August 11, 2026
Ki Teitzei means "when you go out," and this week Israel is going out on more fronts than one. Strikes on Lebanon left the deadliest toll in months, even as the US-Iran ceasefire lapses and tension rises over the Strait…
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This week's prayer points for Israel—pray with us through the week for peace, for comfort, and for the believing communities in the land.
Read more →July 28, 2026
Congregation Sha'arei Shalom Prayer for Israel Parashat Re'eh | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17; Haftarah: Isaiah…
Read more →July 21, 2026
It's Tuesday, and this is a heavy week before it is a comforting one. Tomorrow night we enter Tisha B'Av, the fast that mourns the destruction of both Temples. But this coming Shabbat carries two names. It is Parashat…
Read more →July 14, 2026
This coming Saturday is Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of Vision — named for Isaiah’s vision that we read as the Haftarah, and the last and most solemn Shabbat before Tisha b’Av, which begins at sundown on Wednesday, July…
Read more →July 7, 2026
Avinu Malkeinu, our Father and our King — You who called to Israel, “Return, and call Me your Father, the Guide of your youth” — we come before You on this holy Shabbat, in the deepening days of the Three Weeks, and we…
Read more →June 23, 2026
Avinu Malkeinu, our Father and our King — Maker of heaven and earth, Sovereign over every nation and every age, we lift our hearts to You on this holy…
Read more →June 2, 2026
We are in the week between two Torah portions that belong together like breath and flame. Nasso — which we read this past Shabbat — closes the long work of ordering the camp, crowning it all with the Birkat Kohanim.…
Read more →May 19, 2026
Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe — who counted out fifty days from the barley of liberation to the wheat of Sinai, and who has never stopped counting over…
Read more →May 5, 2026
Avinu Shebashamayim (Our Father in Heaven), we stand before You in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach, the Prince of Peace and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. We lift up Eretz Yisrael and the Jewish people, weaving the words…
Read more →April 28, 2026
Israel is focusing on creating a security buffer zone in southern Lebanon. Iran's foreign minister is in Moscow today seeking support to end a war that has shaken the entire region. Negotiations between the US and Iran…
Read more →April 21, 2026
We come before You today with our eyes fixed on the mountains of Israel. You gathered Your people from the four corners of the earth, and You have promised: "I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be…
Read more →April 14, 2026
We come before You today on Yom HaShoah, with six million names on our hearts — names meant to be forgotten, and not forgotten by You. "I have engraved you on the palms of My hands" (Isaiah 49:16). We say zachor — we…
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