Before every Sabbath or Shabbat, some Jewish people begin preparing for synagogue and rest from work by lighting candles and baking challah. Some Jewish people live by religious laws that mean they ...

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After streaming Shabbat services for more than a decade, Stephen Wise Temple continues its virtual programming during the coronavirus pandemic. The congregation also streams a variety of events on ...

Many religions have a Sabbath. In Judaism, the Sabbath begins on Friday at sundown and concludes when there are three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The Sabbath, with its focus on the holy, looks ...

When I asked you, dear readers, in a recent column to share with me the ways you honor the Sabbath Day, I was anticipating a flood of responses from orthodox Jewish readers. I was therefore surprised ...

God instituted the Sabbath when the heavens, earth and the host them were finished: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which ...