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Shabbat 67 articles

Jewish Holidays

Shabbat Overview: The Dual Nature of Shabbat
Shabbat Overview: The Dual Nature of Shabbat
The “Aseret HaDibrot,” the “Ten Commandments,” are documented twice in the Five Books of Moses, once in Shemot (20, 2-17) and once in Devarim (5, 6-18), when Moshe is reviewing the...
Jan 11, 2024
By OU Staff
Protect the Day of Shabbat
Protect the Day of Shabbat
“Whoever is careful with the observance of Shabbat, will be forgiven for all his sins, even idolatry” (Masechet Shabbat 118b) “If the Children of Israel would observe one Shabbat properly, the...
Jan 11, 2024
By Dayan Isidor Grunfeld
The Concept of Melacha
The Concept of Melacha
The concept of “Melacha,” activity which is prohibited to a Jew on the Day of Shabbat, as noted in the Overview to Shabbat Section, means purposeful, creative interactions with nature. Let...
Jan 11, 2024
By OU Staff
Shabbos in the Modern World – Economics and Israel
Shabbos in the Modern World – Economics and Israel
Jan 11, 2024
By Daniel Adler
Malkat Shabbat in the Soviet Gulag
Malkat Shabbat in the Soviet Gulag
From OU Israel’s Torah Yerushalayim Dedicated in loving memory of David & Norma Fund Z”L by their children. Produced by DanielPro.com Video Production by MediaPro Aseret Yemei Teshuvah 2022 Ramada Hotel...
Oct 3, 2022
By Rav Yosef Mendelevich
Maximizing Shabbos to Bring the Geulah
Maximizing Shabbos to Bring the Geulah
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 5, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Shabbat: A Day of Building
Shabbat: A Day of Building
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jun 14, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Rest of Shabbos
The Rest of Shabbos
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime 
Nov 22, 2021
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Dancing and Clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov
Dancing and Clapping on Shabbat and Yom Tov
In the last shiur we looked at showering on Yom Tov and the tricky question of whether the halacha, as laid down by the Gemara and the Shulchan Aruch, is still...
Sep 1, 2021
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
Melacha #32 – Koseiv (Writing)
Melacha #32 – Koseiv (Writing)
The next (and final) group of melachos has to do with the assembling, disassembling and transporting of the Mishkan. Remember, the Mishkan was a portable Temple that was taken down as...
May 19, 2021
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

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