WL Shabbat 2026

Saturday, January 17, 2026    
All Day

Each year, the members of affiliated Sisterhoods celebrate the 1918 founding of Women’s League by Mathilde Schechter with a special Shabbat service. Women’s League provides readings, D’var Torah, and suggestions to help create a meaningful commemoration and Shabbat experience.

 

January 17, 2026 / 28 Tevet, 5786

Parashat Vaera

You are invited to tailor the following texts to meet the needs and goals of your Women’s League Shabbat committee. We are pleased to offer a collection of poems, songs/music videos, articles, rabbinic excerpts, and readings based on the current Torah Fund theme of Oseh Shalom. A generic D’var Torah is also included for those communities scheduling their Women’s League Shabbat on a date other than Parashat Vaera.

Please stay tuned for additional materials that may be read at your services: letters of greeting from Women’s League International President Julia Loeb, Women’s League Torah Fund Chair Lori Snow, and Women’s League Executive Director Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields, as well as a dedicated D’var Torah for Parashat Vaera to be used specifically on January 17, 2026.

Click here for 2026 WL Shabbat materials!