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by Susan Berman and Lisa Kodimer
Personal Accounts
Ritual & Inspiration
Explorations
by Kylie Ora Lobell
My five-year struggle to give up technology and learn to connect to my soul.
Themes
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
It seems like everyone is tapping into the transformative power of Shabbat.
by Miriam Kosman
Judaism, Shabbat and the feminine mystique.
by Dr. Jacob L. Freedman
by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein
In the merit of Shabbat and the beauty of Jewish unity may we only know times of joy and triumph.
by Renee Chernin
Sometimes the way to a man's soul is through his stomach.
by Simon Apfel
Around the globe, people are once again joining the biggest global Jewish unity event the world has ever seen.
As the sun dips below the horizon on October 24, an estimated one million people worldwide will be participating in this extraordinary initiative.
by Rabbi Ari Kahn
We have become enslaved to the very technology designed to liberate us.
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld
Why we rest on Shabbat.
According to latest research, Shabbat improves mental, physical and emotional health.
by Yehuda Avner
Recalling the day when Menachem Begin stopped Israel’s national airline, El Al, from flying on Shabbat.
by Rabbi Noah Weinberg
For three millennia, Shabbat has been the Jewish oasis in time. Find out what's behind this weekly day off.
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
How Jewish women can unleash the holiness of bread.
by Rabbi Avi Geller
It's the glue that holds together the Jewish family and the Jewish nation.
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Shabbat is an anywhere-in-the-world, expense-free holy-time vacation.
by Aish.com Staff
Get your lingo down pat, and don't be left in the dark.
by Rabbi David Fohrman
Why would an All-Powerful God need to rest?
How the Jewish Sabbath transformed my life.
As a child I longed for the majestic. Watching the royal wedding, I realized I found it.
by Rabbi Yitzchok Oratz
Stop the world, I wanna get off!
If heaven's eternal bliss really lasts for an eternity, why doesn't it get boring?
by Ruth Broyde Sharone
My client called, perturbed that I'd stopped working on Shabbat.
Rest is far more than the absence of work.
by Lauren Shapiro
The power of the Havdallah candle.
by Ayelet
I wanted to start keeping Shabbat, but it meant shutting off the cell phone I was enslaved to.
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon
In the era of Blackberries and Bluetooths, where can you find a vestige of absolute peace and quiet?
by Rabbi Boruch Leff
We should only be competitive with ourselves.
Why do we signify Shabbat's entry by lighting up the lights?
Video – Lori Almost Live
by Mrs. Lori Palatnik
Everything is special on Shabbat.
Candle Lighting
by Avraham Erlanger
Thirteen pairs of eyes, huddled in the barracks. The sun has almost set.
Personal accounts of the power and beauty of Shabbat candles.
by Rebbetzin Denah Weinberg
Candles are lit at romantic dinners. Shabbat is a romantic love song.
by Shaindy Perl
I was determined to take Saturdays off. My commander had other ideas.
What does it mean that Shabbat is married to the Jewish people?
by Judy Gruen
The only important difference amongst world Jewry is between those who love Cholent and those who hate it.
by Rabbi Berel Wein
Preparing the Shabbat table -- gleaming silver and satin white - is a labor of love.
Waking up to a world filled with gifts.
by Tamar Sofer
I rarely use my passport, yet every Saturday I meet people from around the world.
Understanding the mystical attraction of song.
How I got out of the never-ending cycle of work, struggle and stress.
by Arwen Kuttner
What kind of Shabbat will it be in the hospital emergency room?
Shabbat comes to a close in a most dramatic and touching way.
Act I, Scene I. Kiddush.
by Rabbi Simcha Barnett
Shabbat is the day to enjoy the person you have become.
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