Time for Shabbat
Ep. 384: After a painful week, we’re embracing one of the most beautiful and steadfast Jewish traditions
Today on Unorthodox, we’re welcoming Shabbat after a painful week. Rabbi Diana Fersko walks us through the basics of Shabbat, and shares additional prayers we can incorporate into our practice on this particular week. Host emeritus Mark Oppenheimer returns to dispense some corduroy wisdom as we navigate this unprecedented moment, and Liel shares some levity with an unexpected account of how one Jewish mother outwitted her Hamas captives.
Listen to the Testimonies Archive for more eyewitness audio accounts from Israel, and read Tablet’s coverage here.
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