Prayer for the Jewish People as the New Year Approaches Communities will be on high alert as the Jewish New Year approaches, occurring sundown Sunday, 9/29 to after nightfall, Tuesday, 10/1. Called Rosh Hashanah or Feast of
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