In honor of Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, when we sing Hallel, including the words Pitchu Li Sha'are Tzedek, Avo Vam Odeh Yah — "Open for me the gates of justice, I will enter them and thank God" — which are over the entrance to our synagogue. Courtesy of IKAR, a synagogue in Los Angeles, and my colleague Rabbi Sharon Brous:
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