Your full Shabbat, from candles to Havdalah.
Exact candle-lighting time by your city. The full ritual — Kabbalat, Kiddush, Hamotzi, Havdalah — guided step by step. 5 modes to live Shabbat: with kids, as a couple, intergenerational, in 5 minutes, or while traveling.
From candles to Havdalah
Candle lighting with exact time
The candle-lighting time by your city and halakhic zmanim. Blessing in large Hebrew with English transliteration.
Kabbalat, Kiddush, and Hamotzi
The full Erev Shabbat ritual with its blessings. Complete text, transliteration, and the right moment to say each one.
Guest of the week at your table
A historical Jewish figure joins your Shabbat each week. Doña Gracia Nasí, Rashi, Hannah Senesh, the Baal Shem Tov, and more than 18 figures.
Guided Havdalah
The closing most people skip. With wine, spices, and braided candle. To mark the passage from sacred to ordinary.
5 Shabbat modes
Kids · Couple · Intergenerational · In 5 minutes · Travel. Shabbat adapts to your situation, not the other way around.
Tree and Forest of Shabbats
Each Shabbat is a leaf. A year is a tree. Several years, a forest. Your multi-year memory of the sacred day.
About Shabbat and the app
What time are Shabbat candles lit?
Candles are lit 18 minutes before sunset on Friday (40 minutes in Jerusalem). My Jewish Day calculates the exact time based on your city and the correct halakhic zmanim.
What does the full Shabbat ritual include?
Kabbalat Shabbat, candle lighting with blessing, Shalom Aleichem, Eshet Chayil, Kiddush over wine, Netilat Yadayim, Hamotzi over the challah, Birkat Hamazon, and Havdalah at the close.
What are the 5 Shabbat modes?
Kids Mode (games and songs), Couple (rituals for two), Intergenerational (grandparents, parents, and children), In 5 Minutes (when you can't fully stop), and Travel Mode (Shabbat wherever you are).
Does it work if I'm not religious?
Yes. My Jewish Day does not judge level of observance. The 5-Minute Mode exists precisely to mark sacred time when you can't fully keep Shabbat. A decision, not an oversight.
What is the Guest of the Week?
Each week a historical Jewish figure accompanies your Shabbat: their story, a question for your table, and a curiosity. Doña Gracia Nasí, Rashi, Maimonides, Hannah Senesh, Golda Meir, the Baal Shem Tov, and many more.
Does it have guided Havdalah?
Yes. The app guides Saturday night's Havdalah step by step, with blessings over wine, spices, and braided candle. Full Shabbat closing to mark the passage from sacred to ordinary.
Your next Shabbat, lived in full.
Download My Jewish Day for free.