller & Gary Hiller, on his Aufruf and upcoming wedding to Elisheva Lesser

• Neil Herskowitz & Family, on the passing of Neil’s father Rabbi William Herskowitz z’l - the last Shiva Minyan will be Sunday, Nov. 20 @ 8:30am
• The Family of Rabbi Theodore Adams z’l, on the passing of his son Howard Adams z’l

• Leslie & Ari Hirsch, commemorating the first Yartziet of Ari’s father Jerry Hirsch — Yosef Moshe ben Shiia z”l

• Johnny & Tammy Glaser, In loving memory of Edith Glaser, A”H - Eeta bas Nosson Leib and Chaya Sarah z’l
  

• 11/26 - Thanksgiving Kiddush: featuring all the fixin’s! Celebrate Your Fall and Winter Mazel Tovs and Milestones!
• 12/03 - Allen’s Cholent Challenge: The More Sponsors, the More Types of Cholent!
• 12/17 - Chanukah Chai Kiddush: featuring LatkeFest & Sufganimania!
  

• Kick-off the Winter Season on Dec. 3 @ 7:30pm with the Solo Performance of Charles Gross’ Play: “How I found and affordable apartment in Manhattan without really trying”

• Nov. 19 @ 3:00pm — Bi-Weekly Afternoon Groups in the Social Hall!
• Dec. 03 @ 6:30pm — Torah, Raffle, Prizes, & Pizza at Parent Child Learning!
• Dec. 16 @ 5:30pm — Family Feud Friday Night Dinner!
• Dec. 17 @ 6:00pm — Chanukah Chagigah with Havdalah, Music, Food, + More!
  

• 8:00pm - Mon - Thu
• Join the Minyan Matters WhatsApp:
• https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRwSOphLuviJj8O0sVpqRX

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• 8:00pm - Late Maariv
• ​​​​​​​8:15pm - Tanach: Tehillim of King David
• 9:15pm - Mitzvah Chaburah: Minchas Chinuch Kedoshim
• www.OZNY.org/Mishmar

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesdays @ 2pm in the Library and on Zoom
• www.OZNY.org/Tzurba

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• Bible Behind The Scenes
• Select Thursdays at 7:00pm
• ​​​​​​​www.OZNY.org/Live

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

We tell ourselves stories that help us imagine how our lives might or should go, and what we will or will not do as a result.  As reality unfolds before us, we sometimes pause and with great attention try to grasp fully what is happening.  Does it fit with the work, the relationships, or the other life opportunities that we have imagined?  We "stare" at the world thinking:  Do all the pieces fall into place according to "plan"?  

When our reality matches our positive expectations, we may think that it is a sign that we are clever or fortunate ,or blessed.  And if things don't play out following the story in our heads, we might think that we have been foolish, or unfortunate, or even cursed.  We need to pay very careful attention to the vocabulary we use to describe the relationships between the life stories we tell ourselves and what unfolds as real

Reflections on Genesis 24:21 

NEXT SHABBAT: VETERANS DAY

VETERANS DAY WEEKEND
NOVEMBER 11 — 12, 2022
 
Jonathan Gross, a Bronze Star Recipient, served in the United States Military from 2004-2012 including a 2 year long deployment to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division. He served as a JAG Legal Officer, and taught Constitutional Law at West Point. He has received Badges for Combat Action, Parachuting, and Helicopter Rappelling. Jonathan has worked as an Attorney with the NYPD since 2003, and clerked for Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Jonathan has also served as a Paramedic since 1999, was a 9/11 First Responder, Covid Front-Liner, and has worked at NY Presbyterian Hospital since 2003.
 
