Join us for the Installation of Rabbi Gary Ezra Oren REGISTRATION & SPONSORSHIP friday, oct 29 & saturday, Oct 30 Join us for learning and celebration to welcome in Rabbi Oren with a very special Shabbat and Installation ceremony on … Read More

This year, 5782, the Shaarie Torah community will embark on a year-long journey of kindness, seeing if we can do over 18,000 regular acts of kindness (RAK) in our community and in our daily life. We’re asking you and your family … Read More

History of Tisha B’av The “ninth day” in the Jewish month of Av, which starts at sundown on the eighth day and concludes at sundown on the ninth day of Av. This is the day when the intensity of the … Read More

This Shabbat congregations around the world will complete reading the book of B’Midbar (Numbers). As the Torah reader chants the last verse we will stand and declare: “Hazak, Hazak V’nithazek – Be Strong, Be Strong, and Let Us Strengthen Each Other.”  Our Sages question why the … Read More

Rabbinical Search updates We’re in the process of a Rabbinical Search. You can view our updates as they come through below.  Welcoming rabbi oren and family to cst! may 10, 2021 On behalf of the Board of Directors and Rabbinic … Read More

Rabbinical Search updates We’re in the process of a Rabbinical Search. You can view our updates as they come through below.  RABBINIC SEARCH: WHERE WE’RE AT AND WHERE WE’RE GOING, PART II january 14, 2021 | View pdf In the … Read More

Shalom friends,   Like you, I was deeply shaken by the ugliness that burst upon the nation’s Capitol on Wednesday. What a tragedy to see the nation that gave birth to modern democracy face the halting of the mechanisms of democracy itself … Read More

Updates Around Campus Check out these recent updates on our building and campus area in NW Portland.  Let’s roll out the ramp | may 13, 2021 While the shul building has been closed to outside activities these past 15 months … Read More

Chanukah Events 2020 Join us for every night of Chanukah on zoom! We’ll be lighting our menorahs and bringing in the light amidst the darkness. All ages and everyone welcome. Click on a link below to register for that night. … Read More

Giving to CST Your support during this year has been felt by all of us at Congregation Shaarie Torah. 2020 into 2021 has been an unprecedented time of struggle and hardship and we are so grateful we’ve been able to … Read More