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ADAR I/ADAR II/NISAN 5776 NEWSLETTER/VOLUME 28:4 MARCH/APRIL 2016

“A Taste of Spring” with Zayin Adar Dinner “Memories for a Blessing” Chef Jonathan Waxman Thursday, March 17, 7:00 p.m. Save the date: Thursday evening, May 12 onoring the memory of Hloved ones

HFJNTA WAXMAN JONATHAN CHEF may become a bless- r Zarua’s generous donors in the home of a ing not only for the social Congregant. The dinner will be part of the family, but for the entire community as event and fundraising component of the evening. well. Learn new perspectives from fundraiser Shortly after the dinner commences, Congregants Sheldon Adler and Charlie this year, “A Taste of Spring” will begin at the Asia O Spielholz on blessings they have received “A Taste of Spring” with Society, with Chef Waxman at the helm. and shared. This annual event, cele- Chef Jonathan Waxman, A projected turnout of 100 to 150 people brating the work of OZ’s Hevra Kadisha will be held on Thursday will enjoy an “Endless Smorgasbord,” wine and sponsored by Phyllis and Gerry evening, May 12. pairings selected by Chef Waxman, and in memory of their parents, is Restaurateur, author, and mentor, his presentation focused on cooking. All free to all members and guests. Contri- Chef Waxman is the owner and chef of meals will be kosher.A lively auction and butions to the Hevra Kadisha are wel- Barbuto in the West Village. Previous raffle will supplement fundraising, which comed. Sign up through your ChaverWeb crowd-pleasers have included Jams and will be used to support existing and novel account or call 212-452-2310, extension Washington Park. His book Italian, My Way OZ programs. 39, by Monday, March 14. contains 150 revitalized classic recipes Save-the-date notices and formal invi- that can be easily prepared at home. tations will be arriving by mail. The “Taste Chef Waxman is an engaging speaker; of Spring” committee will need help in a GUEST CURATOR SERIES search for him on YouTube. His hesed variety of areas, including donations for activities include City Meals on Wheels. the auction and raffle, as well as hands-on Andrea Bayer “A Taste of Spring” will be a multifac- help with logistics. Contact Naomi Smook Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible eted event beginning with Chef Waxman’s ([email protected]) to volunteer for “A Sunday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. preparing dinner for up to 20 of OZ’s most Taste of Spring.” —OZ GALA COMMITTEE METR oin Or Zarua in

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NMSU FART OF MUSEUM AN JAndrea Bayer, Jayne Wrightsman Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as she discusses the inaugural exhibition at the Met Breuer, “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible.” The exhibit examines the question of when a work of art is consid- ered to be finished. The exhibit covers 140 works spanning the Renaissance to the present. There is no charge for this Hebrew School 2.0 celebrating Tu B’Shevat with a seder. Come to our OR L’ATID OPEN presentation; all are welcome to attend. HOUSE on Sunday, April 10, for a fun and engaging program that will highlight the best Refreshments will be served. of Or L’Atid. For more information about programs for youth and families, see page 10. 1 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2016 President’s Message by Marc D. Ashley

