Kabalos Shabbos
Kabalos Shabbos
Kedushas Shabbos

Tishrei 5787 · in partnership with Kedushas Shabbos

One small thing for Shabbos.
Every week. Together.

Take on one small thing for Shabbos and hold it every week of Tishrei 5787. Sign up your family in thirty seconds; we’ll remind you before Shabbos and check in after.

Sign up your family →See the kabbalos ↓
5
families
7
people
2
children
3
cities

What you can take on

Each person picks one or more of these at signup and holds it every Shabbos of Tishrei 5787. Small on purpose: the point is every week, not once.

For yourself

One person, one kabbalah, every Shabbos.

  • Learn from a sefer on Kedushas Shabbos, 20 minutes a week
    A fixed 20-minute seder each week in a sefer on the kedushah of Shabbos.
  • Learn Hilchos Shabbos, 20 minutes a week
    One siman or one melachah at a time — a fixed seder, not a one-off.
  • Set a weekly chavrusa in Hilchos Shabbos or Kedushas Shabbos
    A chavrusa keeps the seder happening week after week.
  • Be in shul on time for Pesukei D'Zimrah
    Start Shabbos morning davening from the beginning.
  • Daven Kabbalas Shabbos with extra focus
    Welcome Shabbos with real kavanah, from Lechu Neranena through Lecha Dodi.
  • Pause and concentrate on the words of “LaKeil Asher Shavas”
    Slow down for that one paragraph every Shabbos morning.
  • No talking during at least one complete tefillah on Shabbos
    Pick one — Kabbalas Shabbos, Shacharis, Mincha — and keep it fully quiet.
  • Attend Mincha on Shabbos and Maariv on Motzaei Shabbos
    Bookend Shabbos in shul.
  • Stay in Bigdei Shabbos the entire Shabbos
    From candle lighting to Havdalah, at home and out.
  • Buy or prepare one special item each week lichvod Shabbos
    A dish, a flower, a treat — something that exists only because it's Shabbos.

For children

Real jobs with real kavod Shabbos.

  • Spend 15 minutes helping prepare for Shabbos
    Set the table, help in the kitchen — 15 minutes of kavod Shabbos.
  • Sing zemiros at the table
    Bring the niggunim — lead or join the zemiros at the seudah.
  • Come to shul and stay through Kabbalas Shabbos
    Be there from Lecha Dodi through the end.
  • Clear the table after each seudah
    A simple, real way to give kavod to Shabbos.

For the whole family

Taken on together, at the table.

  • Learn two halachos together at a Shabbos seudah
    A few minutes of practical Hilchos Shabbos at the table, every week.
  • Sing at least one zemer at every seudah
    Warmth and simchah at the table — one zemer, every seudah.
  • Eat Melaveh Malkah together every week
    Escort the Shabbos Queen out properly on Motzaei Shabbos.
  • Give every family member a role in preparing for Shabbos
    Everyone owns one piece of getting the home ready.
  • Set the Shabbos table Thursday night
    Walk into Friday with the table already glowing.
  • Keep the seudah tables covered all Shabbos
    Tablecloths stay on from Friday night through Havdalah.
  • Set aside time on Shabbos to learn with the children
    A fixed slot, even ten minutes, every Shabbos.
  • Share a halachah, story, or Shabbos thought at the seudah
    Turn the seudah into a conversation about Shabbos.

Don’t see yours? You can write in your own at signup.

Sign up and pick yours →

What everyone is taking on this Shabbos

Week 1 of 5 · 7 people, 3 cities

Learn two halachos together at a Shabbos seudah4 people
Sing at least one zemer at every seudah3 people
Give every family member a role in preparing for Shabbos2 people
Set a weekly chavrusa in Hilchos Shabbos or Kedushas Shabbos1 person
Come to shul and stay through Kabbalas Shabbos1 person
Sing zemiros at the table1 person
No talking during at least one complete tefillah on Shabbos1 person
Learn from a sefer on Kedushas Shabbos, 20 minutes a week1 person
Add yours

How it works

  1. 1

    Sign up

    Thirty seconds on your phone, on your own or with the whole house. Each person picks what they'll take on. No app, no passwords — a personal link is your login.

  2. 2

    Get the nudges

    A reminder Friday with what everyone took on. Monday, a ten-second check-in: tap “I did it.” Miss it and we'll nudge again every couple of days.

  3. 3

    Watch it add up

    Your family's streak, your city on the board, and a national count of what Klal Yisroel has done for Shabbos this season.

Who’s in

Families across the country, city by city.

Brooklyn
New York
5
people · 3 families
first Shabbos coming upSee who’s in →
Los Angeles
California
1
person · 1 family
first Shabbos coming upSee who’s in →
Monsey
New York
1
person · 1 family
first Shabbos coming upSee who’s in →
Sign up your family

Where it started

One shul, Elul 5786

It began as the Elul Shabbos Project at Adas Torah in Los Angeles: a whole community, every man, woman and child, taking on one small thing for Shabbos for the Shabbosos leading into Rosh Hashanah. Within days, over a hundred families had signed up. Within a week, other shuls were asking how to do the same.

Together with Kedushas Shabbos, it’s now open to everyone, everywhere. Same idea, same tools.

Sign up your family

Questions: support@kabalosshabbos.com