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How to Build the World of Shabbos
Rabbi Yohanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai: If only the Jewish people would keep two Shabbatot in accordance…
A Brief History of Shabbos, From the Biblical Age to Now
He who binds to himself a joy, does the winged life destroy. He who kisses each joy as it flies, lives in…
What Shabbos Means to Me
I am only 36 years old, but I have already experienced three very different relationships with Shabbos. In many ways, my own…
The Books of Shabbos
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk about two impactful books about Shabbos and their authors.
Judith Shulevitz: The World of Shabbos
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to author and journalist Judith Shulevitz about the world of Shabbos.
Senator Joe Lieberman: The Gift of Shabbos
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Senator Joe Lieberman – politician, lobbyist, and attorney – about the gift…
How Hillel Zeitlin Lived a Life in Flux and Flame—and What We Can Learn
There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide;…
This Rosh Hashanah, Let’s Find New Words
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.” — T.S. Eliot (Four Quartets) How…
Teshuva: A Timeline
It is teshuva time for the world, as we approach ourselves in the mirror and blink twice at what we find there.…
What Teshuva Means to Me
I could probably tell my life story through the thoughts that have occupied my mind during Yamim Noraim davening. Every year on…
Yabloner Rebbe: The Rebbe of Change
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Pini Dunner and Rav Moshe Weinberger about the Yabloner Rebbe and…
Miriam Gisser: Recovery as Change
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Miriam about changing, or even rebuilding, one’s life.