Shabbat Guidebook for Parents

This guide is an easy go-to for parents to learn how to care for infants, toddlers, and children on Shabbat and Yom Tov. Based on real-life situations and informed by the author’s shul and chaplaincy experiences as well as her life as a mom, this guidebook offers to-the-point halachic guidance paired with meaningful spiritual reflections. The content itself generally follows the timeline of Shabbat and holidays, with additional pastoral resources on self-care for parents and spirituality in parenting.



“This book is absolutely one of the most important holy texts you can have in your home.” – Mayim Bialik



“I found that its content bestows great blessings for parents raising young children who want to follow a spiritual, deep, thoughtful, and Torah-filled path. This book is illuminating in two ways – halachically and emotionally. It teaches us how to live a holy Shabbat through the observance of Shabbat’s exaltedness and laws in a way that is applicable to our times, and how to transmit these values to the next generation with love and pride.” – Rabbi Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law at Emory University and author of The Pursuit of Justice and Jewish Law



“This guidebook meets us right where we are in our parenting and spiritual journeys, and is as practical as it is inspirational.” – Claire and Zev Hurwitz, Los Angeles, CA



“A necessity for all Jewish homes where children are present and parents, grandparents, and caretakers often fret. This book will be well used.” – Rav Daniel Landes, Founder and Head of Yashrut



“A new and fresh voice on the Jewish scene, Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn shows a mastery of halakhic literature and great wisdom and insights on Jewish parenting.” – Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Jewish Literacy and Words That Hurt, Words That Heal