Motzoei Shabbat

An in-depth look at the laws and customs associated with the havdalah ceremony as well as other Saturday night traditions.

Following every Shabbat, duality is absorbed by oneness.

In this exclusive interview, Elijah reveals all, from origins to achievements, and how can we each become just a little bit like him.

The aftertaste of havdalah wine swiftly dissolves from our palate, but the afterglow of Shabbat lingers on. So we sit down to a special meal to "escort the queen"—the queen being the day of Shabbat

Sometime on Saturday night it is customary to partake of a meal, called a Melaveh Malka, "Accompanying the [Shabbat] Queen," meal.

Saturday night, after Shabbat ends, we eat a special meal called "Melave Malka" (lit. "bidding farewell to the Queen.") What are the sources in Scripture and Talmud for this custom? What are its deeper meanings?

After the Havdalah ceremony, it is customary to recite the Ve-yiten Lecha, an anthology of biblical blessings: Isaac's blessings to Jacob, Jacob's blessings to Menasseh and Ephrayim, blessings pronounced by Moses, King David, etc.

That last bear hug is different than its predecessors. Whereas till now the cuddles and hugs assisted in cementing the relationship, the final embrace takes it one step further...

This class explains the specialty of the after-Shabbos meal called melaveh malkah.

This class traces and elucidates the origin, the reasons and the inner meaning of the after-Shabbat prayer of veyiten lechah.