Shabbat

Also, the instruments, the guitar and piano, on Shabbat were jarring to me, as I'd been taught that playing music was forbidden on Shabbat.

We now have issues on whether men and women should serve together in army units, whether Torah students should be drafted, whether non-essential government works should be done on Shabbat and Supreme Court decisions which conflict with Jewish law.

On the Shabbat morning of April 27, a 19-year-old with a gun killed Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injured several others at the Chabad of Poway outside of San Diego.

On Friday afternoon five orthodox Jewish protested against an Ethiopian restaurant in Jaffa Street, West Jerusalem, for being open in Shabbat day.

In a neighborhood filled with synagogues, yeshivas and kosher restaurants, practicing Jewish Upper West Siders can still face challenges in their home during Shabbat.

But Jewish holidays are somewhat different from secular ones, and Jewish people also like to observe the weekly Shabbat, or Sabbath.

The festival, organised by Britain's Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, saw a record-breaking number of people meet to make challah - a bread that is traditionally served on the Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest).

This was shown in a political farce that has rocked Israel in the last few days: The Great Railway Shabbat Scandal.

Raised on the principles and love of Shabbat described in the pages of "A Taste for Torah", she has since gone from sous chef to local caterer and the head chef at home as she prepares for Shabbat each week.

Winding Down: During the day at work, I know I'm heading toward the Shabbat sundown deadlines.