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SEPHARDIC SAVE THE DATE

Sephardic Monthly Minyan & Mezzeh returns this Winter!

Join our Sephardic Community for Friday Night Tefillah!

• Schedule & Sponsorship at www.OZNY.org/Sephardic 
• ​​​​​​​For questions please contact Assistant Rabbi Jack Varon at rjv@ozny.org 

Upcoming dates: 

• Shevat - Feb. 10, 2023 - 5:15pm
• Adar - Feb. 24, 2023 - 5:35pm
• Nisan - Mar. 24, 2023 - 7:05pm

 
Also join us on Monday Night, March 6, 2023 for Sephardic Minyan & Megillah!

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

• Jessica & Ahron Herring, on the birth of a baby girl — Judith Lily - Yehudit Chana!

• Kalman Sherizen & Avigayil Zemelman
• Dr. Marvin Brody

• Anat & Gabe Levi, for the Yarzheit of Gabe’s mother Ruth bas Shmuel z’l
• Rikki & Mendy Gross, for the Yarzheit of Mendy’s father Alter Yitzchak ben Shlomo Elimelech z’l

• Paul Casowitz, for the Yarzheit of his father Jack Casowitz - Yaakov Yosef ben Elia z’l

• Monday Night Mishmar NOT Meeting this Week | Tzurba Class on Winter Break

• Jan. 14 Did you know that it’s National Pastrami Day?
• Feb. 18 Celebrate Parshas Shekalim with the tastes & scents of the Israel Shuk
• Mar. 4 Get Ready for Purim old school — with a Persian Kiddush just like in Shushan

• Jan. 3 Tuesday 6:30p TNLP Talk: Teves Break-Fast and Rabbi’s Book Launch
• Jan. 4 Wednes. 8:00p Women’s Wellness Dr. Gila Leiter: Abortion & Halacha
• Jan. 5 Thurs. 7:00p Bible Behind the Scenes w/Micah Halper: Exodus & Archeology
• Jan. 6 Friday 6:00p Young Professionals Shabbat Dinner
• January 06-07 Shabbos Chazan Ari Mandelbaum joins for Shabbos
• Jan. 14 Sat. Night 6:30p Youth Dept. Monthly Parent Child Learning (new date)
• Jan. 14 Sat. Night 8:00p Saturday Night Stand-Up w/Eli Leibowicz (Singles 35+)
• Jan. 20-21 Shabbos Rabbi Meir Goldwicht returns to the West Side
• Jan. 21 Shabbos 12:30 New Members’ Luncheon at Rabbi & Rebbetzin Schwartz
• 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
• February 17-18 Shabbos Scholar in Residence Weekend w/Rabbi Chaim Jachter

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

Does the story of human history have a conclusion, and what might that conclusion be if it does? Perhaps all things--our plans, our tasks, our ideals- come together, and our work here is done. Or, may we think of the idea of an end to human history as an image or idea that we approach but never actually reach? We may expand the scope of our question. Is there somewhere, in reality, a place or a point at which the life or history of a human group--a clan, a tribe, a people, a country, or a nation--forms a final unity, or are we always "on the road," or simply nowhere at all?  Life often seems too complex, too filled with ambiguity,  to have a single final point or goal.  Even on an individual level, we struggle to  imagine " pulling it all together."   How can we even contemplate such an "end" for humanity? But it might feel satisfying and reassuring if we could. Are there no prophets or seers who can help us see what " the long run" looks like? 

Ask yourself: Do you see your life going somewhere? Is your life more than a journey without a goal? Do you see yourself as a part of some larger group that has a world-transforming mission? If so, what is that mission? 

Reflections on Genesis 49:1 & rabbinic commentary 

1. Rashi
ואגידה לכם THAT I MAY TELL YOU — He wished to reveal to them the end of Israel’s exile, but the Shechinah departed from him and he began to speak of other things (Genesis Rabbah 98:2).

2. Ibn Ezra
THAT WHICH SHALL BEFALL YOU. Prophecies foretelling that which shall befall you in the future. Those who base themselves on Scripture’s closing remark....and conclude that they (Jacob’s words) are blessings, err.1....For if it were so, where are the blessings of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi?... The way to understand this is that their father spoke unto them and blessed them is as follows: and this (v. 3-27) is what their father spoke unto them through prophecy, after which he blessed them. Scripture omits the blessings.

3. Ramban
AT THE END OF DAYS. These are the days of the Messiah...our Rabbis have said [Pesachim 56a]. that Jacob wished to reveal the end of Israel’s exile, but the Shechinah (the Divine Presence) departed from him. Thus in the opinion of all scholars, the end of days is a reference to the days of the Messiah.

4. Sforno
באחרית הימים, at the end of the period allocated to life on earth as we know it. Yaakov speaks of the arrival of the Messiah which will signify the end of the existence of the nations that oppose G’d, and the Kingdom of G’d on earth.


5. Baal HaTurim
Then Yaakov called for his sons: He sought to reveal the appointed time for the end, but it became concealed from him (Pesachim 56a.) Yaakov asks, "Perhaps there is sin (חטא) among you?" They said, "No if you examine our names, you will not find the letters ח or ט in them. Then he said unto them, "Arise, there is also no ק or ץ letters (end) in them.