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Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

Park Avenue Synagogue

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.

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13:01

Rabbi Pink: An Eternal Monument (October 3, 2026)

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2026/10/05

For his Yizkor sermon, Rabbi Pink explains the hidden meaning behind the matzevah, the stone erected to honor a deceased loved one.

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16:51

After the Gates Close (Sukkot, 2026)

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2026/09/28

As we go from Yom Kippur to Sukkot, Rabbi Zuckerman explains that we must use the inward reflection of Yom Kippur to move outward differently, because if we do not know and tell our own story, others will tell our story for us.

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11:47

Sukkot's Lessons on Communal Togetherness (Sukkot, 2026)

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2026/09/28

On the second day of Sukkot, Rabbinic Intern Claire Davidson Bruder explores Rabbinic texts about the holiday and its rituals, uncovering Sukkot's call for Jewish unity even in times of strife.

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11:20

Rabbi Cosgrove: Holy Desperation (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/24

As Yom Kippur draws to a close, Rabbi Cosgrove reminds us that life is fleeting and none of us knows how long we will have. He urges us to live today so that were it to be our last day, we would have no regrets.

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15:30

Rabbi Koffman: Every Brilliant Thing (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/22

Rabbi Koffman discusses the very Jewish messages of this Broadway show, and how its teachings are especially appropriate for Yom Kippur.

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27:53

Rabbi Zuckerman: Inheriting Courage (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/22

Recalling moments from the Torah and Jewish history, Rabbi Zuckerman highlights the need for a broader Jewish historical imagination, one that remembers our moments of vulnerability without forgetting our moments of courage - because while trauma has a way of traveling through generations even when no one speaks about it, courage depends on someone telling the story.

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17:16

Rabbi Cosgrove: Out of the Picture (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/22

What do we leave behind when we are no longer in the picture? Through the life and legacy of his mentor, Michael Brooks, Rabbi Cosgrove explains Yizkor not merely as a time to remember those we have lost, but as a call to carry forward their values, their work, and their love.

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17:39

Rabbi Pink: Not Yet (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/22

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14:53

Rabbi Zauzmer: The Buried Bowtie (Yom Kippur, 2026)

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2026/09/22

In the year of Leonard Cohen's tenth yahrzeit, Rabbi Zauzmer honors him not only as the singer-songwriter we all know, but as an inventor of Jewish ritual. His powerful story is a reminder that ritual is how we make holy that which we cannot control.

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28:15

Rabbi Cosgrove: Taking Agency (Kol Nidrei, 2026)

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2026/09/22

What does it mean to take responsibility for our lives? From Genesis to September 11 to the confessions of Yom Kippur, Rabbi Cosgrove explores Judaism’s insistence that grievance never absolves us of agency, challenging us to stop asking who is to blame and start asking, What is mine to do?

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25:52

Living by Two Clocks (Rosh Hashanah, 2026)

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2026/09/17

As we enter 5787, Rabbi Zuckerman reflects on the Jewish American experience with a story about Jonas Philips, a Jewish figure in the American Revolution, and discusses how the Jewish calendar is one of the most powerful communicators of Jewish identity that we possess.

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6:21

Forever Expectant (Rosh Hashanah, 2026)

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2026/09/15

Rabbi Zauzmer illuminates the meaning of the prayer “Hayom Harat Olam” and shares her own experience of pregnancy and expecting.

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32:13

All in the Jewish Family (Rosh Hashanah, 2026)

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2026/09/15

How can Jews with different relationships to Zionism remain bound to one another? Using history as his guide, Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on Jewish peoplehood, arguing that our future depends on sustaining a shared community capacious enough to hold disagreement without surrendering responsibility for one another.

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18:01

Returning Home (Erev Rosh Hashanah, 2026)

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2026/09/15

What does it mean to come home to ourselves—and to reckon with the patterns, wounds, and inheritances that have shaped us? Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on teshuvah as the work of return: naming what we carry, changing what we can, and refusing to let the past determine the future.

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7:07

Wonder and Awe (Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 2026)

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2026/09/14

Rabbi Koffman invites us to step back and look at our lives with a fresh perspective – and to respond to the “inconceivable surprise of living” with gratitude, prayer, and wonder.

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15:29

The End of the Story (Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 2026)

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2026/09/14

There are many reasons why people do mitzvot. But are some reasons better than others? Rabbi Pink explores what motivates people to do Jewish actions, and how a different internal approach can help make those actions more enduring.

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16:05

Don’t Let Your Empathy Atrophy

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2026/09/08

In the lead-up to the High Holidays, Rabbinic Intern Claire Davidson Bruder encourages us to atone for the sins we have committed by hardening our hearts, reminding us of our tradition’s demand to look our fellow humans in the eye and bear witness to their pain.

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14:28

Leaving Behind a Legacy

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2026/09/01

With the memory of Dolly Parton on all of our minds, Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion about what we can leave behind for the next generation.

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11:14

L'dor V'dor: Sandra and Jane

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2026/08/25

For L'dor V'dor—the Teen Oral History project—teens met with seniors to form connections, build bridges, and learn Jewish history through personal testimony.

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17:33

Rabbi Pink: You Must Not Remain Indifferent

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2026/08/24

Rabbi Pink teaches how the mitzvah of returning lost objects is connected to the process of preparing for the High Holidays.

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