 5:30pm - Friday Night Dinner (RSVP)
with visit from Ramaz Choir
RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Fall2022
 
 7:30pm - Dessert & Discuss:
 "Iraq as Babylon & Saddam Hussein as Nechubadnezar: 17 Tamuz in our Time"
 
 11:15am - Main Sanctuary:
 "Final Judgement in the Military - Veterans Day between Sukkos & Chanukah"
 
 4:20pm - Shalosh Seudos:
 "An Orthodox Jew spends 8.5 Years in the Army"

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LEN'S LINKS

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Dr. Lamm z'l - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z'l - click HERE

• DONATE NOW  AT WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH

• RESTORATION PROJECT OF CEILING PLASTER PROJECT

• Guest Chazan Ari Mandelbaum is joining throughout Shabbos

• Josh Katz on his Aufruf and upcoming marriage to Isabelle Davis. — Mazal Tov also to the parents Diane Davis and Trevor Davis and Jill and Aaron Katz. 
• Lisa & Alistair Gatoff on the engagement of their daughter Dalia to Harris Mevorah, son of Shari & Erwin Mevorah of South Orange, NJ

• Community Kiddush in the Social Hall is sponsored by Jill & Aaron Katz in honor of Josh’s Aufruf. Private Luncheon in the Bet Medrash is for invited guests only.

• 8:15pm — Tehillim of King David
• 9:15pm — Minchas Chinuch: Kedoshim

• Nov. 11 — Veterans Day Edition, featuring Scholar in Residence Major Jonathan Gross

• Meets monthly starting next Saturday Night, Nov. 11, 2022 at 6:30pm

• “The Bible Behind the Scenes” starts Thursday, Nov. 10 @ 7:00pm in the Library

• Join Malka Strasberg Edinger, for a discussion about Self-Care in Jewish Texts

• 8:00pm - Mon - Thu
• Join the Minyan Matters WhatsApp:
• ​​​​​​​https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRwSOphLuviJj8O0sVpqRX

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• 8:00pm - Late Maariv
• ​​​​​​​8:15pm - Tanach: Tehillim of King David
• 9:15pm - Mitzvah Chaburah: Minchas Chinuch Kedoshim
• www.OZNY.org/Mishmar

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesdays @ 2pm in the Library and on Zoom
• www.OZNY.org/Tzurba

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• Bible Behind The Scenes
• Select Thursdays at 7:00pm
• ​​​​​​​www.OZNY.org/Live

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

On our journey through life, we accumulate debts.

We owe people work, money, or time for what they have done for us.

And we also owe some of them a debt of gratitude. 

As we go along, we fulfill many of these obligations .

But there are those that we somehow don't attend to. 

Perhaps we should consciously make time to review our lives and think about how to pay those debts--to thank those who helped us, to apologize to those we hurt or took advantage of, to repay favors?

Reflection on Genesis 13:3

WELCOME DR. PESHA KLETENIK

Dr. Pesha Kletenik joins the MDS community with a great deal of enthusiasm and two decades of experience in Jewish education. Most recently she served as an assistant principal and principal at Yeshiva Har Torah in Queens. Prior to that, she was a mechanechet, programs director, school psychologist and assistant principal at Bnos Malka Academy. In those roles she utilized her creativity and energy for building teams, innovating new programs and partnering with parents in meeting the unique needs of each child. 

Dr. Kletenik received her Doctorate in Education from the Learning and Teaching Program at Hofstra University, with a specialization in Human Development and Educational Psychology and a Master’s of Science in School Psychology from the Touro Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Dr. Kletenik has been an Avi Chai Fellow and a scholar in residence for the Orthodox Union Women’s Initiative as well as a guest lecturer at Hofstra University's Graduate School of Education. She has participated in numerous professional development initiatives, including attending the Principals’ Center at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She is currently a student in the Emil Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University. Dr. Kletenik has written about parenting and Jewish education in the Lookstein Jewish Educational Leadership Journal and the Panim Journal. She lives in West Hempstead with her husband and three children.

