Welcome President Yoni Vega, and fellow Officers: Riva Atlas, Shana Block, Andrew Einstein, Jill Katz, Jeff Korenman, Nechama Rosenberg, Sarah Stambler, Jay Taragin
Serving as an Officer of Trustee is not the only way to get involved — join a committee, start a program, initiate an initiative — the Rabbi, the Board, and Office are ready to work with you!
The End Is Near - Help Us Close The Fiscal Year
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Mazel Tov
David & Mozel Forman, on their recent marriage
Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard & Naomi Mark on the bris of their grandson Itiel Mordechai
Condolences
June & Rene Slotkin, on the passing of Rene's sister Debbie Slotkin Horowitz
Delicious Kiddush — Shabbos Bamidbar
David Goldstein & Debbie Engel, for the Shloshim of David’s mother Miriam Goldstein z’l, and for the Yahrzeit of his father Karl Goldstein z’l
Hashkama Kiddush — Shabbos Bamidbar
Bill Apple, to mark the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah six decades ago at Cong. Bros. of Israel, in Mount Vernon, N.Y
Thank You to our Shavuos Sponsors!
Rabbi Allen & Alisa Schwartz, in memory of the Rabbi’s mother Chaya Sara bas Moshe z’l
Paul Casowitz
Edith Nathan, and Leora & Benjy Allen. in memory Yechezkel ben Mashiach —Paul Nathan z’l
Yossi Shraibman
Jennifer & Jonathan Taub
Carol & Joe Tuchman
Karyn & Yoni Vega
Veronica Zucker, in memory of her parents Esther & Joshua Eisdorfer z’l
Welcome Guest Speaker
Rabbi Beny Rofeh, who serves as the Mashgiach Ruchani of the IBC Program at YU, and is a PhD Candidate at Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Schedule Notes
Daf Yomi meets 7:15p before Mincha each day
Hashkama not meet Sun., starts 7am Mon.
Rabbi’s Shavuos Challenge
Attend 10 of the 19 Classes (including Daf Yomi) over the weekend to receive a $25 Certificate to West Side Judaica - must summarize each class attended
Community Learning Opportunity
As we approach the Yom Tov of Shavuos, the Schnizter & Guz families ask that you consider a special community learning opportunity - learning Mishna for the Shloshim of our dear friend Morris Schnitzer z'l. Click HERE to Sign-Up.
WhatsApp & Zoom Link at www.OZNY.org/Event/Emunah2021
TNLP: Tuesday Night Learning is back on Zoom
Schedule & Class links at www.OZNY.org/TNLP
Discover @ OZ: Beginners Classes Wednesday Night
contact adam@ozny.org for more info about the Conversion Program
6:30p Jewish Concepts - Adam Resnick
7:45p Jewish Prayer & Thought - Joel Goldman
Men’s Daf Yomi Chaburah
WhatsApp & Conference Call info at www.OZNY.org/Event/Daf
HASHKAMA - RABBI BLANCHARD'S BLURB
Kant thought that the maturity of humanity lay in leaving behind an ethic and law that depended on a divine source; being rational, growing up meant freely giving ourselves the law. Forget a divine supernatural revelation, however powerful an experience; instead seek a way of life given by reason, not by awe-inspiring experiences that take your breath away. At the most, for "moderns", revelation can be understood as the emergence of an autonomous humanity governed by reason. Even in the religious philosophy of the middle ages, many important thinkers understood the content of revelation as essentially rational. What we learn from revelation has to seem reasonable These views have been disputed by those for whom spiritual/religious experience plays a key role in how they live. In your own life, is there something that you would call "spiritual/religious experience" that guides how you live? If there is, how does what you learn from such experiences relate to your ethics? to the commitments you make based on your sense of what "rationality" demands of you?
Reflections on the narrative of the revelation on Mt. Sinai found in Exodus.
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