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Saturday

Person reading a Torah scroll in front of an ornate ark in a synagogue.

Saturday offers many ways to observe Shabbat. Sleep late. Attend morning services and hear the Torah read aloud. Have a leisurely lunch with family or friends. Spend the afternoon reading, learning Torah, playing outside, hanging out with friends. Later, you can take a nap or go to a quick afternoon service to hear the Torah read again. Shabbat offers an opportunity to pause—to take a break from our daily activities and responsibilities in order to reconnect with our friends, our loved ones, and creation.

Latest Rituals

The Solace of Shabbat

A poem on the inconsistency of time passing.
  • by Diane Rudov
aging, Shabbat, time
roses in hazy summer sunlight

Why I Unplug On Shabbat

“It’s the kavanah of Shabbat, / not the halakha / which moves me.”
  • by Eve Lyons
intention, kavanah, nature
deer on forest path

Shabbat Meditation on the Juan de Fuca

“The next day, returning from a hike Shabbat afternoon, the time of ra’ava d’ra’avin, desire of all desires, a tune came to me, the Juan the Fuca nigun.”
  • by Yudel Huberman
nature, song
a pacific beach with a line of trees and a large rock

Wrapping, Embracing

“Every garment I inherited from you / is something to wrap in”

  • by Janice Steinberg
family, feminism, love, tallit
a person holds a blue tallit over their head

Wide as the Water (Mi Hamokha) Song

“Open to the holiness inside”

  • by Heather Paul and Batya Diamond
freedom, Mi Chamocha, water
Silhouetted family holding hands on a rocky shore, watching a vibrant sunset over a calm sea.

Shabbat in Berlin

“The past and the present are one here”

  • by Sara Stock Mayo
genocide, hope, mourning, resilience, tragedy, travel
City skyline with a tall tower, surrounded by greenery, and a wide road leading through a forested area under a bright sky.

Shabbat

“Shabbat creeps up on my week …”

  • by Terry Boyle
kabbalat shabbat, Shekhinah
Challah bread, wine bottle, goblet, candles on holders, and an embroidered cloth on a wooden table.

Shabbat Kedoshim, 5780

Things remain uncertain under this sun

  • by Suzanne Sabransky
Shekhinah
Sunset over a serene landscape with glowing grass and a soft, pastel sky.

The Salve Which is Shabbat

  • by Suzanne Sabransky
candle lighting, kabbalat shabbat
Two lit candles, a bottle of wine, and two filled wine glasses on a decorated table.

Queer Aliyah Blessing

  • by Devon Spier
blessing, gay, gender inclusive, genderqueer, lesbian, LGBTIQ, queer, torah, torah service
Two Torah scrolls on a table with open books and people nearby, wearing traditional garments.
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