The Jewish Shabbat:
Shabbat Shalom!
Learn about the concept of Shabbat and find out how it is traditionally celebrated on Virtual Jerusalem's new Shabbat Mini Site.
Shabbat Across America
A program designed to unite Jews across the United States and Canada in celebrating Shabbat. The next Shabbat Across America will take place March 23, 2001.
The Ultimate Shabbat Site
Includes Shabbat laws, songs, and a children's corner.
Symphony of Candles
A project to document firsthand the weekly Jewish observance of Shabbat in communities around the world through photographs and essays, as well as internet-hosted audio and video.
Shabbat As a Family
Includes ideas for observing Shabbat as a family. Projects include challah-baking, challah cover-making and other crafts, and practicing the Havdalah service
The Nature of Shabbat
A detailed explanation of the significance of Shabbat, from Jewfaq.org
Origins of Shabbat
Learn more about the origins of Shabbat from EverythingJewish.com. Also lists Shabbat laws and customs
The Family Shabbat Talk Table
Family Shabbat Table offers home study materials on the weekly Torah portion for adults and children. Used at a family meal, it is intended to enhance the celebration of Shabbat.
Shabbat Recipes
Shabbat recipes from Jewish.com
Shabbos Songs
Listen to online Shabbat music from various Jewish artists, including Chaim Dovid, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and the Moshav Band.
The Christian Sabbath:
Where the Time Goes
Laundry? Church? Reading the comics? A survey of Presbyterians and their Sunday habits.
The Meaning of Sabbath
The meaning and origins of the Sabbath, from the Catholic Encyclopedia
The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States
Promoting the Lord's Day as a day of rest, worship, and spiritual renewal.
A Weekly Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?
A discussion of the weekly Sabbath and other religious ceremonies of Jewish and early Christian believers
The Purpose of the Sabbath
Includes customs, crafts, and activities.
Christian Sabbath Keepers
The Sabbath and the Christian church
Seventh-Day Adventists on Sabbath
Guidelines for observing the Sabbath from the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
The Sabbath-Keeping Young
The Sabbath for kids, with games, fun facts, and puzzles
Dies Domini
The text of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter on the Lord's Day
101 Ideas for Sunday Activities
From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Suggested Books and Other Products:
Visit the Shabbat section of the Beliefnet store for books, music, and Judaica items.
The Sabbath
By Abraham Joseph Heschel
Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest
By Wayne Muller
Sabbath Keeping
By Donna Schaper
Gates of Shabbat
By Mark D. Shapiro
Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time
By Dorothy Bass
A Day of Rest: Creating a Spiritual Space in Your Week
By Martha Whitmore Hickman
Welcoming the Sabbath
Richard Tucker performs the Friday evening Shabbat service on this CD.