Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

Sermon –Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Live Like You Were Dying – September 26, 2020

Perhaps no one in the country for the last few years has been more keenly aware of the repercussions of their own death than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rabbi Witkovsky weaves her story together with that of Moses, along with words of wisdom from the Talmud to invite all of us to think about how we would live if we knew our deaths to be imminent. 

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Sermon –Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Navigating the Nonideal – Rosh Hashanah, September 20, 2020

Jewish law differentiates between ideal and nonideal situations. Rabbi Witkovsky uses this distinction to help us navigate the nonideal world in which we find ourselves. We must choose the values that are truly important to us and fight for them.

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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Let There Be Reconstruction – Rosh Hashanah, September 19, 2020

Judaism has survived periods of calamity because visionary leaders have transformed Jewish life to accommodate changed circumstances.

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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: A Treasury of Life – Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 18, 2020

The pandemic has contracted our horizons and cost us innumerable losses, but we can still find hope and meaning in what we do. Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us to find and create beauty and joy even within the smaller scale of our lives.

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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Ya Gotta Believe - September 12, 2020

Rabbi Cosgrove finds parallels between the life of the incomparable Mets pitcher, Tom Seaver, and the message of the Torah reading: wherever we are today is not where we can be tomorrow. As we approach Rosh Hashanah, let us all act with strength and courage to make tomorrow a better day.

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Lecture – Ahmane’ Glover: Creating Your Own Prayer Space – September 20, 2020

Engage your senses – and your soul – as we explore what makes space sacred and how we can create our own sanctuary for prayer and reflection with Ahmane’ Glover. Glover is a spoken-word artist and cultural organizer who has explored the sacred in community with The Kennedy Center, Catalyst for Peace, the Poor People’s Campaign, and more. 

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Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Erin Beser: Priest, Parent, and Teacher – August 20, 2020

Expert educator Erin Beser joins Rabbi Witkovsky to talk about Parashat Shoftim, the different roles we play in society, and what happens when those roles break down.

Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Rabbi Linden: Plausibility and Pedagogy – August 13, 2020

Rabbis Ethan Witkovsky and Ethan Linden discuss Deuteronomy as a book looking to create an idealized society. In this regard, it is similar to synagogues and summer camps, which also try to create a rubric for the holiest society. The rabbis discuss what goes into creating these “plausibility structures” and what the average Jew gets out of them. 

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Sermon - Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Comfort and Repentance - August 1, 2020

Rabbi Witkovsky uses Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort, to discuss the nature of repentance and how it can bring us comfort in a world in desperate need. 

 

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Sermon - Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Reaching for the Moon - July 25, 2020

Over the course of our history, we’ve gone from the moon landing to shuttering the space program; from the destruction of the Temple to the creation of a new religion. Do we reach for the stars or keep our feet on the ground? Each day brings new possibilities and a new chance to choose our direction. 

 

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