It’s an invitation to take time at the end of the week to unwind and connect with your family, your community, your religion. No matter what your Jewish background, sharing a Friday night Shabbat meal ...

What really happened in Paradise? Was the “Tree of Knowledge” merely a symbol of obedience and sin, or is there something ...

Of all the gifts that the Jewish people has given to the world, perhaps the most important is what in Hebrew is called “Shabbat” and often translated into English as “Sabbath.” Shabbat, however, is ...

The Jewish Shabbat, or Sabbath, begins just before sundown on Friday and continues through sundown on Saturday, until three stars are visible in the sky. It is a day of rest and a time to reflect on ...

He explains that all other names we use to describe Hashem were given by Adam or by tzaddikim of Israel. But when we call Hashem by this name which He called Himself, it makes us great and Hashem is ...

Around 6:15 a.m. on a recent Thursday, Rabbi Moshe Tauber parked his van in the merge lane of the Henry Hudson Parkway at 72nd Street. He turned on his hazard ...

Jerusalem is a spiritual compass — its root letters — shin, lamed, and mem—coming together to mean shalem (wholeness) and ...

The Zohar states: “When G-d created the world, it could not exist until He infused it with peace. What is this peace? It is Shabbat….” The Zohar also compares one who is angry to one who lights the ...

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Hold the Manishevitz. This is not your bubbe’s Shabbat. Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are eschewing the traditional Friday night Jewish dinners for buzzy Shabbat-themed parties at trendy bars and ...