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Hear sermons, conversations, and select programs from Rabbi Cosgrove and the entire Park Avenue Synagogue clergy team to help round out your day. Don’t forget to subscribe to get a notification for our next episode. Listen to live recorded sessions and feel like you’re there at PAS! Find more information at www.pasyn.org or follow us @parkavenuesyn.
Episodes
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
17 min
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.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Oct 19, 2020
Oct 19, 2020
16 min
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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Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
9 min
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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Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
7 min
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.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
27 min
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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Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
14 min
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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Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
18 min
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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Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
31 min
Judaism has survived periods of calamity because visionary leaders have transformed Jewish life to accommodate changed circumstances.
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Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
16 min
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.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
14 min
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.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.