Shabbat
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Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming in Shabbat
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Havdala: Embracing the Holiness of the Everyday
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Shabbat: Will and Restraint
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Shabbat: From the Darkness to the Light
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Shabbat: Finding Holiness in the Everyday
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Shabbat: The Gift of Fire
Elie Wiesel, May his soul rest in peace, tells of the poet who was asked what he would save from his burning home. Only one thing. What would it be? The poet answered that he would save the fire itself, for without the fire, life would not be worth living. Fire plays an integral and seamless role throughout the Torah. The first act of creation, light, is the creation of all sources of energy, the fire. Soon afterwards comes the crowning event of creation, Shabbat. And when the first Shabbat is over, Adam watches as the sun goes down for the first time. An ever-deepening gloom and terror unfolds... READ MORE |