Category: Richard Abbott

Shabbat Shti | A toddler at a tea party By Richard Dirigible Abbott, UK This time I walked to the Park Row Schul, proudly emblazoned with my yarmulke, and a big bearded grin. I...

Shabbat Shemonah – Drinking whiskey with a Yiddish baby By Richard Abbott, UK   I’m pretty happy with that title, what’s amazing is that whereas most of my shabbat article titles are metaphorical this...

Shabbat Sheva | Tisha B’Av Epilogue Richard Abbott, UK I ran to meet James, my fellow pre-Jew. I’d left my phone in Spain last week and I’ve been running to catch up with life...

Shabbat Sheva – Standing in Silence and the quieting of self Richard Abbott, UK I’ve been away, Sophie surprised me with a trip to visit our University friend Spain for my 30th birthday. We...

Shabbat Shesh | Qualities and Values By Richard Abbott, UK It was a sunny Friday afternoon, the school I work in had broken up for summer and I had finished all my pre-Shabbat errands. I...

Shabbat Chumesh | Shabbat Prime By Richard Abbott, UK I work at a school for children with behavioural problems, they’ve been excluded from mainstream education because they’re too disruptive and, while we do teach...

Shabbat Chumesh | Tuesday’s Prologue By Richard Abbott, UK A jewish person told me once that the days in Hebrew are numbered from the Shabbat because its such an important day it’s like all...

Shabbat Arba’a – The Case of the Extra Letter By Richard Abbott, UK My friends were visiting and we were all sat in the living room drinking wine after dinner. “It’s getting dark, do...

By Richard Abbott, UK It started with erev shabbat. Candle lighting times was 9:13 pm (BST) in Bristol and shabbat ended at 10:46 on Saturday, a lovely long day. As I walked down to...