An invitation to the nations
Shabbat For All Nations
For All Nations
שַׁבָּת לְכָל הָעַמִּים
If you love Scripture and the God of Israel, Shabbat is a gift waiting to be opened. Experience the day for yourself: the candles, the table, the quiet. Then learn where it comes from, why it was commanded, and how to honor it.
Israel has guarded the seventh day for thousands of years. The commandment begins with one word: zachor, remember. For the first time, we are inviting the nations to remember it with us, and to experience it. Whether you are worn thin by a week that never ends, curious about the day God blessed at creation, or simply want your family around one unhurried table, this book shows you how to begin, this Friday.
Free PDF · by Jeremy Gimpel · From the hills of Judea
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Remember the Day
Creation
The seventh day, the first thing God blessed and made holy, a gift to all people from the very beginning.
Receive the Command
Commandment
The fourth of the Ten, and the only one that begins with “Remember.”
Revere the Creator
Witness
Every week you keep it, you testify that God made the world.
Rehearse the Hope
Prophecy
A weekly taste of the world to come, promised to the nations who keep it.
Why This Matters Now
Every day looks like every other day.
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Always on
Work follows us home and our phones never go quiet. We’ve never been more connected, or more tired.
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A forgotten commandment
Most people honor nine of the Ten Commandments without a second thought. The fourth, remember the Sabbath, is the one that slipped.
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A world that needs peace
In a world of war and noise, Shabbat sets aside one day a week for peace, starting at your own table.
The biblical foundation
The Sabbath is the seventh day, the day the God of Israel blessed and sanctified at the creation of the world.
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.”
Genesis 2:3
The fourth commandment
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
Exodus 20:8
About Sunday
Worship on any day is good.
We wholeheartedly affirm sincere worship. You don’t have to leave your community or change what you believe to begin. The invitation is simply to return to Scripture and rediscover the day God set apart.
“Worshiping God on Sunday is good. Worshiping God on any day is good. But worship on another day does not replace the commandment to remember the seventh day and keep it holy.”
Prophetic hope
One day a week, we glimpse the world restored.
Shabbat is a weekly rehearsal for peace, restoration, and the world to come. It is the same hope Israel has guarded for millennia, now opened to all nations.
From the author
“In a world that asks us to run faster, Shabbat calls us to slow down and walk with God.”
Jeremy Gimpel is the founder of The Land of Israel Network, a global community of families from many countries and cultures who gather each week to learn Torah, connect to the Land of Israel, and build a life guided by the Bible. He wrote this book from the hills of Judea as an invitation to people of every nation.
Jeremy Gimpel
Founder of The Land of Israel Network
How to keep the Sabbath
Three steps. One day a week.
Shabbat runs from sunset Friday to nightfall Saturday. You don’t need Hebrew, a synagogue, or anything you don’t already have at home: a table, two candles, bread, and the people you love.
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Download the book
Free PDF in 14 chapters, written for complete beginners. Read the first chapters tonight and you’re ready by Friday.
2
Choose one Friday
Light the candles, sing Lecha Dodi to welcome Shabbat in, put the phones away, and eat a meal with no end time. Every blessing is in the book, with transliteration so you can say it aloud.
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Keep three in a row
Not perfectly, and not under pressure. One Shabbat is a good evening. When it becomes a rhythm, it becomes transformational.
The Sabbath Table Challenge
Name the Friday.
Host one Sabbath table. Invite one family. Share one story.
Pick the Friday you’ll keep or host, and we’ll send you a reminder the day before, then check in after to hear how it went.
One Shabbat, around the world
Friday, October 30
Keep it with families around the world lighting candles the same night.
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Questions
Before you begin
Yes. God blessed the seventh day at creation, before there was an Israelite or a Jew in the world. It was given to humanity. Israel has guarded it for thousands of years, and this book is an invitation to the nations to remember it alongside us.
Not at all. Worshiping God on Sunday is good, and worshiping God on any day is good. Keeping the seventh day is not a rejection of your church or your faith. It is returning to Scripture and receiving a day God set apart and blessed.
Sunset on Friday until nightfall on Saturday. Traditionally candles are lit about eighteen minutes before sunset on Friday, and the day closes on Saturday night once three stars are visible. A quick search for candle-lighting times in your city will give you the exact hour.
No. A table, two candles, a loaf of bread, a cup of wine or juice, and the people you love. Every blessing in the book appears in Hebrew, in English transliteration so you can read it aloud, and in translation so you know what you are saying.
Light the candles, bless the children, say Kiddush over the wine, break bread, and eat a meal with no end time. Then, on Shabbat day, a festive midday meal with Kiddush, and rest: talk, read Scripture, walk, play, sleep, sing. The work stops and the phones go away. That space is the point, and it fills more easily than you expect.
Start with one Friday evening and one good meal. Don’t announce a new theology at the table. Just light the candles and turn the devices off. Most families find the peace of the evening is far more persuasive than any explanation.
Yes. Enter your email and you’ll get the book right away on the next page, to read online or download as a PDF. It’s yours to keep and to share. Membership is optional, and you don’t need it to read the book.
Keep a Shabbat, then keep another. If you want to walk it with others, The Land of Israel Network is a global community of families who gather each week to learn Torah and connect to the Land of Israel, the community this book came out of.
Beyond the book
Ready to live it, week after week?
Fellowship members unlock the full Shabbat For All Nations course and the broader teaching library inside The Land of Israel Network.
What members receive
- Live weekly Torah gatherings on the parsha, Sundays with Ari and Jeremy
- The full 10-part Shabbat course Fall 2026
- Printable implementation resources
- Family blessing and table guides
- Small-group discussion guide
- The broader Network teaching library
Remember the Day.
Your first Shabbat starts this Friday.
The book and the Your First Shabbat guide, both free.
Learning Torah, connecting to the Land, and building a life guided by the Bible. Together, from Israel to the nations.
Get in touch
Questions about Shabbat, the book, or the community? Write to us at support@thelandofisrael.com.