pring is embodies the vital interaction of nature A CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE right around and spirit, of the material and religious FOUNDED 1989 the corner! worlds. Just as the earth is rejuvenated in lies the spring after its winter hibernation, so 127 East 82nd Street ahead, and too are reborn into a historical New York, NY 10028 S is not far drama that takes us from the deliverance phone: 212-452-2310 fax: 212-452-2103 behind. For many, that of Purim, to the redemption of Passover, www.orzarua.org realization is both ener- and finally to the revelation of . As gizing and sobering, as substantial prepa- we embrace the physical safety and SCOTT N. BOLTON, ration for the year’s most demanding holi- warmth of spring, we also experience the DR. HARLAN J. WECHSLER, Rabbi Emeritus day is placed on our agenda. spiritual elevation of these epic holidays. MARC D. ASHLEY, President Once Megillat Esther is read and the Spring is a wonderful time to enjoy ALAN ILBERMAN, Treasurer raucousness of Purim is over, Passover the natural world. The author of Song of HELENE SANTO, Executive Director looms large. Indeed, the enforced Songs, which we read on the intermediate SIGAL HIRSCH, Director of Youth Education a link between the holidays, mandating of Passover, urges us to enjoy and Programming that they always be a month apart even in spring’s bounty: “For now the winter is CHARLES SPIELHOLZ, Newsletter Editor leap years, and requiring that study of the past, the rains are over and gone. The laws of Passover commence on Purim. blossoms have appeared in the land; the The explains that, although the time of singing has come; the song of the OZ Committee Chairs holidays are dissimilar in that one is turtledove is heard in our land” (2:11-12). ordained by the and the other by the Spring is an anticipated time of new begin- ADMINISTRATION Pamela E. Gold Rabbis, Purim is always celebrated in nings throughout our physical environment. ADULT EDUCATION Laura Resnikoff close proximity to Passover because “it is Yet spring is also an opportune time AESTHETICS Shelden preferable to juxtapose one redemption to enjoy vibrant Jewish life at Or Zarua. [Purim] to the other redemption [Passover]” Renewal occurs both outside and inside; ART GALLERY Bobbi Coller (Megillah 6b). As a child I was mindful of opportunities blossom within our own syn- BOOK DISCUSSION Reed Schneider the coupling of the two holidays because agogue, close at hand. Nora Yood each year my mother began her grueling Join us at Or Zarua as we celebrate BUILDING Edward Kopelowitz Passover home-cleaning project in Purim’s Purim and Pesah in fun and meaningful CEMETERY Aliza Kaplan aftermath. If we properly participate in ways. Participate in our pre-Purim hesed Mort Schwartz Purim, we at the same time begin prepar- activity at Project ORE and our Matanot EDUCATION Dara Shapiro ing ourselves for Passover. LaEvyonim efforts, leading up to our Purim AND YOUTH The joyful abandon of Purim, when we night megillah reading followed by a music- HESED Susan Lorin are authorized to drink wine amidst our and barbeque-filled party.I guarantee you HEVRA KADISHA Roberta Hufnagel revelry, thus leads inevitably to the rigor- will experience and enjoy the spirited Gerry Solomon ous rules of Passover, for which prepara- energy of our close-knit community, across Aliza Kaplan tion must be meticulous. But preparation a spectrum of ages and interests, at our LIBRARY Barry Feldman for Passover, while surely onerous, is also Purim night celebration. comforting. As the memory of snowstorms Then celebrate an authentic Passover MARKETING Aaron Shelden fades and the sun strengthens, it instructs with us, filled with joy and meaning. Join MEMBERSHIP Andrew Plevin us that we are fully transitioning from our pre-Pesah zimriyah, or singing session, Sheldon Adler winter to spring. Along with decreasing as we practice tunes for use throughout ORAL HISTORY Mimi Alperin darkness and greater illumination comes the holiday.For those interested in inspir- ing ritual and learning, our Congregational PUBLIC RELATIONS Aaron Shelden a feeling of renewal and rebirth. Passover is the pivot of that physical and spiritual Second Seder beckons. And our Passover READERS Marc Ashley services will be infused with the happiness AND LEADERS Jay Palmer transition, on a temporal arc from Purim at spring’s beginning to Shavuot at its end. of the liturgy. STRATEGIC Sheldon Adler This spring, Or Zarua will be a place DEVELOPMENT Our tradition emphasizes the centrality and connection of spring to Passover, of renewal and opportunity. Come enjoy its WEBMASTER Jay Palmer expressly calling it “hag ha-Aviv” or the bounty. If you are interested in serving on a synagogue holiday of spring. In its fusion of agricul- committee, please contact the office for the tural and historical dimensions, Pesah committee chair’s email address.

