Parashat Chayei Sarah: Resilience for Peace
Parshat Chayei Sarah begins with the story of Sarah's death and ends with the death of the one who is considered the founding father of...
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Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat
Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Shacharit
Saturdays at 9:30 a.m.
Candle Lighting (Utica, NY)
Prayer for Israel
Avinu she-ba-shamayim, stronghold and redeemer of the people Israel: Bless the State of Israel, the beginning of our redemption. Shield it with Your love; spread over it the shelter of Your peace. Guide its leaders and advisors with Your light and Your truth. Help them with Your good counsel. Strengthen the hands of those who defend our holy land. Deliver them; crown their efforts with triumph. Bless the land with peace and its inhabitants with lasting joy. And let us say: Amen
Prayer for the Israeli Defense Forces
May the one who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah bless the soldiers of the armed forces and security forces of the army of Israel who on the ground, in the air and at sea protect the Land. May God grant that they defeat the enemies who rise up against us. May God protect our soldiers from all harm and danger, from all injury and illness, and may God afford blessing and success to all their missions. May God protect all civilians without distinction of nationality, creed, or race; those who are not involved in terrorist acts or collaboration with terrorism of any kind and find themselves caught in a conflict they neither desire nor choose. Regarding them, may the words of the Torah prove true: For Adonai Your God, who goes before You, shall join you to battle your foes and aid you to be victorious. And let us say: Amen
Prayer for the Welfare and Return of Israel’s Captured and Missing
God of Israel, our Rock and our Redeemer, God of Mercy, of Compassion, we pray, we plead that You return these precious and beloved people the captured and the missing, who have cruelly and heartlessly been torn from their homes and carried off to our enemy’s territory.
We are terrified contemplating their fate, horrified at the thought of the sufferings of the missing and captured, who are not yet within our power to reach. And so we plead before You: Source of Mercy, be at their side, support them, protect them, and quickly bring them back to the embrace of their families and all who love them as You have declared:
“...Behold, I will restore the captives of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on their dwelling places...” [Jeremiah 30:18]
We beseech you, ADONAI, quickly fulfill Your word: “Here, I am with you, I will watch over you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land, indeed I will not leave you until I have done what I have said for you.” [Genesis 28:15]
Jewish Holidays 2024
Holiday | Eve of Holiday | End of Festival |
|---|---|---|
Tu B'Shvat | January 25, 2024 | |
Purim | March 23, 2024 | |
Passover | April 22, 2024 | April 30, 2024 |
Yom HaShoah | May 5, 2024 | |
Yom HaZikaron | May 12, 2024 | |
Yom Ha'atzmaut | May 13, 2024 | |
Lag B'Omer | May 26, 2024 | |
Yom Yerushalayim | June 4, 2024 | |
Shavuot | June 11, 2024 | June 13, 2024 |
Tisha B'Av | August 12, 2024 | |
Rosh Hashanah | October 2, 2024 | October 4, 2024 |
Fast of Gedaliah | October 6, 2024 | |
Yom Kippur | October 11, 2024 | October 12, 2024 |
Sukkot | October 16, 2024 | October 23, 2024 |
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | October 23, 2024 | October 25, 2024 |
Chanukah | December 25, 2024 | January 2, 2025 |
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