An invitation to Shabbat

By Ruth Perelson

Subjects: Sabbath, Customs and practices, Reform Judaism

Description: An invitation to Shabbat includes: descriptions of rituals and their history and folklore, questions and answers about Shabbat and its celebration, first-person accounts by New Shabbat observers about preparing for the holiday, traditional recipes, both ashkenazic and sephardic, shabbat blessings in hebrew, transliteration, and english, a bibliography for further reading, a cd recording for learning and pleasure.