In the context of the hustle and bustle of family life, especially now that most two-parent households are also two-earner ones, celebrating a weekly holiday that requires a halt in the week’s work is a daunting task. But the reward is a day to focus on spirituality, family and rest.
One Tel Aviv resident put together a last-minute event to raise the issue of the hostages still held in Gaza; at a ‘Shabbat Lounge,’ visitors could dine on traditional fare
In commemoration of the double amount of food that the children of Israel gathered for Shabbat, we place on the Shabbat table lehem mishne, two breads or challot.