Shabbat
What Do Shabbat Candles Have to Do With Eve’s Sin?
According to the Midrash, the lighting of Sabbath candles is a symbolic rectification for Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden. Why?
How to Say the Blessing Over Shabbat Candles
This blessing is recited after the lighting of candles on Friday night.
3 Special Shabbats to Get You in the Mood for Passover
Shabbat Parah, Shabbat HaHodesh and Shabbat HaGadol.
Shabbat Food Quiz
Five questions to test your knowledge on everything from kugel to cholent.
Haftarah for Shabbat Shuvah
The Haftarah selection comes from Hosea 14:2-10 and Micah 7:18-20. Ashkenazic communities add Joel 2:15-27.
Ask the Expert: When Does Shabbat Start?
When we can't see the sunset through the clouds, how do we know when Shabbat starts?
Shabbat: A Hasidic View
For one Hasidic master, Shabbat is not the weekend, but the sacred center of the week, which illuminates the days before and after.
The Rabbis’ Shabbat Part I: Prohibitions
The rabbis of antiquity used prohibitions to shape a Shabbat experience in which creative activity is set aside to make time for matters of the spirit. First of two parts.