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SUPPORT OR L’ATID PURIM SCHEDULE by buying chocolate for Sunday, March 13 Purim at Chocolate Works, Hesed Purim Party at Project ORE 1410 Lexington Avenue 11:00 a.m., see page 5 for details (between 92nd and 93rd Please contact Lesley Palmer at Streets), on March 13 or [email protected] with any March 20. Mention that you questions or to register. are from Or Zarua, and 10% of your purchase price will Sundays, March 13 and 20 go to Or L’Atid. Prepare for Purim and Support Or L’Atid Buy your Mishloach Manot or schedule a workshop at Chocolate Works UES, 1410 Lexington Avenue (between 92nd and 93rd Streets), during store hours. Mention code “OrZarua,” and 10% of Matanot LaEvyonim proceeds go to Or L’Atid, OZ Youth Purim Food Drive to help the hungry in our community Education and Programming. Sunday, March 20 bserve the Purim of wheat pasta; tomato sauce; 100% real Purim Hesed with Kadima/USY Matanot LaEvyonim, giving fruit juice; canned soups and stew 1:00–3:00 p.m, 7th Floor gifts to the needy, by donating (low-sodium); brown rice; peanut butter; To prepare for our annual Purim fund- nonperishable food items or canned tuna, salmon, and chicken; raiser, 6th–12th graders are invited to Oa check when you come to shelf-stable milk (nonfat or 1%); coffee; make masks and groggers to sell to OZ Purim services or festivities on Wednesday, and tea. Megillah Go-ers! Funds raised from the March 23. See the Purim schedule at Purim is not the only time to make sale of Purim masks will go to . right for details. Collection baskets for the donations. Or Zarua supports the New donations, which help support the New York Common Pantry, as well as other Wednesday, March 23 York Common Pantry, will be located in the organizations, throughout the year with Kids’ Purim Party Social Hall. donations and volunteers. Read about all 5:00–6:30 p.m, Or Zarua Needed food items include whole of OZ’s Hesed projects on page 5. Megillah, games, activities, snacks, and more (For children birth–5th grade) Break your fast with a nosh 7:39 p.m., OZ Social Hall OZ’s Young Professionals Ma’ariv and Megillat Esther 7:45 p.m., Or Zarua Sanctuary by Liora Avitan Seltzer Purim Celebration and Bluegrass Bash 8:30 p.m., Or Zarua Social Hall r Zarua’s Young Professionals of the of drinking, “ad lo yada” After the service, join the OZ SHINDIG celebrated another Shabbat (“that he does not know”), and discussed with a great BLUEGRASS BAND, together on January 22, sources from different time periods. BIR’NANA, BBQ, and more. ready bringing new and old friends On February 26, we celebrated our to feast, rejoice, and share a line dance! together for spirited davening third Board Game Shabbat, which is O There is no charge, but for planning followed by dinner and drinks. We were becoming our favorite Shabbat dinner purposes, sign up through your delighted to join the Or Zarua community event. Our next Shabbat dinners will be ChaverWeb account, or call 212-452- for a special musical program with March 18, the week before Purim, and 2310, extension 39. Marsha Bryan Edelman as part of our April 15, a week before Pesah. Shabbat experience. Following the success of last year’s Thursday, March 24 Two weeks later, we celebrated Rosh celebration, we are all looking forward to Shaharit and Megillat Esther Hodesh Adar Alef together with a beer and joining Or Zarua’s epic Purim festivities! 7:00 a.m., Or Zarua Sanctuary limud. We enjoyed delicious pizza from Feel free to contact us with any ques- Matanot LaEvyonim— Cafe Viva (thanks to Rabbi Bolton’s rec- tions or suggestions, or just to say hi at Purim Gifts for the Needy ommendation), cold beer, and great com- [email protected]. At all times, Or Zarua Social Hall pany. Rabbi Bolton prepared a limud about For more information about upcoming Purim food drive and donations to help drinking on Purim, appropriate to the events, join our Facebook group, Or Zarua’s support the New York Common Pantry. month of Adar. We explored the meaning Young Professionals.

3 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2016 OZ Memorial Wall Plaques SPIELHOLZ CHARLIE In memory of loved ones

E MARCUS BEN Those who purchase plaques during the first 90 days of this program will receive a 20% dis- count on the purchase price. To ensure that a plaque is installed by 5777, place your order with the synagogue OR ZARUA’S SECURITY TASK FORCE office by May 31, 2016. A digital protecting the Ark—and vice versa. The photo of the plaque will be pro- task force is reviewing security and vided to everyone who has pur- safety procedures for the Congregation. chased a plaque. Members shown above (from left) are Similar to the model of the Alan Ilberman; Helene Santo; Diane Capital Campaign Donor Wall Okrent; Sara Stone; Pam Gold; and located on the second floor out- Henry Glanternik, Chair. Members not side the Sanctuary, the plaques pictured are Marc Ashley and Rabbi laques for Congregation Or Zarua’s will be equal in size and prominence. To Bolton, ex officio; Sigal Hirsch; Ed elegant and unique Memorial maintain this objective, the plaques will be Kopelowitz; and Miriam Wallerstein. Wall, honoring the memories of rotated once a year. Congregants will be loved ones, are now available for able to group up to four names that will purchase. move as a unit. OZ MINYAN Join Or Zarua’s minyan for P Shaharit (morning service), followed by The style of the Memorial Wall, which This is a wonderful opportunity to is located on the east wall on both ends of honor the memory of loved ones with an breakfast. Start times are listed on the the Sanctuary, maintains the aesthetic of everlasting tribute, and for you and others calendar.You will meet other Congregants the Or Zarua building. The metal plaques, to know their names fill a sacred prayer and get your morning cup of coffee, OJ, produced in three different textures, will be space. We will remember them in this bagels, yogurt, and other delicacies. placed in the armature spaces. The plaques beautiful and elegant setting. You can be a minyanaire by contacting will be inscribed with the loved one’s name Details describing how to order Sheldon Adler at [email protected] in both English and Hebrew. plaques will be available from the syna- or just by attending. The price of each plaque will be $720. gogue office. —AARON SHELDEN

