http://levibrackman.com/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://levibrackman.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=313:shabbat-must-belongs-to-all&catid=59:shabbat&directory=262 Recently major cosmetics company Il-Makiage made news by deciding to close all of its stores in Israel on the Shabbat.  This was somewhat of a controversial move because Shabbat has long been a contentious issue in Israel.

]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 16:24:20 +0100 http://levibrackman.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:relax-for-the-sake-of-it&catid=59:shabbat&directory=262 It’s a new fad. Many spas and health clubs have them – they are called “relaxation rooms”.  Many of us live a stress filled existence where the only relaxation we get is when we are sleeping. Even when we are on vacation we have access to our cell phone, e-mail and other work related equipment. It is therefore not surprising that we have had to create artificial places for relaxation, spaces where one can rest without the interruption of technology and work. But are we supposed to really relax and take it easy? Shouldn’t we be leading a productive life? Is relaxation for its own sake a good thing?

]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:32:25 +0100 http://levibrackman.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90:what-is-shabbat&catid=59:shabbat&directory=262 While waiting to board the plane in Ben Gurion Airport about twelve years ago I got talking to a businessman who was standing in line in front of me. During the course of our conversation he said to me, “I want to tell you something very strange. Something I experience every week”.  He continued, “Every Shabbat I feel different. I walk outside and things feel and look special, I cannot put my finger on what it is that is different but it certainly is different”.

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