“Wow” — shevach in Hebrew, or praiseworthiness — is about God’s awesomeness. Rabbi Spodek said he spends a minute or two ...

The blessing over the candles is “to kindle lights of Shabbat and Yom tov.” (Say the Hebrew version in the siddur) It is customary to recite the Song of the Sea in public, especially if one is ...

This light of Shabbat was built into the foundation of the universe, and I believe that it can counter the darkness of worry, ...

Article by Mayshe Schwartz: "This past Friday, a good friend of mine from Boston “happened” to be in Jerusalem with a colleague from work, and we agreed to meet before Shabbat at the Kotel. As we’re ...

I’m speaking of the tune-switch that the Friday night hazan pulls for the last few stanzas of "Lecha Dodi.” Where did this quirky cantorial custom come from and how did it become so popular?

The following article was written by the New Haven Independent’s Kyiv correspondent. KYIV, Ukraine -- Three years after ...

This past weekend, close to 500 Jewish men and women from over 60 communities came together in Crown Heights for Shabbat in ...

Shelley Greenspan, White House Liaison to the American Jewish Community said in a late ... commitment to defending his family—balancing prayer, persuasion, and even a willingness to fight ...

Oct. 7 world, Shabbat dinners at these Jewish-run restaurants fill a void that’s part spiritual, part emotional and part social.