For the second time in the Torah, the Aseret Ha-Dibbrot (The Ten Commandments, or more accurately translated as the Ten Utterances) are spelled out. The difference between this text and the one pre… ...

We can now also expound the words of the Midrash - ‘if you merit to observe the Shabbat, Hakadosh- Baruch-Hu is destined to give you the three festivals’ - as the ability of Bnei Israel to ...

The Shabbat Verse 31:14 reveals much when it calls the Shabbat “holy.” The Hebrew word for “holy” is kodesh, meaning “unique,” “set apart,” and “dedicated for or having a special ...

Shabbat is when the hectic week comes to a standstill, and Jews mark the sabbath from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. It's a time to reboot, reflect and eat. "You need excuses now to slow down ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Beshalah, the children of Israel learn about Shabbat for the first time.. It was about a month after the exodus from Egypt, when they walked in the desert and the ...

Shabbat HaGadol the Shabbat Before Passover “Redeeming Dibbur” 2025 One of the core themes of Passover is liberation from exile, Skip to content. ADVERTISE. pick up locations.

Shabbat is a once-every-seventh-day retreat from the capitalist system. Imagine, if one can afford it, not working at one’s business or trade. Imagine avodah (work) becoming avodah (worship).

U.S. attempts to use diplomacy in Israel-Hamas conflict 01:59. Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants ...

On Friday, May 19, Chabad at UCSB hosted their annual Mega Shabbat Dinner Party for the community, and I had the opportunity to attend the gathering. As someone who had little knowledge of what a ...

Oren, whose arm was partially paralyzed by a bullet on Oct. 7, was one of 180 survivors of the massacre at the Nova music festival last year to attend a Shabbat retreat, or Shabbaton, at a ...