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WEST SIDE YOETZET

Welcome New West Side Yoetzet Halacha
will visit O.Z. Shabbos Morning, Sept. 24

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

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

• Ronnie & Andy Schonzeit, on the bris of their grandson Binyamin, born to their children R’ Yaakov & Rachel
• Pia & Paul Rubin, on the birth of a grandson, a baby born to their children Tova & Yossi

• Benjamin & Susan Nachamie, on the passing of their son Stanley Nachamie z’l

• Yoni & Karyn Vega and family, commemorating the first Yarzheit of Karyn’s father HaRav Elon ben Yitzchak HaLevi z’l

• Monday Night Sept. 12 with a Teshuva Series
• www.OZNY.org/Event/Teshuva2022
• 8:00pm - Teshuva & Tehillin
• 9:15pm - The Mitzvah of Teshuva

• Join Dr. Evelyn Behar for discussion about Understanding & Conquering Anxiety
• Hosted by Jill Katz — RSVP required & Sponsor @ www.OZNY.org/Wellness

• New Series meets Thursdays, Sept. 15 & 22 @ 8:00pm featuring Insights into the Songs & Supplications of the High Holidays - www.OZNY.org/Event/Music2022

• 10:00pm — 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

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