I was a special guest at the Shiffers, close neighbours from a previous apartment building in Double Bay, Bibaringa, last night for the Jewish evening home ritual to ‘welcome the Shabbat’. fter working hard for six days, following God, we welcome the seventh day for rest. What’s happened to that ‘day of rest’ in this …
ast night I attended a Shabbat Service at the Reformed Synagogue, Kol HaNeshama, with a local friend. It was quite obvious from the singing and enthusiasm in a congregation of all ages that they really regarded Shabbat as a day of great joy eagerly awaited throughout the week when they set aside all weekday concerns …