There will be no eerie glow coming from your Havdalah candle on Saturday evening, Oct. 31. No boiling or toiling in your Kiddush cup or smell of sulfur in your spice box. Shabbat will be ending, ...

For Havdalah, though, medieval Ashkenazim, stood. Several Rishonim explain that we stand in order to honor the departing Sabbath Queen. But based on this logic, one should stand for Kiddush as well.

One of the most moving weekly rituals is the Havdalah (“separation”) ceremony, when we intone a sweet-sad melody to the words, “Behold, the Lord of my salvation in Whom I trust and thus I do not fear, ...

Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, a leader in shaping the future of pluralistic Judaism on the western North Shore, will join Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park for a Family Havdalah and Craft Night on ...

Rabbi Naftali Citron, who grew up as a follower of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, has fond memories of the singer-composer leading the Havdalah service that marks the end of Shabbat. “He was at the ...

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Two-day Yom Tovs are decadent enough, but double-day holidays that run into the Sabbath are nothing short of gluttonous. This fall, observant Jews are facing a series of three-day festivals that will ...

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Ori Megidish, who was rescued from Hamas captivity, on Saturday night lit the Havdalah candle in a special ceremony at the conclusion of the "Israeli Shabbat" initiative which was held in Warsaw ...