TALMUD CLASS WITH RABBI BOLTON OROT For the Sake of the Community: The Talmudic Backstory of OZ’s High Holy Day Journal Tikkun Olam, “Repairing the World,” Chapter 4 of Masekhet Gittin his year many of us missed OROT, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., as shown on the OZ calendar the journal previously distributed odern times have seen the use of the Tat our High Holy Day services, term Tikkun Olam for social action. The so we are moving forward to be sure Mterm originates in the Talmud and has a new edition of OROT greets you next been repurposed. This spring, we will continue to Rosh Hashanah. If you would like to study the pages that introduce the concept of contribute a personal recollection, Tikkun Olam. We will also learn the interesting essay, or poem that pertains to the tale of how this term has been repurposed. High Holy Day liturgy, themes, or experi- Talmud class meets on most Wednesdays, as shown on the OZ calendar, in the ences, please contact Joanne Feierman OZ Library from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with Rabbi Bolton. Anyone may join the class at [email protected] or Rabbi Bolton at any time; previous participation is not necessary. No prior knowledge of Talmud, at [email protected]. We also Hebrew, or Aramaic is required. You can also begin to build your own Jewish library by welcome articles that relate to our ordering Volume I of Tractate Gittin (Artscroll). If you can't make every class, please central Or Zarua values of “Learn, Pray, join when you can; it's easier than you think to be a Talmud learner and to enjoy the Participate, Connect.” We hope that material. Contact Rabbi Bolton directly with any questions. All you need to bring is you will be involved in—and enriched your life experience. by—our forthcoming OROT journal.

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Or Zarua Hesed Programs RABBI WECHSLER “The world exists for the sake of kindness.”—Rashi TEACHES ON SIRIUS XM RADIO Hesed Purim Party at Project ORE [email protected] to sign up for Sundays at 4:00 a.m., 8 a.m., G Volunteers are needed for a pre-Purim March 2, April 6, and May 4. morning of song, megillah, and fun with and 8:00 p.m. Home Visit Volunteers Project ORE, a program for elderly, vulnera- SIRIU S G Volunteer to visit and cheer ill or home-

ble, Jewish adults living on the Lower East XM bound Or Zarua Congregants. Please con- Side. Please join us at 331 East 12th tact Roberta Hufnagel at robertahufnagel Street on Sunday, March 13, from 11:00 @gmail.com, 212-744-6572 (home), or a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Contact Susan Lorin at 978-835-5445 (cell), if you are interested. [email protected] with any questions or to register. Monday Night Pasta and Salad at NCS G Or Zarua Congregants serve hot food A Solution to Hunger and good cheer at the Neighborhood G Help feed the hungry in our community by Coalition Shelter’s East 81st Street abbi Wechsler can be heard on donating to or volunteering with the New York Residence from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. on SiriusXM Stars Channel three Common Pantry. Each month, collection bins the last two Mondays of each month. Rtimes each Sunday. Subscribers are placed in the social hall for food dona- Volunteers are needed, as are donations to SiriusXM Satellite Radio can access tions of healthy (low-sodium, whole wheat, to the Hesed Fund. Please contact Jeffrey “Rabbi Wechsler Teaches” on Channel low-fat or nonfat), packaged grocery items. Haberman at [email protected]. 106. Nonsubscribers can obtain a free, Volunteers from OZ are needed the first three-day trial at www.siriusxm.com. Wednesday of each month, from 9:00 For additional information about any a.m. to noon, in the pantry’s distribution of these programs, please contact center, located off Fifth Avenue at 8 East Susan J. Lorin, Hesed Committee Chair, 109th Street. Contact Lesley Palmer at at [email protected] or 212-717-4647. RABBI BOLTON’S DOR OZ VOLUNTEERS AT DOROT’S annual OT CLASS winter package delivery on January 31, The : Central Prayer, prior to departing for their scheduled visits with seniors served by DOROT. Centering Ourselves From left to right: Lesley Palmer, Susan Thursdays, 8:30–9:30 a.m., Library Katz, Charlie Spielholz, Charles Kupferberg, abbi Bolton’s Siddur Class began Susan Lorin, Marty Kupferberg, Micaela on October 29, but you may join Raviv, and Laura Fisher. DOROT is a Rat any time. Our exploration of leading nonprofit agency that provides a the Amidah continues with both liturgy wide range of social services to the studies and reflections on personal elderly in New York City.For more infor- meaning. Analysis of the prose and mation, visit www.dorotusa.org. poetry, with comparison of various ver- sions of each section of the Amidah, HRI SPIELHOLZ CHARLIE inspires a deeper understanding of this central part of our liturgy. Prior knowledge is not required. As each class is independent of the others, you may attend any or all of the classes.

