forward to a time of much needed rest and relaxation. All kinds of recreational possibilities open up, including fishing trips, boating expeditions, and attendance at big sporting events. Friday to ...

Q: As a Christian, I've been having a hard time knowing what to believe about Sabbath observance. Some religious groups claim that for someone to inherit eternal life, Sabbath observance is essential.

My favorite thing about Judaism is the weekly blessing given by fathers (or sometimes both parents) to their children at the Sabbath table. God is asked to make boys like Ephraim and Manasseh, while ...

Unlike the weekday Amidah, which contains nineteen blessings, the Amidah for Shabbat contains only seven. Why seven? The Talmud (Berachot 29a) explains that these seven blessings correspond to the ...

Charlie Kirk isn’t wrong about Shabbat — he just has some funny ideas about what it should be. In the conservative influencer ...

Leonard Doohan, in Leisure: A Spiritual Need, writes "The Hebrew scriptures put great emphasis on the Lord's day of rest, the Sabbath. It was a time to stop regular activities and bring perspective ...