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Gathering. Food. Family. Rest. Learning. Prayer. Community. This fall we are spotlighting the Jewish holiday that comes around every 7th day, 52 weeks a year since Creation...Shabbat!
Get In The Spirit
Leiman Maisel Family Shabbaton 2023
As the culmination of our Shabbat fall focus, celebrate with PAS the last weekend in January! Feel inspired to take a deeper dive into your own Shabbat tradition as we celebrate together across the community. See the full schedule below.
Blessing Book
This book contains the rituals and blessings for a Friday night Shabbat celebration, and includes guided instructions, intentions for each blessing, and ways you can make the rituals your own.
Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinners
As part of our Shabbaton celebration, we invite everyone to welcome Shabbat with services at PAS, and then celebrate with dinner at home, whether with your family, with friends, or with new faces at the table! Sign up below to be a guest or a host, and we’ll pair up registrants for a Shabbat meal together.
Worship
TORAH PORTION DISCUSSION GUIDE
Check here for great discussion starters about the weekly Torah portion for your Shabbat table.
SHABBAT B’YACHAD
Sat / Monthly / 87th Street
Find the joy of Shabbat music and liturgy in a smaller setting, with opportunity to participate and engage in Jewish learning. Sing and learn with us as we celebrate Shabbat together!
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Adult Engagement
PRE-SHABBAT DISCUSSION: HESCHEL'S THE SABBATH
Fri / Jan 13 / 5:00 pm / 87th Street
Rabbi Cosgrove
Gather in person for wine, cheese, and conversation before Shabbat to discuss Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s seminal book The Sabbath, and its enduring meaning today.
Register
ISRAELI POETRY: WELCOMING SHABBAT
Thu / Jan 19 / 2:00 pm / Online
Rachel Korazim
Explore the diversity of Israeli poetry with master scholar Rachel Korazim, focusing on Shabbat and the ever-growing body of poetry it continues to inspire.
Register
PRESS PAUSE: REST, ASSURED
Thu / Weekly / 9:30 am / 87th Street
Rabbi Koffman
Explore Shabbat and the role of time in Judaism through practices that ask us to refrain from business as usual, pause, and reflect.
Registration closed.
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SHABBAT SERVICES
Mon / Weekly / 6:30 pm / Online
Cantor Reisner
Learn about some of the key prayers that make up the Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services and their significance as part of the shabbat liturgy.
Registration closed.
STUDY WITH RABBI COSGROVE
Tue / Weekly / 8:00 am / 87th Street and Online
Rabbi Cosgrove Using the writings of the great Torah commentators as our guide, we’ll study the weekly Parashah through a critical lens.
Registration closed.
PARASHAT HASHAVUA
Sat / Weekly / 9:00 am / 87th Street and Online
PAS Clergy
Study the week’s Torah portion and discover a new angle to our annual parashah cycle.
Registration closed.
Teen Engagement
TEENS & PARENTS WITH RABBI COSGROVE
Sat / Jan 14; Feb 11; Mar 4; Apr 1; May 6 / 4:00 pm
We continue the tradition of gathering with Rabbi Cosgrove once a month on Shabbat afternoons for learning and connecting.
Register
Congregational School
SHABBAT RITUAL LAB
Sat / Jan 21, 28 / 9:30 am / 87th Street
CS students and their families will explore the rituals within Shabbat and holidays.
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Young Family Education
SHABBAT SHELANU
Sat / Jan 21, 28; Feb 4, 11; Mar 4, 11, 18; Apr 1, 22, 29 / 10:30 am / 87th Street
Rabbi Zauzmer and Cantor Reisner
A new musical morning service geared for families with children from newborn–second grade.
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Shabbat Recipes
Shabbat Recipes
Looking for new ways to spice up your Shabbat? Read our members' Shabbat recipes, some new and some passed down from generation to generation.
Bake Challah!
Spice up your Shabbat dinner with a cherished tradition by baking your own challah! Learn a new skill and try this delicious recipe from our very own board member, Amy Steiner!
Want to try? Follow along with Amy only on PAS CONNECT.