When the Los Angeles area fires spread near Mushka Lightstone’s West Hollywood house Wednesday night, Mushka grabbed her mother’s Shabbat candlesticks before evacuating her home. “She called me, and ...

Erev Shabbat is a special moment in the week. It’s a time to bring the family together and observe the ancient Shabbat rituals that have been handed down over countless generations. Even if you’re not ...

The lighting of candles, or oil, plays a central role in Jewish life. Shabbat and festivals commence with the lighting of candles and Shabbat concludes with the lighting of a candle, we light candles ...

The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks. The tiny tefillin set. The last remnants from Europe that my grandparents, all Holocaust survivors, managed to shlep to America. And I need to get ...

Rosalyne Smith’s most recent Shabbat Lady—“Rivkah”—was created last year to mark the one-year anniversary of October 7. When artist Roslyne "Ros" Leeb Smith lost her father, she searched for a way to ...

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