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LEN'S LINKS

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Dr. Lamm z'l - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z'l - click HERE

• DONATE NOW  AT WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH

• RESTORATION PROJECT OF CEILING PLASTER PROJECT

• Florence & Alan Siegelberg, on the birth of a granddaughter Dania Marelle, born to their children Hannah Siegelberg & Warren Wertheim
• Marsha & Ira Kevelson, on the birth of a granddaughter Libi Milla (Kayla Orah), born to their children Adam & Becky Kevelson

• Marsha & Ira Kevelson, for the Yarzheits of Ira’s father Aaron Kevelson - Aharon ben Shmuel Binyamin HaLevi z’l, and Marsha’s grandmother Dora Waldman - Devorah bat Dovid Yitzchak z’l , and Ira’s grandmother Lena Kevelson - Leah Fraida bas Chaim Shalom z’l

• Martin Knoblowitz, for the Yarhzeit of his father Baruch ben Mordechai HaLevi z’l

• RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Zoo
• Sunday, October 30, 2022 — meet at Zoo at 1:00pm, questions: Nava@OZNY.org

• Info at www.OZNY.org/Mishmar
• 8:15pm — The Times & Tehillim of King David
• 9:00pm — The Mitzvah Chaburah / Minchas Chinuch

• Wednesdays @ 2pm - In-Person and On-Zoom
• Schedule, Sponsorships, Source Book Order, & Zoom Link: www.OZNY.org/Tzurba

• RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Fall2022
• Nov. 11 — Veterans Day Edition, featuring Scholar in Residence Jonathan Gross

• www.OZNY.org/PCL
• Meets monthly starting Saturday Night, Nov. 11, 2022 at 6:30pm

• 8:00pm - Mon - Thu
• Join the Minyan Matters WhatsApp:
• ​​​​​​​https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRwSOphLuviJj8O0sVpqRX

• WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 9 AT 7:00PM IN B.M.

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• 8:00pm - Late Maariv
• ​​​​​​​8:15pm - Tanach: Tehillim of King David
• 9:15pm - Mitzvah Chaburah: Minchas Chinuch Kedoshim
• www.OZNY.org/Mishmar

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesdays @ 2pm in the Library and on Zoom
• www.OZNY.org/Tzurba

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

Although there are situations in which we must kill another human being in defense of a greater value--self-defense, defense of innocent others, and defense of society itself--for most of us, the wrongful taking of human life is the most severe sin and offense to morality. Of course, practically speaking, the existence and well-being of society rests on rejecting interpersonal abuse and violence.  But there is also an ethical demand for respect for persons and human life.  Without it, the world is sunk in moral chaos. And, as the Talmud says, when we kill a person we in effect kill an entire world, that is, we end everyone and everything that would have been here if they had lived. 

One way to think of it spiritually: Since, ultimately, life and death are in the hands of G'd,  the ability to act justly in this matter, the capacity to judge when and where such killing is necessary and permitted is possible only if human beings, in some way, are in the image of the divine.

Another way: When humanity is capable of creating just institutions that rightly govern the use of deadly force, then humanity is acting in the Divine Image,

Any others? 

Reflections on Genesis 8:6 and the rabbinic commentary on it  

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LEN'S LINKS

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks / Koheles - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah / Sukkos - click HERE

• DONATE NOW  AT WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH

• Chasan Torah: Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• Chasan Bereishis: Yoram Stone
• Chasan Maftir: Ariel Jerushalmy

• Jane & Richard Stanger, on the engagement of Jane’s granddaughter Arielle Berman to Roni Etshalom

• Minda & Gary Login, on the passing of Minda’s brother Roger Bander z’l

• Sarah Stambler & Shlomo Bar Ayal, celebrating their Anniversary!
• Rebecca Davis & Percy Deift, for the Yarzheit of Rebecca’s father Barnett Davis, Binyamin ben Moshe z’l
• Lily, Talia, & Aliza Hopkovitz, wishing Happy Birthday to Bobbi!
• Bezalel Kosofsky, Andrew Chernela, Gregory & Michelle Zuckerman, Tamar Ehrenreich, Howard Gootkin, Amy Horowitz, Robert Yaffe, Marsha & Ira Kevelson, Jay & Zohara Taragin, Marc Berger

