Jewish Montrealers will be among thousands of Jews worldwide joining in on The Shabbat Project, a ground-breaking event aimed at uniting world Jewry in fully observing the Shabbat custom together. In its second edition, The Shabbat Project was developed and piloted by South Africa's Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein encouraging the Jewish community to thoroughly keep Shabbat in unity. Approximately 75 percent of South Africa's 75,000 participated. It was such a successful event that this year’s Shabbat affair rolled out to the rest of the world, including Montreal.
From Great Britain to Guatemala, there are more than 1,400* official partners from over 35 countries. Held on the weekend of Friday, October 24 to 25, more than 800 Montrealers are currently registered in committing themselves to fully respecting this spiritual event. Jews of all religious levels, origins, or professions are encouraged to take part.
In conjunction with various synagogues, "this monumental event has the potential to unite world Jewry in a time when we really need it," said Pinny Gniwich, lead organizer of Montreal’s The Shabbat Project.
The event will officially kick-off Thursday night October 23 with Challah Bakes at Beth Zion Congregation (7 p.m. $18) in Côte Saint-Luc and Beth Ora Congregation (7 p.m., free of charge) in St. Laurent and at Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation in CSL, with guest speaker, Rachel Frenkel, the mother of Naftali Frenkel, one of the three Israeli Yeshiva students that was kidnapped and murdered last June.
From Montreal to the world, register today in #Keepingittogether at www.theshabbatprojectmtl.ca.
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