OZ’S SUPER BOWL HESED PARTY. Sponsored annually by Sheldon Adler, this year’s large crowd enjoyed BBQ and deli sandwiches while raising funds for Project ORE, which serves kosher meals, provides counseling, case management, and other support services to elderly, vulnerable, Lower East Side Jews, the only program of its kind in New York City.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 G 21 Adar I 2 G 22 3 G 23 4 G 24 5 G 25 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Shabbat Shekalim 6:00p Teens@OZ 9:00a NYCP 8:30a Siddur Class 5:33p Candlelighting, 9:00a Shaharit 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat Vayakhel 10:30a Torah Kids 7:30p Talmud Class 10:30a Shabbat & Me Sat. Bat Mitzvah of Annie Sahn 6:38p Shabbat ends

6 G 26 7 G 27 8 G 28 9 G 29 10 G 30 11 G 1 Adar II 12 G 2 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Rosh Hodesh Adar II Rosh Hodesh Adar II 9:00a Shaharit/Pekude 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 10:30m Teen Shabbat 7:00p Book Discussion 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15p Context 7:30p Talmud Class 8:30a Siddur Class 5:00p Shabbat & Me Friday and Lunch ’n Learn 7:00p Talmud Hevruta 5:41p Candlelighting, 10:30a Torah Kids Seminar Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 11:15a Torah Tots 6:46p Shabbat ends

13 G 3 14 G 4 15 G 5 16 G 6 17 G 7 18 G 8 19 G 9 Daylight Saving Time begins 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Shabbat Zachor 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 8:30a Siddur Class 6:00p Minhah/Kabbalat 9:00a Shaharit 11:00a Hesed Purim Party 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15p Context No Talmud Class 7:00p Zayin Adar Dinner Shabbat Vayikra at Project ORE No Talmud Hevruta Seminar 6:48p Candlelighting 10:30a Torah Kids 5:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 6:30p Young Professionals 11:15a Torah Tots 7:00p Dr. Andrea Bayer, Shabbat 7:53p Shabbat ends Met Curator

20 G 10 21 G 11 22 G 12 23 G 13 24 G 14 25 G 15 26 G 16 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Ta’anit Esther/Erev Purim Purim Shushan Purim 9:00a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 1:00p Kadima/USY Purim 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Tzav Hesed Program 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15p Context 5:00p Kid’s Purim Party and Megillat Esther 6:00p Minhah/Kabbalat 10:30a Torah Kids 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 7:30p Book Launch Party 7:39p Break Fast No Siddur Class Shabbat 11:15a Torah Tots 7:45p Ma’ariv and Megillat No Talmud Hevruta Seminar Esther 6:56p Candlelighting 8:01p Shabbat ends 8:30p Purim Celebration No Talmud Class 27 G 17 28 G 18 29 G 19 30 G 20 31 G 21 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 8:30a Siddur Class 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15p Context 7:30p Talmud Class 7:00p Talmud Hevruta Seminar

Congregation Or Zarua Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. The office is closed Saturday and Sunday, as well as on Jewish and federal holidays. 127 East 82nd Street G New York, NY 10028 G 212-452-2310 April 2016 Adar II/Nisan 5776

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 G 22 Adar II 2 G 23 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Shabbat Parah 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat 9:00a Shaharit/Shemini Shabbat 10:30a Torah Kids 7:03p Candlelighting 10:30a Shabbat & Me Sat. Bar Mitzvah of Joey Spungen 8:08p Shabbat ends

3 G 24 4 G 25 5 G 26 6 G 27 7 G 28 8 G 29 9 G 1 Nisan 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Rosh Hodesh Nisan 5:00p Teen Film Series 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 9:00a NYCP 8:30a Siddur Class 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat 9:00a Shaharit/Tazria 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15a Context 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 Shabbat with 7:30p Talmud Class 7:11p Candlelighting Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer 7:00p Talmud Hevruta 7:30p Dinner (RSVP) 10:30a Torah Kids Seminar 8:30p Shabbaton with 11:15a Torah Tots Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer 8:16p Shabbat ends

10 G 2 11 G 3 12 G 4 13 G 5 14 G 6 15 G 7 16 G 8 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Shabbat HaGadol 10:00a Or L’Atid Open 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 8:30a Siddur Class 5:15p Pesah and Me 9:00a Shaharit/Metzora House 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15a Context 7:30p Talmud Class 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat 10:30a Torah Kids Shabbat 10:30a Mah Zeh Shabbat?! 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 7:00p Talmud Hevruta 7:18p Candlelighting 11:15a Torah Tots Seminar 7:30p Young Professionals 1:00p Pre-Pesah Zimriyah Shabbat Dinner 8:23p Shabbat ends

