A Day Apart, Shabbat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guidebook

With Blessings and Songs, Rituals and Reflections

Noam Zion and Shawn Fields-Meyer do for Shabbat what Noam did for Passover in A Different Night. It treats each component, from preparation on Friday to Havdalah on Saturday night, with loving detail.

Each section starts with basic instructions. Each blessing and ritual is translated, transliterated, and explained. But then there is more: a section for beginners, a section for parents, a section of reflections (kavanot), a section of guidelines from the tradition, and ideas to ponder and share that will add to your Shabbat pleasure.

And all the way through it contains lots of art and stories from every corner of the Jewish world.

This is an Afikomen favorite and highly recommended!

By Noam Zion and Shawn Fields Meyer