Posts Tagged: Jewish Sabbath
NY Jewish Center Aims to Host Largest Shabbat Dinner in History According to Guinness World Records
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City is hoping to set the Guinness World Record for the largest Shabbat dinner in history by...
Shabbat Is the Gift That Keeps Giving
Oscar Wilde is purported to have said that “to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” I had always thought this was a...
Shabbat Is Not a Day of Rest; It’s a Gift for Personal Growth
Each one of us, at some point in our lives -- and perhaps it is rather more often than we care to admit -- will...
Shabbat: God’s Opportunity for Us to Reflect
I recently saw an article on Business Insider by Julian Hayes II. You will be excused for not having heard of him. The business magazine...
Doubling Down on Shabbat
JNS.org - At a time of rampant assimilation and declining synagogue attendance, how do you get more Jews to connect to their tradition? In recent...
Why Shabbat Cannot Be Postponed
Rashi asks the question: Why does the Torah need to specify that the Sabbath offering should be brought on Shabbat? If it is called a...
How Shabbat Observance Has Preserved the Jewish People
Sometime in the 18th century, a group of Russian-Orthodox Christians revolted against the strict hierarchical religious environment of Russian-Orthodoxy and embraced Judaism -- or at...
What Really Bothers The New York Times — Nepotism in the White House, or Jews?
The New York Times recently unveiled an unusual three-part editorial series (one, two, three) on the evils of "nepotism in the White House." After a brief...
Shabbat and the Curious History of the Seven-Day Week
Without a doubt, the most durable phenomenon in history is the seven-day week. Its origin continues to baffle anthropologists and scholars of ancient history, and numerous...
Is Shabbat the First Day or the Last?
In the immensely lengthy and detailed account of the making of the Tabernacle, the Torah tells the story twice: first via Divine instruction, and then by human implementation....
The Constitution, Shabbat and the Purpose of Limitations
Just three weeks into the new administration in Washington, calls to impeach President Donald Trump have already begun. James C. Nelson, a retired Montana Supreme...
Why All People Need a Shabbat
It is well known that the institution of Shabbat is one of the best inventions God ever came up with. It no doubt qualifies Him...
Marseilles Teacher Recounts Horrific Antisemitic Attack at Hands of ISIS Slashers
A day after he was attacked by three apparent ISIS supporters on the streets of Marseilles in southern France, Rabbi Tzion Saadon said he believes Israel is the safest place...
UK Jewish Woman Awarded $24,500 Payout After Firm Snubs Her Sabbath Observance
A 23-year-old Jewish woman in the U.K. was awarded £16,000 ($24,464) from a potential employer that turned down her application because she refused to work...