17 G 9 18 G 10 19 G 11 20 G 12 21 G 13 22 G 14 23 G 15 8:45a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Bedikat Hametz Erev Pesah/Ta’anit Bechorot 1st Day of Pesah 9:00a Shaharit 1:00p Kadima/USY 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 6:00p Teens@OZ 4:00p Hebrew School 2.0 7:15a Shaharit Minyan Fast of the Firstborn/ 10:30a Torah Kids Pre-Pesah Event 6:00p B’nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:15a Context 7:30p Talmud Class 8:30a Siddur Class 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 11:15a Torah Tots 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal No Talmud Hevruta Seminar 8:30p Or Zarua Shabbat Congregational Seder 7:25p Candlelighting Light candles after 8:30p First Seder Second Seder 24 G 16 25 G 17 26 G 18 27 G 19 28 G 20 29 G 21 30 G 22 2nd Day of Pesah Hol Hamoed Hol Hamoed Hol Hamoed Hol Hamoed 7th Day of Pesah Last Day of Pesah 8:45a Shaharit/Yizkor 9:00a Shaharit Minyan 3rd Day of Pesah 4th Day of Pesah 5th Day of Pesah 6th Day of Pesah 9:00a Shaharit Minyan 10:30a Torah Kids 8:30p Yom Tov ends 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 7:00a Shaharit Minyan 7:00a Shaharit Minyan Erev Last Day of Pesah 11:15a Torah Tots 7:00 pm Talmud Hevruta OZ Hebrew School closed 7:30p Talmud Class Erev 7th Day of Pesah 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat 6:45p Minhah/Seudah Seminar OZ Hebrew School closed 7:32p Candlelighting Shabbat Shlishit with Rabbi Bolton/ OZ Hebrew School closed 7:33p Candlelighting Ma’ariv 8:38p Festival ends

Congregation Or Zarua Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. The office is closed Saturday and Sunday, as well as on Jewish and federal holidays. CONGREGATIONWWW.ORZARUA.ORG OR ZARUA NOVEMBER/DECEMBERMARCH/APRIL 20162009

Pre-Pesah Zimriyah SCHEDULE OF Saturday, April 16, after (1:00 p.m.) PESAH SERVICES 5776/2016 ll are welcome to join the uplift- kiddush, we will sing familiar tunes, learn Thursday, April 21 ing community singing and new ones, and review Hallel and a seder Bedikat Hametz at night melody workshop that we call a song or two, as we celebrate Shabbat and Friday, April 22 Zimriyah! Led by Rabbi Bolton get ready for Pesah. Fast of the Firstborn/Siyum Aand Marc Ashley just after Shaharit 7:00 a.m. E rev Pesah Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 p.m. Candlelighting 7:25 p.m. Pesah Meal Match First Seder First Seder, Friday, April 22 Saturday, April 23 First Day of Pesah Shaharit 9:00 a.m. esah is a time to invite guests into home, please contact the synagogue Erev Second Day of Pesah our homes for a seder. If you would office at 212-452-2310 and speak with OZ Congregational Seder 8:30 p.m. Plike to host a guest or guests in your Helene Santo (extension 14) or Deborah Second Seder home for the first seder, or if you would Wenger (extension 12) by Thursday, Light candles after 8:30 p.m. like to join other OZ Congregants in their April 21. Sunday, April 24 Second Day of Pesah Shaharit 9:00 a.m. Yom Tov ends 8:30 p.m. Ma’ot Hittim Fund Monday, April 25 Assist needy Jews to prepare for Passover Hol Hamoed Third Day of Pesah Shaharit 7:00 a.m. he Haggadah tells us that every Jew Passover. Funds, called ma’ot hittim must experience the Exodus from (wheat money), are forwarded to the Joint Tuesday, April 26 Hol Hamoed TEgypt, and the tells us that Passover Appeal in New York and the Fourth Day of Pesah a Jew should drink four cups of wine at New York Board of Rabbis for distribution Shaharit 7:00 a.m. the seder, even if funds for these come to needy Jews. from the public dole. We hope that you will give generously Wednesday, April 27 We, therefore, raise such funds to the fund. Please make your check Hol Hamoed each year to assist less fortunate Jews payable to Congregation Or Zarua and Fifth Day of Pesah who cannot afford to prepare for write Ma’ot Hittim Fund on the memo line. Shaharit 7:00 a.m. Thursday, April 28 Hol Hamoed Sixth Day of Pesah Sell Your Hametz Shaharit 7:00 a.m. Erev Seventh Day of Pesah Rabbi Bolton will arrange the transaction Candlelighting 7:32 p.m. Friday, April 29 efore Passover, we are required to Complete the form on page 9 and Seventh Day of Pesah “sell” any hametz in our possession send it to the synagogue office by noon on Shaharit 9:00 a.m. Bto a non-Jew. The transaction is Thursday, April 21. It is customary to Erev Last Day of Pesah normally arranged by the rabbi, to ensure enclose a contribution to Or Zarua’s Ma’ot Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 p.m. compliance with halakhah. Hittim Fund with your authorization. Candlelighting 7:33 p.m. Saturday, April 30 Last Day of Pesah SEUDAH SHLISHIT LECTURE BY RABBI BOLTON Shaharit/Yizkor 8:45 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 6:45 p.m. Minhah/Seudah Shlishit 6:45 p.m. Lecture by Rabbi Bolton/ Allspice to Zatar: The Rabbinic Spice Rack and Ancient Packaging Ma’ariv Note the full schedule of Shabbat services for April 29 and 30, shown at right. Festival ends 8:38 p.m.

