Finding joy and connection
OneTable Shabbat Guides

At OneTable, we invite you to hold tradition in one hand and your beliefs, experiences, and passions in the other. Every week, Shabbat dinner and ritual offers a chance to be present and connect with yourself and others.

The OneTable Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
2023
This guide is about finding yourself in Shabbat. We offer readings and blessings, a combination of tradition and innovation to inspire you.
A Mindful Shabbat
Written by: OneTable Team
OneTable complement to the ritual guide.
Why Be Jewish? Conversation Resources
Written by: OneTable Team
We invite you to explore the question “Why Be Jewish?” in three different contexts: In a Time of Crisis, A Personal Response, and A Communal Response.
Setting the Table with Gratitude
Written by: OneTable Team
After a long week of work, a great practice to transition into Shabbat is to reflect on what we’re grateful for from the week past.
Solidarity Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
2020
Shabbat is about imagining a better world, and considering the actions we need to take to make that world a reality.
Shabbat Meditations
Written by: Evette Nan Katlin
Meditate your way into the #FridayNightMagic of Shabbat dinner. Use this guide to center your mind, breath, and focus into Shabbat’s ancient rituals of wellness.
Guía de Cena de Shabbat: Edición Latina
Written by: OneTable Team
2019
Share Shabbat ritual, songs, stories, questions, and recipes in both English and Español. around your Shabbat table.
Mizrahi Heritage Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable x JIMENA
Use this supplement to plan, frame, and cook for a special meal elevating the cultures and traditions of Middle Eastern + North African Jewish communities.
Queer Shabbat Guide
In partnership with Eli Gale & Ren Weinstock
This resource was created to help create intentional spaces for both queerness and Jewishness to come together over the rituals of Shabbat.
Pride Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable & JQ International
2022
A Pride Shabbat guide centered on the Jewish value of V’ahavta L’reacha Kamocha: love your neighbor as yourself.
Mental Health Awareness Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable + The Blue Dove Foundation
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and there is no better time to bring mental health to the forefront than the Shabbat dinner table.
Sober Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
Every week Shabbat dinner offers a chance to take a break and be fully present. May we know peace even if we stumble, and may we find the light even amid the darkness.
Together at the Table Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
Shabbat dinner is an opportunity to be in community, learn from and with one another, and begin to heal from the ills of antisemitism.
Death Over [Shabbat] Dinner Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
The Shabbat dinner table is an ideal place for conversations about death, an invitation to use the end of the creation cycle and the end of the week as a setting to embrace the end of life.
Healthy Relationships
Written by: OneTable x Shalva Shabbat
Reflections and readings to check in, celebrate your commitment, and share gratitude.
The Memory Dinner
Written by: OneTable Team
We turn to our own Shabbat table as a place to elevate our own stories, prompted and inspired by dishes we feel connected to.
Tzedakah Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable x Amplifier
The idea of tzedakah is intrinsically linked to the practice of Shabbat, stopping on the seventh day.
Solo Shabbat Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
Whether you are celebrating on your own, virtually with others online, or in person, we hope these resources connect you to the experience of Shabbat in a way that is new and — perhaps surprisingly — sacred.
Camp OneTable Guide
Written by: OneTable Team
2022
A Shabbat guide with a side of summer camp spirit.
Shabbat Alone, Together
Written by: OneTable Team
Friday night is an invitation to elevate time and encounter joy. This guide can help you do that while alone, together.
From Generation to Generation
Written by: OneTable Team
2022
May this intergenerational experience be an opportunity to welcome the wisdom of our elders, inspire the energy of our youth as we celebrate Shabbat.