• Illana & George Lloyd and their family, and by the family of Julie z”l and Rafi z”l David, on the yahrzeit of their beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Bianca Lloyd (Bracha bas Yehuda)z”l and on the yahrzeit of their aunt Zofia Stein (Menucha Sarah bas Yehuda)z”l.
• David Rephun for the yahrzeit of his mother, Leah bat HaRav Yechiel Natan HaLevi, z”l
• Clara & Ervin Rosenfeld in memory of Clara’s father Menachem Mendel ben Shama z’l
• Jerry & Marcy Litwin, in honor of Rabbi & Rebbetzin Schwartz and all they do for us

• Oct. 29 — OZ Welcomes MDS New Head of School Dr. Pesha Kletenik, with Family Lunch, Parenting Q&A, + More
• Oct. 30 — Annual Golf & Tennis Outing
• Nov. 11 — Veterans Day Dinner

• Classes meet in Person and on Zoom
• 8:15pm — The Tehillim & The Life of King David
• 9:00pm — Minchas Chinuch Chaburah
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Mishmar2022

• Wednesdays @ 2pm in Library & Zoom
  
  

• Starts Nedarim Thu 10/27

• 8:00pm - Mon - Thu
• Join the Minyan Matters WhatsApp:
• ​​​​​​​https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRwSOphLuviJj8O0sVpqRX

SCHEDULE

• With later sunrise, First Weekday Minyan will meet 6:10am week of Oct. 19, and 6:15am week of Oct. 24.

YEARN TO LEARN

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

There are many sources of joy in our lives. Among the most salient are loving family, knowledge and understanding,  success in the life projects that mean a lot to us,  good music,   painting, the plastic arts, theater, movies, prayer, and transcendent spiritual moments. As individuals, groups, communities, and societies, we take time to celebrate these sources of joy, note them, and share them. As a result, we experience increasingly profound joy through them

Reflections on the Jewish holiday of rejoicing in the Torah

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Len's Links

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks / HaAzinu - click HERE
• Rabbi Norman Lamm / Sukkos - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah / HaAzinu - click HERE
• Anshe Divrei Torah / Sukkos - click HERE

• DONATE NOW  AT WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH

• New York Gubernatorial Candidate Congressman Lee Zeldin will visit OZ at Friday Night Dinner, October 7, 2022

• Chasan Torah: Rabbi Allen Schwartz
• Chasan Bereishis: Yoram Stone
• Chasan Maftir: Ariel Jerushalmy

• Arielle & Jack Berlin and Family, commemorating the 2nd Yarzheit of Arielle’s father Dr. Alan Gradman z’l

• Anonymous, for the dedication of new NCSY Benchers in memory of Victor & Dorothy Kleinkopf z’l

• Sam & Kate Archibald
• Daniel Farb
• Jennifer Goldman
• Todd & Anna Hirsch
• Avi Ishofsky & Barrie Weinstein
• Caileigh Weiss
• Joseph & Rachel Offenbacher
• Avi & Tamar Siegel

• Sets are available in the Library - If you still need a set please patronize West Side Judaica  - do not take from OZ

• Sukkah Spots Available for Reservation at www.OZNY.org/Sukkah to bring your own food

• Thank you to Nicole Debora for helping organize Pre-Ordered catered meals, they are scheduled for the first seat slot

• Lower Sukkah available for Leishev following Shul - Gefen & Mezonos

• returns on Shabbos Chol HaMoed www.OZNY.org/MexiKiddush

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

Usually, we are aware of where we are. When we sit in our living room, we recognize the walls, the furniture, the sounds, etc. and we know that we are at home. But this is not always true. Someone can be inside the Empire State Building in New York City and, if they miss the sign, be unaware of where they are. Knowing where we are can be important. Imagine being at Niagara Falls, The White House, the Eiffel Tower, or the Western Wall and not knowing it. 