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CONGREGATIONAL Authorization for the Sale of Hametz SECOND SEDER

n accordance with Jewish law, I/we authorize Rabbi Bolton to sell all hametz in Saturday, April 23, 8:30 p.m. my/our possession at the locations listed below. Enclosed is my/our contribution “The Art of the Seder” to Or Zarua’s Ma’ot Hittim Fund.

I Y E UHI (YAELDRA PUSHKIN AEL We invite you, your Name ______family, and your Address ______Apt. No. ______friends to share the second seder with City ______State ______Zip ______W us on Saturday, .COM) April 23. Our Congre- Other Locations (vacation home, office, etc): gational Seder, led Address ______by Rabbi Bolton, begins at 8:30 p.m.

City ______State ______Zip ______Please make seder reservations by Address ______MONDAY, APRIL 18 through your ChaverWeb account City ______State ______Zip ______or call 212-452-2310, extension 39.

Signature ______Date______OZ Members and Guests: $75 adults; $50 children aged 8 and under. This completed form must be received no later than noon on Thursday, April 21. Email [email protected] or mail to: Nonmembers: $125 adults; $50 children aged 8 and under. SCOTT N. BOLTON, RABBI CONGREGATION OR ZARUA, 127 EAST 82ND STREET, Watch for a postcard with all the NEW YORK, NY 10028, FAX: 212-452-2103 details and reservation information.

Or Zarua Book Discussions YOM HASHOAH Sunday, March 6, 2016 (new date) OZ Book Discussions meets in the OZ Holocaust Memorial Service 7:00 p.m. Library on select Sunday evenings. All are Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday invited. For additional information, contact e will be commemorating “A stunning, award-winning novel in which a Reed Schneider or Deborah Wenger, Yom HaShoah with our annual young man recounts his idealization of his 212-452-2310, extension 12. WHolocaust Memorial Service on May 4. This short, moving service uncle Poxl, a Jewish former RAF pilot, explor- SPIELHOLZ CHARLIE ing fame, memory, and storytelling. The Last involves the participation of adults Flight of Poxl West examines what it means and teens from our community. to be a family in the shadow of war—to love, If you wish to take part in this to lose, and to heal.” —Good Reads event, please email Ilana Burgess at [email protected]. Sunday, May 22, 2016 (new date) 7:30 p.m. T o Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris MARC ASHLEY will again be teaching “With the help of a somewhat petulant, his annual spring adult education loner dentist, the book takes on existen- course between Pesah and Shavuot, tial dread, what it means to be a Jew, and Greetings from the Golden Age of Jewish Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m., on Red Sox fandom in a mix of the absurd, Postcards!, a colorful, illuminating show May 1, 15, and 22, and June 5, in the the droll, and the profound. It’s an emi- of more than 140 vintage postcards and OZ Library. Marc will be discussing nently worthy nominee for the Booker greeting cards, continues on exhibit until Jewish conceptions of the afterlife. Prize or any other.” — Tablet Magazine spring in the OZ Gallery. More details to follow. Please join us.

