Sacred Practices and Family Processes in a Jewish Context: Shabbat as the Weekly Family Ritual Par Excellence.
The present article provides a deep and more focused look at the utility, meaning, processes, and power involved in a specific, family-level, sacred practice or ritual from Judaism: Shabbat (Sabbath). Content analysis of in-depth interviews with 30 diverse, marriage-based Jewish families living in the United States (N = 77 individuals) yielded three emergent themes: (a) "Shabbat brings us closer together"; (b) How Shabbat brings the family together; and (c) The Power of Blessing the Children. These themes will be discussed respectively, along with related verbatim data from participants' in-depth qualitative interviews.
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Loren D
LD
Marks
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Trevan G
TG
Hatch
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
David C
DC
Dollahite
D000328:Adult; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D002648:Child; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D007599:Judaism / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014481:United States

sabbat
; Judaism; Qualitative; Religion; Ritual; Shabbat; Spirituality; cualitativo; espiritualidad; judaísmo; religión; ritual; 仪式; 安息日; 宗教; 定性的; 犹太教; 精神性