As we welcome Shabbat, Chanukah is just beyond. The Shabbat Candles of Friday will be followed by the first lights of Chanukah on Sunday eve.
Six13 shares a delightful medley blending Wicked music with great Chanukah lyrics. Enjoy!
Lean into the light this season and experience the warmth and glow of our tradition.
Shabbat Shalom
Lecha Dodi likens Shabbat to the bride and is shared here by Muzika to the melody All of Me.
Shabbat Shalom
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Oseh Shalom sung by Hazzan Azi Schwartz- A prayer for peace as we enter Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
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The Y-Studs guide us through the music of Shabbat, exploring the Evolution of Shabbat. Take five minutes and enjoy as we welcome Shabbat.
We are overjoyed the 20 held hostage are finally home. We pray for the return of all, and may peace finally come to all people of the area.
Shabbat Shalom
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I am overjoyed that the Gaza War may be ending and that the hostages will return home soon. May peace finally come to this region and both peoples find their way to peaceful coexistence.
As we remember the horror of October 7 and the aftermath, the words of Menachem Rosensaft bring us a somber resonance. Let this day of remembrance stir us to mercy for the child, not because we doubt our cause, but because we cherish our conscience.
“the dead child
in gaza city
khan younis
rafah
is cried over
with the same tears
by the same God
the same Allah
the same Adonai
as the dead child
in kfar aza
nahal oz
be’eri
…
and it is
for the not yet dead child
palestinian child
israeli child
muslim child
jewish child
that the killing must end
the war must end
the terror must end
the hatred must end”
—Menachem Rosensaft, from Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz (Ben Yehuda Press, 2025)
As we prepare to welcome Shabbat, let the prayer of Joey Weisenberg help lift you up.
Shabbat Shalom
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Psalm 27 is added to our prayers during Elul and through the chagim.
We prepare ourselves for this special time with the prayer that we might dwell in the house of the Divine. May your experience this season be meaningful, filled with reflection, repentance, and renewal.
Thanks to Chava Mirel for this beautiful rendition of Psalm 27:4.
Shabbat Shalom
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