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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

Parashat Toldot

Candle lighting · Friday, November 13

4:54 PM

Havdalah · Saturday, November 14

6:01 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, Dec 3

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.

What is a “Harry?”

Harry Rothenberg

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Trading Your Future for a Bowl of Soup

Rabbi Menachem Lehrfield

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Toldot 5787: Two Jews, Three Opinions

Rabbi Yitzchak Zweig

GOOD MORNING! As Americans watch the results of the 2026 midterm elections slowly fade in the news cycle, they must deal with the fact that polarization is probably the defining legacy of American politics in the 21st ce…

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Internal Strife Is the Greatest Danger

Rav Asher Weiss

Each of the Patriarchs had his own unique role in preparing the foundations of holiness upon which the House of Israel was destined to be built. Avraham sanctified the Land of Israel. God told him: “Rise and walk the len…

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Everything you need to be a Shabbat pro