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Most recently, we watched the 1968 version of The Producers (starring Gene Wilder and written/directed by Mel OR L’ATID Brooks). Produced less than 25 years after the end of World War II, the film was OPEN HOUSE controversial: It features two Jewish For our Hebrew School Broadway producers creating a play entitled and Youth Communities Springtime for Hitler; the producers hope April 10, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. the production will flop so that they can elp build our community by bring- collect the investment money. After the Purim Hesed with Kadima/USY ing your family and friends when film, we discussed Jewish stereotypes in March 20, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. we invite new families to experi- cinema, the use of humor as a coping H Bring your creative energy as we prepare ence the best of Or L’Atid. mechanism, and the question of whether for our annual Purim tzedakah drive. Enjoy a quick nosh and say hello this film is anti-Semitic or not. Students in grades 6–12 are invited to before heading to the Library for a Drum All Jewish teens are invited to join us decorate one-of-a-kind masks and grog- Orchestra at 10:15 a.m. (rescheduled at our next Film Series event on Sunday, gers to “sell” to the community at our from January 23). After warming up with April 3, 5:00–8:00 p.m. March 23 community-wide Purim celebra- playful rhythmic exercises, we’ll jump tion to raise money for Project ORE. Pizza right in to an interactive and high-energy will be served! (For 6th–12th graders) program as we take the drum circle to a whole new level. Parents and children Kids’ Purim Party birth–age 10 play instruments together. March 23, 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. At 11:00 a.m., young children Put on your Purim costume and come to (birth–age 4) will head off with Rabbi the Kids’ Purim Party! Join us for activities, Bolton for an adventure in story-telling, songs, stories, and games. Come prepared songs, and activities, while children with your best joke as we flip everything K–5 will prepare for Passover with a upside-down and get silly! (For children project sure to enhance your seder. birth–5th grade) Then drop in to the Social Hall to participate in our tzedakah project! The Reel Shpiel Teen Film Series Please encourage friends to join by Corinne Rabbin-Birnbaum us for a great day filled with fun, music, and giving back, as we continue to Sunday, April 3, 5:00–8:00 p.m. grow our strong community of youth For the past three months, OZ teens have and families at Congregation Or Zarua. had the opportunity to participate in a film series exploring the portrayal of

in contemporary cinema. During each HIRSCH SIGAL Saturday night event, teens enjoy snacks and pizza while watching a movie and hearing from a speaker on issues relevant to the film. Afterwards, the teens have the opportunity to engage in a discussion about the film as it relates to Judaism. The first movie we watched, Keeping the Faith (starring Ben Stiller and Edward Norton), explored the relationship between a rabbi, a priest, and their mutual secular best friend. Besides sounding like the opening to a joke (a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar…), the movie provided an Hebrew School 2.0 celebrated Tu B’Shevat with a student-led seder and a guest appear- interesting look at how Judaism interacts ance by Rabbi Bolton, who taught about the “Atzei Hayim” (“trees of life”), the wooden with both secular and Christian society. poles that hold the Torah.

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BOOK LAUNCH PARTY Old is Good: Ideas of Aging in Monday, March 21, 7:30 p.m., OZ Library abbi Weschlser’s book on aging, ROld is Good: Ideas of Aging in Rabbinic Literature, has just been pub- lished by Hadassa Word Press. Join with Rabbi Weschsler for wine and cheese on Monday, March 21, and hear him speak on “Old Age: Biblical Metaphors and Rabbinic Interpretations.”

CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2016 Shabbaton with Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer SEEING A SOUND: REVELATION AND COMMAND AT SINAI Four sessions, April 8 and 9, 2016

EIHTELGCLSEMINAR THEOLOGICAL JEWISH r Zarua will (RSVP required for dinner only; presentation All four talk sessions are free and host Dr. is open to all.) open to all. RSVP by Monday, April 4, for Benjamin D. the Friday night Shabbat dinner through Sommer, Saturday, April 9 your ChaverWeb account, or call 212-452- professor of D’var Torah (Second Session) 2310, extension 39. The cost is $40 for O “Which Story Should We Tell: The Torah’s Bible at the Jewish adults and $20 for children ages 5–12; Y Theological Seminary, or the Haggadah’s?” there is no charge for children under 5. for a Shabbaton on Kiddush (Third Session) Dr. Sommer’s book Revelation and April 8 and 9, 2016. The main theme of G 12:15 p.m. Kiddush Lunch Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and the Shabbaton is “Seeing a Sound: (no charge, but RSVP for planning) Tradition provides background for this Revelation and Command at Sinai.” The G 1:15 p.m. “Revelation and Command: Shabbaton. presentation will consist of four sessions: How an Ancient Israelite Debate Matters This Shabbaton is made possible to Contemporary Judaism” through the generous support of Pat Friday, April 8 and Alan Davidson and Susan and Seudah Shlishit (Fourth Session) “Back-Talk” (First Session) Ed Kopelowitz. G 6:15 p.m. Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat G 6:30 p.m. Minhah, followed by Seudah Shlishit, Ma’ariv, and G 7:30 p.m. Dinner (RSVP required) “Revelation as Dialogue, and a Dialogue Purim Events G 8:30 p.m. “Back-Talk: The Torah’s about Revelation: Rabbi Bolton and March 13–March 24, page 3 Surprising Account of What Happened Professor Sommer Discuss Sinai, Pesah Services at Sinai” Command, and Our Own Judaism” April 21–April 30, page 8

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