Shabbat

The ritual marking the end of Shabbat is also performed in modified version at the close of Jewish holidays.

For the ancient Israelites, the Yom Kippur rituals signified a world in which God brought moral order out of chaos.

Shmita, the Jewish sabbatical year, teaches that what we consider normal is just a construct -- and invites us to imagine alternatives.

The Hebrew month of Elul teaches us that love, like change, requires risk.

Ki Tisa highlights how Shabbat is a gift to the Jewish people and the world.

Holiness is not limited to one sphere.

If a Jell-O shot is made from kosher wine, can it be used for Kiddush on Shabbat?

What if the central narrative of the Jewish people had been different?

Different ways to welcome and part from someone on the Jewish Sabbath — in Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and more.

While kiddush is traditionally recited over wine, other beverages can be used.

Like our ancestors in Egypt, we may feel lost without our patriarchs and matriarchs. But a new era is underway.