​​​​​​​Ask yourself: What do you see that tells you that you are in a spiritually important place? 

Reflections on the laws of sukkot

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Len's Links

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Tzurbah Mrababan: Rosh Hashana - click HERE 
• Source Sheet for Rabbi's Shuva Drasha - click HERE

• Chazan Ari Mandelbaum will be joining us for Shacharis & Mincha on Yom Kippur!
• WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH

• Ayala & Daniel Ehrlich on the bris of their son Chaim Noam
• Vivian & Mark Gelberman, on upcoming Bris of their grandson, born to Moshe & Becca

• Yehudis & Matthew Gartenberg, in honor of their daughter Adira

• Helen & Jake Guz, for dedicating sets of Tanach, Mishna, Shas, and Shulchan Aruch in memory of Morris Schnitzer z’l

• Sam & Kate Archibald
• Daniel Farb
• Jennifer Goldman
• Todd & Anna Hirsch
• Avi Ishofsky & Barrie Weinstein
• Caileigh Weiss
• Joseph & Rachel Offenbacher
• Avi & Tamar Siegel

• New York Gubernatorial Candidate Congressman Lee Zeldin will visit OZ at Friday Night Dinner, October 7, 2022

• 6:20pm Drop-Off ("Kol Nidrei")
• 8:45am Drop-Off (“HaMelech”), pick-up at end of Mussaf
• Free for members — RSVP Required
• www.OZNY.org/Event/YouthCare2022

• Join OZ for a scrumptious buffet dinner, Shabbos Zemiros, Divrei Torah, and Special Guest Visitors!
• RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Fall2022

• Sukkah Spots Available for Reservation at www.OZNY.org/Sukkah
• More Sukkos Events to be announced!

SCHEDULE

• 5:40am Selichos (MS)
• 6:10am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:30am Selichos (BM)
• 7:00am Shacharis (BM)
• 7:30am Selichos (MS)
• 8:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:22pm Candles
• 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv

• 7:30am Hashkama (BM)
• 8:45am Haftorah Class
• 9:15am Shacharis
• 9:30am Groups
• Shabbos Shuva Drasha - I Really Want To See You, I Really Want To Know You: Approaching G-d in Stages
• Delicious Kiddush
• 5:20pm Parsha Class w/Rabbi Varon
• 6:00pm Mincha
• 6:20pm Shalosh Seudos: Common, & Uncommon, Yom Kippur Questions
• 7:20pm Maariv
• 7:28pm Havdalah
• 10:00pm Late Selichos

• 6:30am Selichos (BM)
• 7:00am Shacharis (BM)
• 7:30am Selichos (MS)
• 8:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:20pm Mincha / Maariv
• 10:00pm Late Maariv & Selichos

• 5:30am Selichos (MS)
• 6:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:20am Selichos (BM)
• 6:50am Shacharis (BM)
• 7:20am Selichos (MS)
• 7:50am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:20pm Mincha / Maariv
• 8:00pm Teshuva & Tehillim
• 9:00pm Womens Emunah (Zoom)
• 9:15pm The Mitzvah of Teshuva
• 10:00pm Late Maariv & Selichos

• 5:55am Selichos (MS)
• 6:10am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:45am Selichos (BM)
• 7:00am Shacharis (BM)
• 7:45am Selichos (MS)
• 8:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 1:15pm Early Mincha (Gedola)
• 4:15pm Late Mincha (Ketana)
• 6:15pm Candles
• 6:20pm Kol Nidrei
• 6:20pm Youth Program

• 7:00am Hashkama
• 8:15am Shacharis
• 8:45am Youth Program
• 10:45am Yizkor
• 5:00pm Mincha
• 6:25pm Neilah
• 7:20pm Tekia Gedola, followed by Maariv & Havdalah

• 6:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:50am Shacharis (MS)
• 7:50am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:20pm Mincha / Maariv

• 6:10am Shacharis (MS)
• 7:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 8:00am Shacharis (MS)
• 6:11pm Candles
• 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv
• 7:20pm Fall Friday Night Dinner, featuring Visit from Congressman Lee Zeldin

YEARN TO LEARN

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

• Meets select Shabbos’ at 6pm
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Live2022

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

We want to be good people. And, as a result, we regret some of our actions. But why are we sorry that we did them? Five classic options have been offered.

