What’s the Minimum I Need to Pray in the Morning?
How to Pray the Essentials: A Halakhic Morning Guide Real life is a bit more complicated than our imagination. You wake up late. Or the
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz
How to Pray the Essentials: A Halakhic Morning Guide Real life is a bit more complicated than our imagination. You wake up late. Or the
Zmanim, halakhic times, divide the Jewish day. They determine and inform when we can perform Jewish activities. On Friday evenings, there is a time to
In an essay for the inaugural L’Dor V’Dor essay contest, Mandi Gross explores what it means to capture a snapshot of three generations.
In asking the question “Are we allowed to wear weapons on Shabbat?”, we can explore a rabbinic controversy between fashion and ferocity.
For Parashat Nitzavim, the parashah right before Rosh Hashanah, we ask the question, “Whom are you taking to shul?”
After a discordant summer and the unknowns of college, Amelia Mae Heller finds stability in the routine of Kabbalat Shabbat.
What does eating cholent on a Thursday, Tisha B’av, Shabbat, and Jewish law have in common? This might surprise you.
Cholent (and its many variations) trace back to ancient Jewish traditions designed to provide a hot meal for Shabbat.
Learn more about what Jewish mindfulness is and answer the question “How do I get started?” There’s many ways to practice—here are a few.
If you’ve never been in the practice of reciting Psalms, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Here’s how to adopt the practice.
We can prepare and still find ourselves scrambling before Shabbat. With a reframe, we can treat it as a rich part of our Shabbat experience.
Shabbat isn’t about restrictions,it’s about freedom. A chance to step away from the noise and reconnect with yourself, loved ones, and G-d.
Through its symbolism, Havdalah teaches us that the boundary between sacred and the ordinary are not truly separate, but can also be fun!
An Eruv is a shared public space that belongs to everyone, representing the ideal of unity: no divisions, and a world that is one big home.
Take charge of your Jewish learning and the Torah service can become an opportunity to know and think Jewishly more today than yesterday.
Through thoughtful choices, self-reflection, and a commitment to growth, we can balance our professional obligations and spiritual practices.
Why is electricity such a complicated issue when it comes to Shabbat? What are the considerations? How can I learn more about it?
Looking at “To Life” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” shows us how living for Shabbat can transform your whole week.
Lighting Shabbat candles is one of our most beautiful traditions. Go grab your candles, here’s how to light Shabbat candles step by step.
It is custom to have two challot at the Shabbat meal. Where does this tradition come from? Here are a few answers to that question.
A B-Mitzvah is the Jewish celebration and ritual of coming of age, and it is celebrated at about the age of 13. Here’s what you can expect.
Simply, something appropriate for a religious service. But, getting to know the community will help you understand what feels right.
Here are a few tips to celebrate Shabbat for Jewish pets and their owners and how to enhance your family’s Shabbat experience.
Remembering and observing United States Memorial Day can be found in the remembrance and observance of Shabbat.
A whoop and two challahs! Learn why doubling our loaves on Shabbat is important and how to observe this mitzvah.
Read more on how to preform Birkat Yeladim, the blessing over our children, and where the blessing and practice come from.
Why we cover Challah at the Shabbat table can be found when we learn about manna and the seven species of Israel.
Though Kiddush in synagogue is a great for connecting with community, food options can be challenging and a limiting factor for picky eaters.
The B-Mitzvah is a transitional moment when one becomes responsible to the mitzvot, Traditionally celebrated with an aliyah to the Torah.
Halakha can be used for the assessment of risk; this can be relevant for pikuach nefesh (saving a life) or kashrut.
Bringing Juneteenth into synagogues signifies that Black Jews are not a footnote in the Jewish story but core parts of our communities.
B’nei Mitzvah are one of today’s best known Jewish milestones, marking coming of age as an “adult” and responsibility for one’s own actions.
A series of special Shabbatot with special Torah readings precede Purim and Passover.
Tradition dictates that Purim be observed on the fourteenth day of Adar, and begins with the recitation of the regular evening service.
While celebrating Sukkot at home, rituals include lighting candles, sitting in the sukkah, and customs related to the sukkah.
The intermediate days of Sukkot, the weekdays, combine some features of festival days and normal weekdays to create wholly unique day.
Although the fifth intermediate day of Sukkot is known as Hoshana Rabbah, it is technically just the last day of ḥol ha-mo·eid.
The laws for lighting candles on Sh’mini Atzeret are similar to those for Shabbat. These laws also apply to Simḥat Torah.
Following the Yom Kippur meal, candles are lit in a similar fashion to those lit on Rosh Hashanah. A Yizkor candle is also lit.
Maariv, the evening service, following Kol Nidrei on Erev Yom Kippur, is similar in many ways to daily Maariv but has notable differences.
Preparations on Erev Yom Kippur are intrinsic to the awe-inspiring observance of the day: a special meal, candle lighting, and charity.
Sounding of the shofar is a characteristic mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is alternatively called the Day of Sounding the Shofar.
When and how to do Rosh Hashanah Candle Lighting. We usher in Rosh Hashanah by lighting candles, just as we do on Shabbat.
We thank God, spend time in community, sing heartily, read holy texts, and revel in rest. What can I expect at a Shabbat morning service?
Long Shabbat afternoons can be intimidating, here’s how Rabbi Sydni Rubinstein spends her time and why it’s her favorite time all week.
Aimee Close shares her story of becoming a synagogue member and the power and importance of Pride Shabbat and being welcoming.
Rabbi Dina Shargel teaches that the Friday night Kiddush sets a mood to welcome Shabbat by connecting it to Creation and to the Exodus.
Shabbat comes with specific limitations. These Shabbat prohibitions help us create a separation from the rest of the week.
The Minhah Service on Saturday Shabbat afternoon contains a number of significant additions to the weekday Afternoon Service.
How is the Saturday morning Shabbat service constructed? What prayers are included? Check out our overview on Shabbat morning services.
Friday night Shabbat at home includes blessings over children, the song Shalom Aleichem, kiddush, and the blessing over bread, the motzi.
This is a super simple guide on how to do the ritual of Havdalah including the blessings in Hebrew, English, and Transliteration.
My Havdalah candle, wine, spices, and I did my own Havdalah ceremony all alone in my backyard. It was my own form of spiritual self-care.
Havdalah, the concluding ceremony for Shabbat, serves as a dramatic reminder of the beauty and emotional power of Judaism.
Friday night services on Shabbat include both Kabbalat Shabbat, a joyous recitation of psalms, and a Shabbat Maariv, the evening service.
Shabbat begins with the lighting of candles, in part, because they are symbolic of the spiritual light that Shabbat can bring into our lives.
One is only permitted to cook on festivals to make food for the holiday itself, not for other days. There is an exception: eiruv tavshilin.