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What secular month is upon us? "Do you remember" how we surprised Rabbi Cosgrove for his 50th birthday? What happens when the PAS Tijuana Brass come out from behind the bimah after services? Answers to these questions are found in this fun video.

There is a tradition of singing the final High Holiday Kaddish in a happy mode. This melody, from the Modzitz Chasidic movement, is sung in many congregations and appears here in a new arrangement. We wish you beautiful last days of summer, Shabbat Shalom, and a meaningful Elul.

Adon Olam shares a common meter with popular songs, allowing us to “flip the script” with a hit tune from time to time. This setting, however, is newly composed by Gilad Cohen and brings a modern flavor to our prayer. We hope you sing along and wish you a Shabbat Shalom!

Will forgiving and graceful days yet come,
When you will walk in the field like an innocent traveler,

Psalm 126 comforts us with the idea that the labor of weeping leads to the harvest of joy, and the work of mourning helps us move forward. We hope this duet inspires us all, even as we recall the destruction of the temple.

This Shabbat, we bless the new month of Av, which gives us the opportunity to reflect on an old, pious custom: the keeping of Yom Kippur Katan (a “Minor” Yom Kippur, the day before the new month).

Do you know this prayer? “Guardian of Israel, guard the people of Israel, let no harm come to the people of Israel, who proclaim Sh’ma Yisrael.” Can you think of a moment when you have said the Sh’ma and felt protection or warmth?

Rabbi Nahman of Breslov once said, “Never get old!” We all change as we age, but why can’t that be a blessing?

Approaching the weekend of July 4th, one freedom we never take for granted in this country is the expression of Judaism. Musical expressions have been commissioned by the PAS Music Center for many decades.

In the Musaf service, towards the end of Saturday morning, the cantor, choir, and congregation sing melodies and texts in alternation, reenacting the sanctification of angels in the Kedusha.