A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home

by Noam Zion and Shawn Fields-Meyer

Book Overview

A complete guide to Shabbat, from preparation to Havdalah, in 13 chapters. Each chapter starts with basics (all prayers translated and transliterated) and expands with "Getting Started" (insights for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966474058
• ISBN13: 9780966474053
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Shalom Hartman Institute
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful, Inclusive and Transforming

The book is simply the best and most practical guide to understanding the essence of Shabbat in the home. Its intelligent and non-dogmatic approach provides a framework for observance in the home for the beginner to the most experienced. It includes eloquent and enriching passages from leading Jewish thinkers that include among others, Rashi, Maimonides, Kaplan, Heschel, Wolpe and Teluskin. It's a strikingly beautiful and user-friendly book for our times. While taking the reader step-by-step through traditional ritual and custom, its authors also describe such mundane considerations from how to deal with last minute preparations before guests arrive to what to do when your child inadvertently spills the Kiddush cup. The book is a must purchase for those in search of making their Shabbat a more complete and meaningful experience.