Prayer for the Ninth of Av The Ninth of Av, a day of fasting, prayer and mourning, is the culmination of Three Weeks, called Between the Straits. It occurs this year between 17th of Tamuz (July 20) to Ninth of Av (August 11). The Hebrew Scriptures indicate these particular weeks reflect a season of heightened spiritual warfare or judgment, or both. Throughout Jewish history devastating tragedies have happened
Prayer for the Anti-Semitic Anti-Semitic words and actions are frequently in the news. Germany, Ireland, Argentina, the World Health Organization and the measles outbreak in the US are a few places where slander against Israel and the Jewish
Counting the Omer The Jewish community is presently observing the biblical spring feast season occurring between Passover and “Shavuot”. It retraces their ancestors’ seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. 49 days are known as “Counting the Omer”. (The omer was an ancient unit of measure of the grain harvest.) It is a time of giving thanks for the past, present and future agricultural harvest. It is