Option 1: We regret what we did because it has brought about painful consequences for us.  This means that, if the cost of our mistake were somehow gone, we would not really regret having done it. We regret the results, not the deed. We control ourselves in the future because we are afraid of what will happen if we don't.  

Option 2:  Our act interrupted, damaged, or destroyed a personal relationship that is important to us. If the relationship were actually unaffected by what we did, we would not regret it.  We are careful in the future because we fear causing problems in the relationship. 

Option 3: We feel that we have failed to live up to being the kind of human being we want to be, or at least that we are striving to be. Our attachment to our values is important for us, and even if there were no particular negative consequences, we would still regret having done this act. We change our behavior, in an attempt to be the best person that we can be.

Option 4:  We feel that what we have done separates us from the deep spiritual reality of our world as we understand it. We stop because we wish to maintain a good relationship with the spiritual meaning of our lives. 

Option 5: We love our world and the creation/creator,  and what we did puts us out of sync with them. We regret our behavior because it separates us from [the] One we love and/or from  Being.  

In Jewish tradition, now is a good time to review our lives and set things right. Which options work for you?  For which actions? 

WEST SIDE YOETZET

Welcome New West Side Yoetzet Halacha
Shabbos Morning Guest Visit
"Love & Teshuva: Moshe's Parting Words"

Ellin Cooper, the new Manhattan Yoetzet Halacha, graduated from Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center’s U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program in 2021. She received her B.A. in Physics from Barnard College and is a graduate of GPATS (Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies for Women) at Yeshiva University. She was born on the Upper West Side and now resides there with husband Jeremy and son Ariel. They look forward to getting to know members of the broader Manhattan community. Ellin can be reached at nycyoetzet@gmail.com and via phone at646-598-1080

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BULLETIN BOARD

Len's Links

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Anshe Printable Divrei Torah - click HERE

• Tzurbah Mrababan: Rosh Hashana - click HERE

• Chazan Ari Mandelbaum will be joining us for the High Holidays!
• WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH
• WWW.OZNY.ORG/YIZKORBOOK

• Mendy & Ricki Gross, on the birth & bris of their grandson Matan Aryeh, a baby boy born to their children Alana & Josh
• Daniel & Ayala Ehrlich on the birth of a baby boy
• Eli & Malka Spiro, on the bris of their son Yosef Shimon

• Sam & Kate Archibald
• Daniel Farb
• Jennifer Goldman
• Cailegh Weiss
• Joseph & Rachel Offenbacher
• Avi & Tamar Siegel

• She will speak @ OZ Shabbos Morning

• Howard Gootkin, for the 39th Yarzheit of his mother Flora - Faiga Rivka bas Zev HaLevi z’l and the 30th Yarzheit of his father Eli - Eliahu Leib ben Chaim z’l

• Daniel & Ayala Ehrlich, on the birth of a baby boy
• Edith Nathan, in memory of her sister Zisel Devorah bat Shlomo v’Malka
• Anonymous, in honor of Micah’s Schmoozes

• 8:45am Drop-Off (“HaMelech”), pick-up at end of Mussaf
• Free for members — RSVP Required
• www.OZNY.org/Event/YouthCare2022

• Join OZ for a scrumptious buffet dinner, Shabbos Zemiros, Divrei Torah, and Special Guest Visitors!
• RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Fall2022

• The Hochul & Zeldin Campaigns have been invited to visit our community

• WWW.OZNY.ORG/EVENT/LULAV2022 

SCHEDULE

• Selichos:   5:50am, 6:40am (BM), 7:40am 
• Shacharis:  6:10am, 7:00am (BM), 8:00am
• 6:34pm  Candle Lighting 
• 6:45pm  Zman Mincha Maariv

