The Bible’s original injunctions on Sabbath observance are notoriously contentious and it’s likely e-reading will become a matter of personal interpretation.

In order to keep the “resting” part of the day intact, I have come up with a rotation of slow cooker Sabbath meals. I can put these in before we leave for church or before we take our nap and ...

When they're not praying, studying, eating, socializing, or sleeping, observant Jews often devote a substantial portion of the Sabbath's 25 hours to reading - in print.

On Shabbat, therefore, I do not (for example) write my books, articles and columns; but I do e-mail personal notes to friends and family. Shabbat reading can be about anything — but not ...

Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws or Sunday trade laws are regulations restricting certain activities on Sundays and holidays. The laws were initially adopted for religious reasons, consistent with ...

Salvador Litvak accidentaltalmudist.org On the Shabbat before the first day of Nisan, the Hebrew month in which we left Egypt, we add a special passage to the weekly Torah reading.

Not because lighting a fire on Shabbat is suddenly ok, but because we, the Gemara, that is, thinks of it like this: when there are two human beings, each reading to him or herself, they are ...

The Knesset plenum approved the preliminary reading of the “Hours of Work and Rest Bill,” which would prohibit forcing any Israeli, observant or non-observant, to work on Shabbat.

My shelves are stuffed with books in small-print, not just for the Sabbath, as allegedly were Philip Larkin’s. Mine are filled with small-print for the week days too, their lore the lariat that ...