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Shabbat at Aish Detroit

Shabbat is the centerpiece of Jewish life — and at Aish Detroit it's an experience: warm meals, great company, song, and zero pressure. Whether it's your first Shabbat dinner or your five-hundredth, there's a seat for you at the table.

This week in Metro Detroit

Candle lighting · Saturday, October 3

8:00 PM

Havdalah · Sunday, October 4

7:59 PM

Times for the Huntington Woods / Oak Park area — 18 minutes before sunset, havdalah 50 minutes after.

Upcoming Shabbat experiences

Shabbat dinners, family meals, and hands-on Shabbat programming — open to every Jew, every background.

First Thursdays Thu, Nov 5 Shabbat UnpluggedFri, Nov 13

Never done Shabbat with us?

Tell us you're coming and we'll save you a seat — no experience necessary, no Hebrew required, warm food guaranteed.

Pass me the Challah

Something for the table

This Week's Torah Portion

Fresh dvrei Torah on the weekly portion, from our friends at Aish.com.

True Happiness

Harry Rothenberg

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Sukkot 5787: Joy to the World

Rabbi Yitzchak Zweig

GOOD MORNING! This upcoming Friday night, September 25th, begins the seven-day holiday of Sukkot (eight days outside of Israel). This holiday is unique in many ways, not the least of which is that it is known as “zman si…

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The Fruits of Gratitude

Rav Asher Weiss

The Midrash suggests a surprising reason for the creation of the world: The world was created in the merit of bikkurim (the first-fruit offerings), as it is written, “Bereishis — for the first and foremost thing — God cr…

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