• 7:30am      Hashkama Minyan in Bet Medrash
• 8:45am      Haftorah Class in Main Shul
• 9:15am Main Sanctuary Minyan w/Guest
• Yoetzet Halacha Ellin Cooper: Love & Teshuva: Moshe’s Parting Words
• 9:30am Youth Groups
• 5:40pm Text & Context w/Rabbi Schwartz: Teshuva in Tanach
• 6:10pm Mincha
• 6:30pm Shalosh Seudos 
• 7:30pm Maariv
• 7:40pm Havdalah
• 7:50pm Honey Pick-Up in the Lobby
• 10:00pm Late Selichos

• Bet Medrash 6:00a Selichos, 7:00a Shacharis
• Main Shul  7:00a Selichos, 8:00a Shacharis
• 6:30pm Candles
• 6:40pm Mincha & Maariv

• 7:00am Hashkama Minyan
• 8:15am Main Sanctuary Minyan
• 8:45am Youth Program
• 10:30am Shofar in Main Shul
• Tashlich in the Park
• 6:35pm Mincha, followed by Shiur with Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz, then Maariv
• 7:37pm Candles

• 7:00am      Hashkama Minyan
• 8:15am      Main Sanctuary Minyan
• 8:45am      Youth Program
• 10:30am   Shofar in Main Shul
• 6:35pm     Mincha, followed by Shiur with Rabbi Allen Schwartz, then Maariv
• 7:35pm     Havdalah

• 5:28am Fast Starts
• Selichos: 5:50am, 6:40am (BM), 7:40am
• Shacharis 6:10am, 7:00am (BM), 8:00am
• 6:20pm Mincha, followed by Maariv
• 6:30pm Zoom: Discover Judaism Classes 
• 7:21pm Fast Ends
• 9:00pm Zoom: Women’s Emunah Group 
• 10:00pm Late Maariv & Selichos

• Selichos: 5:30am, 6:20am (BM), 7:20am
• Shacharis: 6:00am, 6:50am (BM), 7:50am
• 6:30pm  Zman Mincha Maariv
• 10:00pm Late Maariv & Selichos

• NOTE Selichos in Social Hall, Shacharis in MS
• Selichos: 5:40a, 6:30a (SH), 7:30a (SH)
• Shacharis: 6:10a, 7:00a (MS), 8:00a (MS)
• 6:22pm Candle Lighting 
• 6:30pm  Zman Mincha Maariv

• October 1, 2022 | 6 Tishrei 5783 | Shacharis
• “I Really Want To See You, I Really Want To Know You… Approaching G-d in Stages”

YEARN TO LEARN

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

• Meets select Shabbos’ at 6pm
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Live2022

• Wednesdays @ 12:00pm
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Tzurba2022

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

Concern for the world and our life in it is an essential orienting spiritual attitude that characterizes prayer on Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year. What might this mean? 

Concern might mean seeking a world where the Divine can be named and brought into a relationship with the individual and group challenges we face.

Concern might mean understanding our actions as so vital that we both fear getting it wrong and are also amazed and inspired by our possibilities. We seek to join with all creation to discover and express the spiritual meaning of reality.

Concern might mean hoping for redemption, and it might mean honoring and seeking the ideal possibilities of our world.

Concern might mean rejoicing when righteousness triumphs and evil is frustrated.

Reflections on the liturgy for the Jewish New Year.

At this time of the Jewish New Year, I wish you and all those you love and care for  health\, happiness and the sweetness of a life well lived.

SHALOSH SEUDOS GUEST

Debra Brunner of The Together Plan: Remembering the
Brest-Litvosk Jewish Cemetery  - ‘A Memorial Using the Reclaimed Headstones’

The Together Plan, along with its sister non-profit in the USA, Jewish Tapestry Project, are developing a whole new approach to community building in the former Soviet Union & Eastern Europe; through a range of pioneering projects, education, cultural heritage, and ancestral connections. 

