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 ...

Some 2,800 Jewish New Yorkers packed the top floor of Javits North on 11th Avenue to participate in The Big Shabbat — an ...

Here’s me not feeling even remotely bitter that the Guinness World Record for the largest Shabbat dinner — the one my friends ...

At “Big Shabbat,” nearly 3,000 Jews at the Javits Center in Manhattan broke the Guinness world record for largest Shabbat ...

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Hundreds of Jewish students, faculty and friends gathered under a sprawling Dunn Meadow tent on March 29 for a Shabbat dinner that Indiana University Chabad says is the largest Jewish event in ...

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 ...

It wasn’t just a celebratory dinner,” Rabbi Joshua Davidson, of Temple Emanu-El, told JNS. “It became an important ...

In the wake of Oct. 7 and the subsequent surge of antisemitism worldwide, many have asked how we should respond to this darkness. The answer, I believe, lies in one of our most powerful traditions: ...

“Serenity Shabbat is a special service or gathering designed to raise awareness, offer support and build community around the themes of addiction, recovery and ending stigma,” explains agency ...