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PARSHAT NITZAVIM-VAYALECHCandle Lighting: 7:15 p.m.(Do not light candles before 6:13 p.m.)Havdalah: 8:21 p.m.
09/04/2026

PARSHAT NITZAVIM-VAYALECH

Candle Lighting: 7:15 p.m.
(Do not light candles before 6:13 p.m.)

Havdalah: 8:21 p.m.

09/04/2026

A Shabbat message from Rabbi Evan Shore:

Dear STOCS Friend:

Here we are, quickly approaching the final Shabbat of 5786. With Rosh Hashanah just around the corner, the opening words of this week’s parsha offer us a powerful message for entering the year successfully:

אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם
You are all standing here today.

The Torah does not simply say, “You are standing.” It emphasizes כֻּלְּכֶם all of you. We stand before Hashem not only as individuals, but together, as one community and one Jewish people.

Beginning with the recitation of Selichot this coming Saturday night, our shul, together with Jewish communities throughout the world, will begin an extraordinary spiritual journey that will carry us through the first twenty-three days of Tishrei.

During these weeks we will plead with Hashem for forgiveness. We will hear the majestic voice of the shofar and proclaim Hashem as King. We will fast and confess on Yom Kippur. Only a few days later, we will sit joyfully in the sukkah and recite Hallel, thanking Hashem for His miracles. On Shemini Atzeret we will begin to pray for rain, recognizing once again that our sustenance and our very lives are in Hashem’s hands.

And finally, on Simchat Torah, we will complete the Torah and without hesitation, immediately begin it again.

What an incredible journey!

Perhaps the Torah is teaching us how that journey must begin:

אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם we must stand together.

As we enter 5787, each of us has our own prayers, our own concerns, our own hopes and our own dreams. Yet our greatest strength comes when we recognize that we are not standing before Hashem alone. We stand together as a shul, as a community and as part of Klal Yisrael.

As the Rav of our shul, I feel especially privileged to share this sacred journey with the entire STOCS family. Together, we will move through these powerful days of Tishrei praying, reflecting, celebrating, and hopefully growing closer to Hashem and to one another. I look forward to experiencing these incredibly special days together as one shul family. May we enter this remarkable season כֻּלְּכֶם together, and may Hashem bless all of us with a year of health, happiness, peace, spiritual growth and abundant blessing.

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Shore

Parshat Ki TavoCandle Lighting: 7:27 p.m. (Do not light candles before 6:23 p.m.)Havdalah: 8:23 p.m.
08/28/2026

Parshat Ki Tavo
Candle Lighting: 7:27 p.m.
(Do not light candles before 6:23 p.m.)
Havdalah: 8:23 p.m.

PARSHAT KI TATZAECandle Lighting: 7:39 p.m.(Do not light Candles before 6:32 p.m.)Havdalah: 8:45 p.m.
08/21/2026

PARSHAT KI TATZAE
Candle Lighting: 7:39 p.m.
(Do not light Candles before 6:32 p.m.)
Havdalah: 8:45 p.m.

PARSHAT SHOFTIMCandle Lighting: 7:49 p.m.(Do not light Candles before 6:38 p.m.)Havdalah: 8:55 p.m.
08/14/2026

PARSHAT SHOFTIM
Candle Lighting: 7:49 p.m.
(Do not light Candles before 6:38 p.m.)
Havdalah: 8:55 p.m.

08/10/2026

From the desk of Rabbi Evan Shore:

Awesome Days of Tishrei Inspiration #2

Imagine if the month of Tishrei began with Yom Kippur. What a remarkable way to begin a new year! Immediately, we would be given the opportunity to seek pardon and forgiveness for the mistakes and shortcomings of the year gone by.
The famous Rabbi Yisrael Salanter raised this very question: Why does Yom Kippur not come first?

He explained that if Yom Kippur were the opening day of the year, we might experience the forgiveness but miss the profound spiritual experience of the day itself. We would not yet be properly prepared to appreciate what Yom Kippur is asking of us.

That preparation begins on Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah is not primarily a day of repentance. It is the day upon which we proclaim that Hashem is the one and only King. We acknowledge His sovereignty over the world and, more importantly, over our own lives.

Accompanying this coronation is the majestic and penetrating voice of the shofar. Its sounds call out to every Jew: Wake up. Listen. Remember who you are, before Whom you stand, and what your life can become.

This “coronation” of Hashem should electrify us. It should inspire us to reach for greater heights of spirituality, greater commitment to Torah and mitzvot, and a deeper closeness to Hashem.

Only after traveling on that road for ten days are we truly prepared for Yom Kippur. First, we recognize the King. Then we examine how we have lived in His kingdom.

And so, when the tenth day of Tishrei finally arrives, we are ready not merely to ask for forgiveness, but to experience the extraordinary gift of Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—as an opportunity to return, renew, and draw closer to Hashem.

Rabbi Evan Shore
Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse

We Remember.
08/07/2026

We Remember.

PARSHAT R’AYCandle Lighting: 7:59 p.m.(Do not light Candles before 6:48 p.m.)Havdalah 9:05 p.m.
08/07/2026

PARSHAT R’AY

Candle Lighting: 7:59 p.m.
(Do not light Candles before 6:48 p.m.)

Havdalah 9:05 p.m.

From the desk of Rabbi Evan Shore: Tishrei Treasures #1: You Can Come BackRabbi Evan ShoreAs an avid baseball fan, I am...
08/04/2026

From the desk of Rabbi Evan Shore:

Tishrei Treasures #1: You Can Come Back

Rabbi Evan Shore

As an avid baseball fan, I am very familiar with the expression, “Three strikes and you’re out!” But as the month of Elul approaches, imagine for a moment if the Torah’s rule were, “One strike and you’re out.”

One of the great themes of the approaching High Holiday season is not only judgment, but Chasdei Hashem, the extraordinary kindness of God. We might mistakenly enter this sacred period believing that Hashem relates to us only through strict justice, and that every mistake must immediately result in punishment.

But Hashem, in His kindness, has given us something far greater: the gift of teshuvah.

Teshuvah means that our failures do not have to define us. A Jew is always given the opportunity to acknowledge what went wrong, make meaningful changes, and repair his or her relationship with Hashem. Through sincere repentance, we can correct the past and avoid the punishment that might otherwise have been necessary.

The message of Elul is therefore not, “One strike and you’re out.” It is that Hashem continues to give us another opportunity to return, rebuild, and begin again.

May we have the wisdom and courage to take advantage of this precious gift.

Rabbi Evan Shore
Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse

PARSHAT EKEVCandle Lighting: 8:08 p.m.(Do not light Candles before 6:56 p.m.)Havdalah: 9:14 p.m.
07/31/2026

PARSHAT EKEV

Candle Lighting: 8:08 p.m.

(Do not light Candles before 6:56 p.m.)

Havdalah: 9:14 p.m.

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