UK born, Debra Brunner has been working in the field of Jewish community development and Jewish cultural heritage in Belarus for over 13 years; building a better, stronger, and more cohesive Jewish landscape. She is the co-founder of The Together Plan, President of the Jewish Tapestry Project, and the founder of the Polotsk Jewish Cultural Educational Foundation in Belarus.

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BULLETIN BOARD

Len's Links

• ArtScroll Shabbos Table - click HERE   
• RZA HaMizrachi Parsha - click HERE
• Anshe Printable Divrei Torah - click HERE

• Chazan Ari Mandelbaum will be joining us for the High Holidays!
• WWW.OZNY.ORG/HIGH
• WWW.OZNY.ORG/YIZKORBOOK

• Eli & Malka Spiro, on the birth of a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 9:00p - 11:00pm at OZ
  Paul & Pia Rubin, on the bris of their grandson Shimshon Dovid, born to Yossi & Tova
  

• Joel & Devora Goldman, in gratitude to Hashem for Joel’s complete recovery from his accident, and for the blessings Hashem as given to us

• Stuart & Sarah Milstein and Family, in memory of Stuart’s grandparents Ruth (19 Elul) & Sam (16 Elul) Milstein z’l and Rabbi William Zev (5 Elul) & Eda Bess Novick (26 Sivan)
• Gad & Michelle Demry, for the Yarzheit of Gad’s mother Terila Rachel bat Chawita z’l

• Yehuda & Annette Fishman, in memory of Yehuda’s father Yosef Fishman z’l

• Jill Katz, Jennifer Kraut, Candice Ackerman, Tsivia Hochman, and Anonymous!

• 10:30pm — Early Selichos
• 11:00pm — Melaveh Malkeh & Kumsitz with Rabbi Jack Varon & Ari Mandelbaum
• 12:00am — Sicha w/Rabbi Schwartz & Selichos w/Guest Chazan Ari Mandelbaum

• Sunday, Sept. 18 @ 11:00am in Bet Medrash - www.OZNY.org/Event/Chesed2022

• Monday Night Sept. 19 & Oct. 3 | www.OZNY.org/Event/Teshuva2022
• 8:00pm - Teshuva & Tehillin | 9:00pm - The Mitzvah of Teshuva

• Insights into the Songs & Supplications of the High Holidays - www.OZNY.org/Event/Music2022

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• Monday & Wednesday @ 9;00p
• WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Emunah

• Meets on Zoom
• Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP

• Wednesday Night
• Meets back in person!
• Contact adam@ozny.org for info about Conversion Program
• 6:30p Concepts - Adam Resnick
• 7:45p Thought - Joel Goldman

• WhatsApp & Conference Call: www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf

• Meets select Shabbos’ at 6pm
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Live2022

• Wednesdays @ 12:00pm
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Tzurba2022

HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB

What can we do if we have an overwhelming urge to do something we believe is wrong? Most of the time, we are not facing this question. But sometimes, we want to say hurtful things to others, especially those we love. Or, we want to cheat on an exam, our taxes, or our spouse. Usually, self-control is sufficient. We stay silent; we focus on our exams; we report our income and keep faith with those we love. But sometimes, the urge seems beyond our control. What then? 


Here is a paradoxical possibility. Imagine that you can find a way to do what you want but  first you must  think of or even act out a way that will make doing it far less attractive. You can cheat, but you must first write on a separate paper, "I am cheating on this exam and will not sign a statement that I have neither given nor received aid on this test" You can cheat on your taxes, but you must tell your accountant that you are under-reporting your income, etc. The goal is to slow things down and spoil the imagined pleasure. 


Will it work? Maybe. But it's way ahead of just giving in to urges that will make you feel ashamed.  


Reflections on Deuteronomy 21: 10-14