shabbat

Malka on the Upper West Side

For the first time since debuting on the Upper West Side in 2023, Malka, Eyal Shani‘s first kosher restaurant in the U.S., will open its doors for Shabbat dinner on Friday nights starting July 24. The move feels almost inevitable. In just a few years, Malka has become a cornerstone of Manhattan’s kosher dining scene, … Malka on the Upper West Side just launched Friday night Shabbat dinner service

Literie and Zabar's candle collaboration

There’s a specific magic that takes over your apartment on a Friday afternoon when there’s challah in the oven. The yeast, the egg wash, that faintly sweet golden warmth curling out from under the kitchen door: it’s the smell of the whole week exhaling. Of course, not everyone has time to braid their own every … NYC staple Zabar’s and candle company Literie bottled the scent of Friday night challah

Reading Room at Bryant Park in NYC

Despite a few days of rain in the forecast, the weekend is looking beautiful, a proper taste of summer after a nearly endless winter. That immediately leads to thoughts about Shabbat afternoon and how to spend it outdoors without just defaulting to Central Park. May we suggest another NYC green space, perhaps? The Reading Room … This free outdoor library at Bryant Park is the best Shabbat activity

Braided challah subscription

Tara Satnick, the 27-year-old New Yorker behind Braided, a subscription service that delivers fresh challah weekly to folks in NYC and the Hamptons, was in Israel on October 7. “The day before, I was texting my friends about joining them at the Nova music festival,” she recounts. “At the last minute, my parents asked me … Meet the 27-year-old New Yorker behind NYC’s most stylish challah subscription service

On Friday, November 21, 3,000 people are expected to celebrate Shabbat together at Javits North, inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on 11th Avenue, as part of The Big Shabbat—a massive event organized by Gady Levy, executive director of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in Manhattan. Levy hopes the gathering will make it … The biggest Shabbat dinner in the world plans to take over NYC’s Javits Center in November