Rediscover Shabbat

• NEW - The Joy of Quiet by Pico Iyer
• NEW - Saying YES to Shabbat and Ourselves, A Reflection by Rabbi Marci N. Bellows
• Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda
• A Norman Rockwell Shabbat from the URJ Ten Minutes of Torah, June 18, 2012
• Blessings for Friday evening: candles, wine, and challah;
  Use this link to find the Friday evening table prayers. The blessings are presented in Hebrew, English, and with transliteration so that you can use them whether you do or don’t know Hebrew. We’ve taken this material from a book called Gates of Shabbat, published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis and written by Rabbi Shapiro.

• Music for the Friday evening blessings at home
  
• The Music of Our Shabbat Services
• Take Back Your Time: Rediscover Shabbat
  Rabbi Shapiro's Yom Kippur Morning Sermon on Shabbat
• Take Back YourTime: Rediscover Shabbat - a booklet with 52 ways to rediscover Shabbat and ten additional ways to rediscover Shabbat at Sinai Temple.
• Next Friday Night: Shabbat is never more than seven days away
  Rabbi Shapiro began to discuss Shabbat with our congregation on Kol Nidre 2007. This link will take you to the Rabbi’s sermon.

• It’s possible to taste Shabbat in many ways. Here are more creative and unusual ways to consider the possibilities of the seventh day. 
• Unplugging for Shabbat. Rabbi Shapiro offered the congregation this Chanukah “gift” in the form of a message on Shabbat.
• Ideas from around the world of Reform Judaism
  Our national umbrella organization, the Union for Reform Judaism, has developed a “Shabbat initiative.” You can follow this link to see how Reform Jews across the country are approaching Shabbat.
• A mother with small children and an empty nester dad dialogue about their search for Shabbat
  If you wonder about your own philosophy of Shabbat or if you wonder how Shabbat might ever fit into your own life, you will find this dialogue absolutely fascinating! The Union for Reform Judaism published this four-part exchange on living in our busy modern world in the Spring of 2008. You will find the conversation between Michelle Abraham and Jim Ball enlightening and moving.
• Starting with Shabbat is like starting dinner with dessert first. Of all I have learned about Judaism through the years, Shabbat is hands down the best....
• Our congregants have responded to our Rediscover Shabbat efforts with reflections on their own experiences. These letters have previously been published in the Sinai Bulletin.
• Additional Shabbat Materials on the web
• Share your comments and ideas with Rabbi Shapiro