Shabbat

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 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.

The spiritual meaning behind the day of rest.

Shabbat observed at home is a day immersed in an atmosphere of rest, relaxation, and rejoicing.

In connecting the two, the Torah makes Shabbat a symbol of compassion and humane treatment for those in need of liberation.

The Bible itself is the source of the notion that Shabbat is a foretaste of the perfected world that is yet to come.

Two elements that are the essence of Shabbat.

Observing Shabbat is an antidote to the stresses of daily life.

A prayer for yesterday, today and tomorrow — all in one.

A guide for bar/bat mitzvah guests and other newcomers to Sabbath worship.

What happens during the Friday night prayer service.