Shuvah Yisrael

Shuvah Yisrael Shuvah Yisrael is a Messianic Jewish synagogue meeting in Avon, CT. Join us 10:30am Saturday in person or on Zoom!

Our parashah opens with remarkable realism: "When you go out to battle against your enemies..." (Deuteronomy 21:10). Mos...
08/20/2026

Our parashah opens with remarkable realism: "When you go out to battle against your enemies..." (Deuteronomy 21:10). Moses does not say if you go to battle, but when. The Torah recognizes that we live in a broken world where conflict is sometimes unavoidable, where nations must defend themselves, and where evil cannot simply be ignored. Yet the Torah never glorifies violence. Even in warfare Israel was expected to exercise restraint, to pursue justice rather than revenge, and to remember that every human being is created b'tzelem Elohim, in the image of God.

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Human beings have always searched for spiritual insight. We long to understand what lies ahead, to make sense of life's ...
08/13/2026

Human beings have always searched for spiritual insight. We long to understand what lies ahead, to make sense of life's uncertainties, and to find wisdom beyond ourselves. That longing is not sinful. I believe it was placed within us by God Himself. The problem is not that we seek spiritual understanding; the problem arises when we seek it apart from the One who created us.

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Many years ago, a well-known insurance company adopted the slogan, “Be a Piece of the Rock.” It was a memorable advertis...
07/30/2026

Many years ago, a well-known insurance company adopted the slogan, “Be a Piece of the Rock.” It was a memorable advertising campaign because the Rock of Gibraltar had long symbolized strength, permanence, and security. As effective as that slogan may have been, Isaiah’s image reaches much deeper. He is not inviting us merely to find security in the Rock. He is telling us that we have been hewn from the Rock. The Rock has left its mark upon us.

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Every year, immediately following the darkest day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av, we gather for what has become know...
07/23/2026

Every year, immediately following the darkest day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av, we gather for what has become known as Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort. The transition is almost startling. Only days after mourning the destruction of the Temple, the exile of our people, and the consequences of covenant unfaithfulness, the prophetic reading opens with one of the most tender invitations in all of Scripture. “Comfort, comfort My people, says your God.”

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There are moments in life when we realize we have been standing still for far too long. Sometimes we remain in place bec...
07/16/2026

There are moments in life when we realize we have been standing still for far too long. Sometimes we remain in place because of circumstances beyond our control. More often, however, we remain because something within us has convinced us that we cannot move forward.

The opening chapters of Sefer Devarim begin with exactly such a moment. Israel has spent years camped at Mount Horeb when Hashem finally declares, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey." That command is far more than a geographical instruction. It is a spiritual challenge. Every one of us has mountains we were never intended to live beside indefinitely.

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One of the most persistent misunderstandings of Scripture is the belief that the Torah reveals a God of judgment while t...
07/09/2026

One of the most persistent misunderstandings of Scripture is the belief that the Torah reveals a God of judgment while the Besorot reveal a God of grace. Few portions challenge that misconception more clearly than Masei. As Israel stands poised to enter the Promised Land, before cities of commerce are established, before military fortifications are built, and before political institutions are organized, the Holy One commands that Cities of Refuge be established. Before Israel learns how to defend herself, she must first learn how to show mercy.

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There are always two unseen guests at every bris — neither of whom ever gets an invitation, and both of whom probably wo...
07/02/2026

There are always two unseen guests at every bris — neither of whom ever gets an invitation, and both of whom probably wouldn’t RSVP even if we sent one. But their presence is felt nonetheless. One is Elijah — the beloved and expected one. The chair we set aside for him isn’t just a quaint tradition. It’s a bold reminder that covenant is never just about the past. It’s about the promise of a future. The other guest? He’s not quite so cuddly. His name is Pinchas — and he doesn’t get a chair. He gets a spear. And frankly, if he showed up unannounced at your next family simcha, most of us would probably call security.

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Do you ever have, as one children’s book would describe it, a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”? Well, Moses s...
06/18/2026

Do you ever have, as one children’s book would describe it, a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”? Well, Moses sure did. In fact, it must have seemed to him like he had fourteen thousand six hundred days like that, and most of them are recorded in the book of Bamidbar. This week’s parsha, Korach, records a mutiny of sorts which becomes the archetype for rebellion in Judaism, and could also have been the standard for a really bad day, but for the intervention of Hashem.

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