Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: The Sancho Question –November 14, 2020

In posing “the Sancho question,” Rabbi Cosgrove considers how the response of our political leaders and our own responses to the recent election bear on the health of our democracy and the strength of our country.

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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: This Too Shall Pass – October 31, 2020

Rabbi Cosgrove reminds us that at moments of joy and sorrow, gam zeh ya·avor, this too shall pass. We can find strength and sorrow in the realization that no single moment totally defines us and we should always work for things to be different in the future.

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Sermon –Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Our Story Begins... – October 10, 2020

Genesis is the origin story of our world, and like any good origin story, it imparts both superpowers and a mission to its heroes. Rabbi Witkovsky discusses the origin stories of the Torah and the United States. What lessons we can learn from them? Is it time for a reboot?

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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Ask Not – Geshem, October 10, 2020

Introducing Geshem, the ancient prayer for rain, Rabbi Cosgrove suggests that we pray for abundant rain not to sustain crops, but to wash out the crowded outdoor holiday gatherings that jeopardize public health and cast shame on the Jewish community.

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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: A Pause to Remember – Yizkor, October 10, 2020

Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us to appreciate Yizkor of Shemini Atzeret as a moment to linger with our memories of loved ones and to find guidance for stepping into the new year inspired by their values.

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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Ask Not – Kol Nidrei, September 27, 2020

Rabbi Cosgrove challenges us to step up to the ideal of Yom Kippur, to commit to acting to mend our world, our community, and our personal relationships. 

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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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