Shabbat Resources

Shabbat is about Peace: within ourselves, with others, with nature, with God. For more information, the sources of the excerpts above can be helpful. We recommend:

A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home—A Step-by-Step Guidebook with Blessings and Songs, Rituals and Reflections, by Noam Sachs Zion and Shawn Fields-Meyer, Shalom Hartman Institute

The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, by [former Senator] Joseph Lieberman, Simon & Schuster

Gina Goldstein’s Unofficial Guide to Keeping It All Together is a detailed guide to an Orthodox observance of Shabbat from The Shabbos Project www.theshabbosproject.org.

The Jewish Sabbath: A Renewed Encounter, by Pinchas Peli, Schocken

The Kveller Shabbat Guide: How busy families can find meaning (and a bit of sanity) on the day of rest, by Elissa Strauss, newly published by the premier Jewish parenting site Kveller.com

One Table (onetable.org) has a liberal guide in its Resources area.

The Sabbath, Its Meaning for Modern Man, by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Farrar Straus Giroux

Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Celebrating the Sabbat, by Ron Wolfson, Jewish Lights Publishing

A Shabbat Reader: Universe of Cosmic Joy, ed. by Dov Peretz Elkins, UAHC Press

bimbam.com/judaism-101/shabbat has several short videos about Shabbat and how to celebrate Shabbat.

myjewishlearning.com/category/celebrate/shabbat

The Sabbath Kit is an old collection of four short “trigger” films about Shabbat from Gesher Productions. Though made pre-internet, it deals with the demands of technology and being busy on Saturday instead of spending time with family. Available from the Jewish Alliance on DVD.

Shabbat Shalom, Grover is a video in the Shalom Sesame series for children that may be found on YouTube. A longer version is available on DVD from the Jewish Alliance.

Fans of Simon and Garfunkel may appreciate a cover by the Maccabeats of The Sound of Silence, juxtaposed by a woman spending all of her time on the web. jewinthecity.com/shabbat