In a small chapel overlooking a frozen sea inlet, Dick Heyman leads a tiny congregation in a Sabbath-evening service. “Blessed are you, endless one, who makes the evenings fall,” he says, opening the ...

Q. Which is your favourite Shabbat service – Friday night, Shabbat morning, Musaf or Minchah? A. It’s a matter of personal choice, and every Shabbat worshipper will have his or her own answer. I know ...

When is it kosher to listen to the Beatles on the Sabbath? When your chazan adapts the Kabbalat Shabbat Friday night service to the melodies of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lenny Solomon, the ...

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The masters of Kabbalah explained all of the elements of the Sabbath rituals as a consistent thematic drama of the reunion of the Shekhinah the Sabbath bride, with her mate--and in so doing exerted ...