Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself: Building Character, Shaping Perspectives and Finding Happiness Through Shabbat

by Warren Goldstein

From Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein – the creator of the international Shabbat Project – comes a book that tells the story of Shabbat in a way that has never been told before… and a call to “return Shabbat to the center of Jewish life”. Published as a non-profit private initiative, all book proceeds will go towards the Shabbat Project.

Here’s what some of the leading lights in the Jewish world are saying about Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself.

“Illuminating… an important addition to the collective Jewish library.” – President Isaac Herzog

“An essential for any home… the start of creating peace, wholeness, and holiness.” – Mayim Bialik

“Guides us to make changes to improve our daily lives… dynamic and captivating.” – Professor Dan Ariely

“Will enrich the Shabbat experience of anyone who reads it.” – Senator Joseph Lieberman

“An articulate and timely message about the importance of Shabbat as a source of Jewish unity, courage, and strength.” – Natan Sharansky

“I was moved to tears while reading sections of A Day to Create Yourself…not only explains the meaning of Shabbat, but of Judaism as a whole.” – Rabbi Hershel Schachter

What unites a Russian refusenik, a US senator, a Parisian fashion designer, a world-famous behavioral psychologist, and a world championship boxer?

What brings together prime ministers and presidents, musicians and actors, Nobel prize-winners and novelists?

What lies at the heart of a global grassroots movement uniting Jews across every language, culture, and background?

Shabbat.

But if Shabbat isn’t just a day of rest, what is it?

Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself is a call to see Shabbat with fresh eyes – to discover how it can unleash personal and societal renewal, and offers us a recipe for happiness in an increasingly complex world. But also, how it gives us something more – the Divine gift of self-creation; how more than just a day of rest, Shabbat is a day that completely transforms us.

Ultimately, Shabbat reminds us that our most important accomplishments in life cannot be touched or measured or priced – that our greatest work of creation is ourselves.

Drawing from hundreds of Jewish sources, distilling the ideas and commentaries of Jewish sages spanning three thousand years, Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself delves into some of the deepest secrets of Shabbat.

And tells the story of Shabbat in a way that has never been told before.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 19, 2023