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How mindfulness can deepen your Shabbat experience — and vice versa

Lighting the candles, saying Kiddush and other Shabbat dinner rituals.

Why traditional Jews unplug (albeit with some workarounds) during the Sabbath.

Every year when the Jewish holidays roll around, we expect the frenzy of excitement, cooking and never-ending meals. And yet ...

A guide to Shabbat services and what makes them unique.

A weekly observance, the Sabbath is more than just a day off from labor.

What you need to know about this ritual welcoming the Sabbath.

This go-to chicken recipe, with a glossy and delicious sauce, is perfect for Rosh Hashanah or Shabbat.

Modern Jewish thinkers explore new dimensions of what Shabbat observance can mean.

Heschel draws out the implications of the idea that we rest in memory/imitation of God's primeval rest at the end of Creation.