forward to a time of much needed rest and relaxation. All kinds of recreational possibilities open up, including fishing trips, boating expeditions, and attendance at big sporting events. Friday to ...

Q: As a Christian, I've been having a hard time knowing what to believe about Sabbath observance. Some religious groups claim that for someone to inherit eternal life, Sabbath observance is essential.

Unlike the weekday Amidah, which contains nineteen blessings, the Amidah for Shabbat contains only seven. Why seven? The Talmud (Berachot 29a) explains that these seven blessings correspond to the ...

Many devout Christians spend the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday attending a variety of services. We also know from Scripture a number of things Jesus did during his last week on Earth—who ...

Editor's note: This is another in an occasional series of stories about faith traditions in the valley, called My Faith. In this story, we ask Seventh-day Adventists what they would like others to ...

Check out all 75 Holy Saturday blessings listed below, and feel free to share them with your friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members as a way to spread the peace, hope and love that this ...

With Good Friday behind us and Easter Sunday before us, many in the Christian community may overlook the significance of today – Holy Saturday – the day when Jesus rested in his tomb. It comes right ...

My celebration of Shabbat, the traditional Jewish Sabbath, is a rather sedate, internal affair: long Friday night dinners with friends and family, leading worship at my synagogue on Saturday, and ...

AFP — A public bus glides down the road toward the beach on the horizon, but the ride is far from being as commonplace as it sounds in this Israeli city. It is running on a Saturday, which is the ...

The public bus glides down the road towards the beach on the horizon, but the ride is far from being as commonplace as it sounds in this Israeli city. It is running on a Saturday, which is the Sabbath ...