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PAS Mahzor for Youth for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Introducing PAS Mahzor for Youth see p. 7 Bulletin September/October 2018 אלול–תשרי–חשון FROM THE RABBI RABBI ELLIOT J. COSGROVE We are all getting acclimated to years. Our celebrations of Israel’s 70th alternative spaces for prayer, classes, go hand-in-hand with a knowledge meetings, and otherwise. Synagogues that our strength is not so much in are meant to provide comfort and “where” we are, but in the “who, security, and it can be unsettling to what, how, and whens” that define be thrust into the unfamiliar. In the us. For the next 15 months we will be year of construction to come, it will be wandering a little bit, and that is a the people, the classes, the services, good thing. It reminds us what really Beyond Bricks and other shared experiences that will matters. I look forward to journeying bind our community together. together. and Mortar As you page through this Bulletin May this year be a year of health and the enclosed Mah Hadash, I and happiness for each of you, your encourage you to find the places families, the Jewish people, and all of hanah Tovah! Jewish where you will find your home. humanity, and may we all be inscribed community has never been Commit to signing up for an adult in the Book of Life. S defined solely by bricks and education class, volunteering on a mortar. From Abraham and Sarah’s committee, or coming to synagogue first journey to “the land that I on Friday night. This fall we continue will show you” to the wilderness to celebrate our people’s return to wanderings of the Israelites, to the the Land with Israel’s 70th birthday: dispersions of the Jewish people a semester of learning and lectures following the destruction of the open to all, culminating in December Temples in Jerusalem, our people with our congregational trip to Israel. have always survived and thrived The lay and professional leadership of Bulletin independent of physical structures. our synagogue has developed a robust VOLUME 71 · NO. 1 The creation of the Jewish literary and dynamic vision of education, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 canon made us the world’s first prayer, and programming for the ELUL 5778/TISHREI/HESHVAN 5779 אלול–תשרי–חשון online” community, a “People of months ahead; there is something for“ the Book,” where your identity was everyone. From the Rabbi .................................................2 defined not by where you lived, but by Schedule of Religious Services what you read. Our palaces, as Rabbi Most of all, in this year of wandering, & Shabbat at PAS ..............................................3 Abraham Joshua Heschel famously I encourage the members of our Simhat Torah Honorees ...................................8 explained, are not structures of community to step forward with your Synagogue Family ........................................... 10 From the Education Team .............................. 13 physical space, but of time – Shabbat, most powerful tool of community Adult Classes & Events ................................... 14 the festivals and the rhythms of the building – YOU! Open up your home Shapiro Audio Archive & Library .................. 14 Jewish year. Strange as it is to say, for Shabbat dinner, invite new and Youth Education & Events ............................. 16 our people’s joyous return to the Land old friends to celebrate around your Young Family Education .............................. 16 seventy years ago was a paradigm PASECC ........................................................ 16 table, call our membership director Congregational School ..................................17 shift away from the wandering norm to see if there are new members who Postcard from Camp .....................................17 of the prior two thousand years. It has could use an invitation, create a home Youth/RJNHS .............................................. 18 always been our connection to God, study circle, email a friend to come College Connections ....................................... 19 a sacred calendar, a literature, core to services with you. We all know PAS 20s & 30s................................................. 19 Welcome New Staff.........................................20 values and, most of all, to each other intuitively that a sense of belonging Contributions .................................................. 