Shabbat
Ask the Expert: For Shabbat, Can I Use a Different Type of Bread Instead of Challah?
What works for saying the blessings and "taking challah"?
Eruv & Women
The construction of an eruv in most traditional communities may be a response to the needs of women.
Shabbat in the Community
Overview of Shabbat in the Community. Weekly Holy Day. Jewish Shabbat.
Shabbat Hazon & Shabbat Nahamu
The Sabbaths before and after Tisha B'Av provide a message of comfort and consolation.
Shabbat in the Bible
The Sabbath was a cornerstone of the Temple service and of popular observance in ancient Israel.
Celebrating Shabbat in Many Ways
Contemporary Jews have adapted traditional Shabbat practices in non-traditional and sometimes surprising ways.
Shabbat in the Modern World
In modern times, non-Orthodox Jews have largely abandoned Shabbat observance, despite many innovations intended to encourage it.
Mystical Shabbat
The masters of Kabbalah explained all of the elements of the Sabbath rituals as a consistent thematic drama of the reunion of the Shekhinah the Sabbath bride, with her mate--and in so doing exerted considerable influence on the shape of those rituals.
The Rabbis’ Shabbat II: Enjoyment and Spiritual Fulfillment
The Rabbis used requirements and prohibitions to shape a Shabbat experience in which creative activity is set aside to make time for matters of the spirit. Second of two parts.