Shabbos

Today, Harvey Milstein is a businessman living in Israel. As a child, however, he grew up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn where his father owned a pharmacy. While his father was a respected member of the religious community, he still struggled with the idea of closing his business on Shabbos and Jewish ...

This is in response to a letter by Rabbi Boruch Hirschfeld arguing that since the JCC is a Jewish institution, it should close on Shabbos. (“Mandel JCC should close on Shabbos,” March 16). The JCC is a non-denominational Jewish institution that serves the community at large, without regard for if a member ...

Entire seforim have been written to explain why this is such a great Shabbos. This year, let us follow in the path of the Gerrer admorim to discover some of the greatness of this Shabbos and how we can share in the wealth. The Sefas Emes, second Gerrer Rebbe, but grandson of the first, the Chiddushei ...

Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom! Passover is almost here, which seems strange because it's still winter according to the calendar and the weather! There are just two more Shabbats left before Passover begins…the first Seder actually takes place on Shabbat this year. Here are some excellent Passover ...

However, regardless of one's personal level of observance, a public institution with the word “Jewish” in its title should be closed on Shabbos. Many JCC's around the country are closed on Shabbos. Our great community deserves public institutions that respect the most core and basic component of Jewish ...

In another episode displaying contrasting perspectives, we see Rebbi Yossi ben Yoezer being led to his execution on a horse on Shabbos, for violating the Greek decree forbidding the Jews to keep Shabbos. His apostate nephew, riding on his own horse in desecration of Shabbos, jeered his uncle with ...

As hundreds of erev Shabbos travelers returned safely to Baltimore, b'siyatta diShmaya, many stories have emerged depicting their experiences and the hashgachah pratis they witnessed. One incident took place in Perryville, Maryland, a small town just north of the Susquehanna River. Rabbi and Mrs.

Shabbos Chazak: On this Shabbos we conclude the Book of Exodus, and as we do so, the entire congregation rises and proclaims “Chazak, Chazak, V'Nischazek”–Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened.” We beseech HaShem to give us the strength to continue and succeed in our Torah ...

Among those whose plans were thrown into chaos by the inclement weather were hundreds of Jews en route to Baltimore for Shabbos. With the main route towards the city blocked and other cars stalled in traffic, many had to utilize creative navigation to reach their destinations before sunset, while many ...

This past Shabbos my family and I were in Kiryas Joel visiting my relatives. Both my parents' families come from Hungary. My mother's family moved there two generations before the war and my father's family, unfortunately significantly smaller than it had been, moved after the war. My father, z”l, grew up in ...

I was a Shabbos goy on Long Island!” For those who are not familiar with the term, a “Shabbos goy” is the Yiddish term for a non-Jew who performs certain types of work which Jewish religious law prohibits the Jew from doing on the Sabbath. And Ruben Vazquez, the son of Puerto Rican parents who came ...

The letters of the word “vishavta” can be pronounced “vishavas.” The Chida (Nachal Kedumin) writes that this hints to us that for one's teshuvah to be established, he must become a shomer Shabbos. In a letter of support sent on behalf of an organization that seeks to ensure that Shabbos is not desecrated, ...