21 that has made us who we are, not any does not depend on physical space or Caring Network ...............................................25 one building. a form that we fill out. Community is Calendars ........................................................26 constructed when we are welcomed A Look Ahead .................................... Back cover As our 87th Street building undergoes warmly when we enter a room and Cover: From the PAS Mahzor for Youth a generational transformation this are missed when we leave. Let’s year, it is important to remember make this the year that we leverage where the strength of our Jewish our own personal capital towards community is to be found. With the strengthening our communal bonds, clergy, administrative staff, and the wherever we may be. ECC located in temporary space at 4 East 90th Street, the return this The Jewish people existed without a fall is a bit disorienting for everyone. place to hang our hat for two thousand 2 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Shabbat at PAS Every 7th day. 52 weeks a year. Since Creation. Schedule of Religious Services • For Young Family Education (YFE) programs, see p. 16. • For Congregational School (CS) Shabbat programs, see p. 17. • For Youth and Teens, see p. 18. • Visit pasyn.org for all worship information. Every week, from Friday evening through Saturday evening, Friday, August 31 • 20 Elul Shabbat at PAS includes lively communal worship in the Sanctuary, 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat | alternative services, parashah study, music, dinners, and other PAS@90th programs to refresh your spirit. See below what is happening each Shabbat, and find more Shabbat programming in each department throughout the Bulletin and in the enclosed Mah Hadash. Saturday, September 1 • 21 Elul Ki Tavo DAILY MINYAN 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat Shaharit Monday–Friday at 7:15 am. September 4–7 and 12–18, selihot at 7:00 am. HaShavua September 26–28, intermediate days of Sukkot, 7:00 am. Sundays and Labor Day at 9:00 am. 9:45 am | Sanctuary service Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm, except where noted. Shabbat minha 30 minutes 30 minutes after services | Minha after the end of morning services. 8:00 pm | Learning with Rabbi Zuckerman | PAS@89th KABBALAT SHABBAT AND SANCTUARY SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE | EVERY SHABBAT | PAS@87th 8:30 pm | Havdalah & Selihot Service Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky preach and conduct | PAS@89th the service together with Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Rachel Brook, with Music Director Colin Fowler and (beginning September 7) the Synagogue Ensemble: Elisa Singer Strom, soprano; Kristin Gornstein, alto; Jason Weisinger, tenor; Tim Krol, bass; Gil Smuskowitz, double Between Tuesday, September 4 and bass; Mike Cohen, woodwinds; Ronen Itzik, percussion. Rabbi Rachel Salston is our ritual Yom Kippur, weekday shaharit will be at 7:00 am, not 7:15 am. director and Torah reader. SHAHARIT & PARASHAT HASHAVUA | EVERY SHABBAT | PAS@87th P’sukei d’Zimrah and Shaharit, a light Kiddush, and an engaging study of the morning’s Torah Friday, September 7 • 27 Elul portion, ending in time to join the community in the Sanctuary for the Torah service. When there 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat is Havurah, this service merges with that one. HASHKAMAH (EARLY RISERS) MINYAN | EVERY SHABBAT BEGINNING SEP 8 | PAS@89th A service with repetition of the Amidah and annual cycle Torah reading, all in Hebrew, at a pace Saturday, September 8 • 28 Elul that is comfortable for experienced daveners, and a Kiddush afterwards. Nitzavim 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan HAVURAH | SEP 29, OCT 20 | PAS@89th 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat A lay-led, child-friendly, intimate, and informal Torah reading and discussion and musaf service open to individuals and families of all ages. People of all skill levels are encouraged to HaShavua participate by leading a part of the service, reading Torah or Haftarah, or by facilitating a Torah 9:45 am | Sanctuary service discussion. Contact Rabbi Witkovsky at [email protected] or x123. 30 minutes after services | Minha RAMAH MINYAN | OCT 12 | PAS@89th A spirit-filled service for Camp Ramah alumni and any and all other young adults, followed by drinks, snacks, and oneg Shabbat. ALL ARE WELCOME | ALWAYS PAS is an inclusive community. We are interested in discussing with you any accommodations you might need to make your visits and involvement more comfortable. Please contact Rachel Zorbaron, Director of Membership, at [email protected] or x195. Can’t make it to the synagogue? Park Avenue Synagogue services are livestreamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast. www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September/October 2018 Elul 5778/Tishrei/Heshvan 5779 3 September/October 2018 • אלול–תשרי–חשון Sunday, September 9 • 29 Elul Tuesday, September 11 • 2 Tishrei Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah, Second Day 6:00 pm | Minha/Ma’ariv | PAS@87th • ADULT SERVICES | ALL LOCATIONS 8:30 am | Morning service 9:45 am | Torah Service Monday, September 10 • 1 Tishrei 10:00 am | Shofar Rosh Hashanah, First Day 10:45 am | Sermon • YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES • ADULT SERVICES | ALL LOCATIONS 8:30 am | Morning Service 9:30 am | Young Family Service 9: 45 am | Torah Service Group 1 | 0–30 months with parents
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