What's Happening

BUILDING UPDATE

While investigating a recurring issue in our rooftop HVAC that service our Main Sanctuary, technicians found issues in 2 of the three units. In one system a control board has to be replaced - this is on special order and we hope to have it resolved within a week. Further, the ignition chamber of the second unit has to be replaced - we are awaiting the analysis / proposal for this. While these old units are past the end of their functional lifecycle, they had further stress placed on them while operating daily since the beginning of Covid. 

Additionally, our Building Committee has been working with the same Engineer involved in our facade work to review our rooftop options. By all accounts, our roof will have to be completely replaced. Our preliminary application is ready for a new Dept. of Energy grant that can assist with financing a roof replacement (similar to the federal security grants). We are also reviewing our options and incentives for replacing the rooftop HVAC units to a more efficient system. Our tentative timeline is to begin this work in the Spring of 2023. 

In the meantime, due to severe cold weather reports, please note the location changes listed in this weekend’s schedule. While services will not take place in the Main Sanctuary, it will be open to retrieve personal items. We thank you for your patience.

Indeed, we recognize the warmth of our shul does not only emanate from the heat in the vents - but also from our members' encouragement and support.
 

BULLETIN BOARD

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
• Anshe Chanukah - click HERE
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z'l - click HERE
• YUTorah in Print - click HERE

• Elianne & Yaakov Schiff           
• Josh Rutta

• Ari & Merav Samuel and family, Lielu Nishmat Rifka bat Esther A’H

• Bill Apple, to mark the 27th Yarzheit of his mother, Chanah Chaya bat Moshe Yosef, on 3 Tevet

• Join OZ Youth in the Social Hall (Gym) | RSVP at www.OZNY.org/Event/Movie202212

• Dedicated by Lori, in memory of her beloved grandmother Vera bat Avraham z'l
• 9:00am Festive Shacharis with Chazan Ari Mandelbaum in the Bet Medrash
• 10:00a Shiur & Shmear: Rock of Ages with Rabbi Allen Schwartz in Social Hall (Gym)

• Volunteers who commit to regular shifts receive discounts on membership
• Stop The Bleed Workshop @ YIWS, Tuesday, Dec. 27 @ 7:30p | RSVP by Dec. 26, 11a
• Contact Jeff Korenman for Information — drkorenmandds@gmail.com

• Jan. 4 Wednes. 8:00p Women’s Wellness with Dr. Gila Leiter: Abortion & Halacha
• Jan. 5 Thursday 7:00p Bible Behind the Scenes resumes with Micah Halpern
• Jan. 6 Friday 5:30p Sephardic Seudah with Rabbi Jack Varon
• Jan. 06-07          Shabbos Chazan Ari Mandelbaum joins for Shabbos
• Jan. 14 Saturday 6:30p Youth Dept. Monthly Parent Child Learning
• Jan. 14 Saturday 8:00p Saturday Night Stand-Up with Eli Leibowicz (Singles 35+)
• Jan. 20-21          Shabbos Rabbi Meir Goldwicht returns to the West Side for Shabbos
• Jan. 23 Monday 6:30p WiN: Women in Network — Rosh Chodesh Shevat
• Jan. 25 Wednes. 7:00a Men’s Daf Yomi starts Masseches Nazir
• Feb. 5 Sunday 6:00p Annual Tu B’Shevat Seder
• Feb. 17-18         Shabbos Rabbi Haim Jachter joins for Scholar in Residence Weekend

SCHEDULE

YEARN TO LEARN

• 7:15pm - Mitzvah Chaburah: Minchas Chinuch (New Time)
• 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

• ON WINTER BREAK
• 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

Creating beauty requires care, diligence, and attention to detail.  It means attending to what material  to use, how much of it, and in what arrangement. And it often means connecting the aesthetic features of our creation with other values, e.g., moral or religious. 

One small light can be as beautiful as eight lights. But when we want our lights to send a larger message--"a great miracle, an amazing triumph of the spirit over power, took place at this time"--then we may want to include in our message--the number of days of the miracle, that our family is united in our celebration of the miracle, or that our creation of beauty brings us together while preserving our individual identity,

In addition to celebrating holidays rooted in miracles, do you have the chance to celebrate smaller, more personal miracles? How do you make them beautiful? What messages do you send in the ways that you celebrate them? 

Reflections on Chanuka
 
The Sages taught in a baraita: The basic mitzva of Hanukkah is each day to have a light kindled by a person, the head of the household, for himself and his household. And the mehadrin, i.e., those who are meticulous in the performance of mitzvot, kindle a light for each and every one in the household. And the mehadrin min hamehadrin, who are even more meticulous, adjust the number of lights daily. Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagree as to the nature of that adjustment…[B.T. Shabbat 21b]

One needs to be very diligent in kindling the Hanukkah lights. Even a poor man living off charity must lend or sell his clothes, and buy oil to kindle with. How many lights should one kindle? On the first night, he kindles one [light]. From then on he continues to add one each night, until on the last night they are eight. And even if the household members are many, they should not kindle more. Rem"a: And some say that every one of the household members kindles (Maimonides) and such is the widespread custom…[Shulkham Aruch Orach Chayim 671:1-7]