Related Blog Posts on Shabbat
A Different Path to Shabbat
Shabbat is anywhere and everywhere. Twice during the summer of 2012, Temple B’nai Torah of Wantagh celebrated Shabbat without the traditional four walls and stained glass, Rabbi Marci Bellows and song leader Emily Altman helped to bring in Shabbat at TOBAY
The Holiness of Separation
As a kid, Shabbat meant brisket. I loved that. Every once in a while, my mother would get inspired and feel the need to… cook? No, she always cooked in those days. It wasn't until many years later that dinner was more likely to be ordered than made.
But every
The Holiness of Separation
As a kid, Shabbat meant brisket. I loved that. Every once in a while, my mother would get inspired and feel the need to… cook? No, she always cooked in those days. It wasn’t until many years later that dinner was more likely to be ordered than made.
But every
Shabbat-in-Training
By no plan of our own, our Jewish family took a different Shabbat journey. We went from being Shabbat participants with limited understanding of this sacred day to becoming encouraging facilitators that could expose the fun and joy of Shabbat to young children
Our Plugged-In Shabbat
As in many families, we found that the grip of electronics in the lives of our children was becoming tighter. This was not a good thing. In the mornings, our children would claim that they were not hungry for breakfast so they could watch TV. Invariably, this
Finance Free Friday Nights: How Shabbat Can Help Ease Weekday Anxiety
A checkbook and a papier-maché cup are central to our family’s Shabbat. These ritual items – as important to us as candles or kiddush cup – play an essential role in the “shutting off” that welcomes the sabbath to our house.
The Promise of Shabbat
I was stunned the first time my then-8th grade daughter Rebecca called me on a Friday afternoon to inform me that she wouldn’t be home for dinner. Yes, she knew it was Friday night. And yes, she understood that it was Shabbat. As I hung up, I comforted myself
Shabbat Meditation
I wrote this meditation when I was a member of the Shabbat Committee at Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, N.J. It is meant to be read before L’cha Dodi at Friday evening services.
Meditation
Open my heart tonight to welcome Shabbat in the natural way I did as
Talkin 'Bout My Generation
Can you hear it? They’re talking about us again. They’re theorizing and pontificating on us 20s and 30s, jumping to conclusions about our Jewish identity. They’re pointing to declining numbers in affiliation with synagogues and other institutions, and they’re
A Coney Island Shabbat
If Shabbat is all about taking a divinely commanded breather from the work-a-day routine to celebrate God's rest following creation, then surely this past Shabbat was nearly as good as it gets for me and a few of my friends.
We had longstanding plans for a