Passover holiday candles are lit traditionally by the the eldest woman of the house no later than 18 minutes before sundown. If the Seder falls on a Saturday night,candles are lit after sunsetand after Havdallah has been celebrated since we cannot kindle a new flame during Shabbat. ...
In the first centuries, Sunday, being made a festival in honor of Christ's resurrection, received attention as a day of religious services and recreation, but seventh-day Sabbath rest (based on the Jewish Shabbat, because the earliest Christians were all Jews) was still observed by "almost al...
Every Saturday, Shabbat, we wake up to see some new sick, twisted display by Hamas. But yesterday was the worst. It shattered us. Friday, the names of the three captives to be set free was once again delayed by Hamas. For agonizing hours, Israel waited to find out who among the remai...
As a family of divorce, while the weekends with no kids are great, there is nothing better than the 5 of us all getting together around the table or counter on a Saturday morning and starting the weekend with what we are all thankful for. Last weekend, it was Marleys turn to go ...
“Escher collected some of the loose graphic work of de Mesquita’s that was laying around on the floor, and one had a German footprint, a Nazi boot. He put them all in a folio and took a train back home. If he had been caught with them, it would have been the end of him, so...