From the Shabbat Queen to women "writing Shabbat," women are privileged to play a role in shaping the personal, communal, and national Shabbat of our day.

The Mystical Background of L’cha Dodi and Kabbalat Shabbat

The mitzvah of afflicting one's soul does not undermine the principle that Shabbat and Yom Kippur are not intended by God to cause physical or emotional damage.