A Sabbath Meal of Fruit and Crackers
US President Donald Trump’s Chief Legal Adviser Jason Greenblatt arrived in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh but stayed in his hotel room and ate a Shabbat (Sabbath) meal of fruits and crackers.
US President Donald Trump’s Chief Legal Adviser Jason Greenblatt arrived in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh but stayed in his hotel room and ate a Shabbat (Sabbath) meal of fruits and crackers.
President Trump will leave Washington on Friday kicking off his nine-day trip with a flight to Saudi Arabia.
A testimony to the beauty of Shabbat came from an unlikely source Ivanka Trump, the 35-year-old daughter of US president elect Donald Trump. She converted to Judaism seven years ago.
The “struggle for Shabbat” is likely to make a comeback in Jerusalem this week, as haredi groups plan a mass protest and prayer service in the Meah Shearim neighborhood, over the opening of a movie theater complex scheduled for Shabbat.