But what happens if you’re too lazy to make Shabbat for others or weren’t invited out to friends?

What if you want to have a getaway to Rome or study abroad in Paris?

Or what if you just want to meet entirely new people in your neighborhood?

Is keeping Shabbat still an option?

These questions inspired Rabbi Benzion Klatzko and his team came up with a creative solution to provide each Jew with a place to go for any given Shabbat of the year. Their answer was a new website, www.seeyouonshabbos.com, where people can search worldwide for a Shabbat host or sign up to host others.

Take a look at the Team page of the site, and you’ll realize what an impressive bunch of folks are behind this initiative. The team’s talents range in everything from ice hockey to an accomplished flamenco guitarist! By reading their bios, you can see that these people are totally immersed in this project and will hopefully keep the site running for a long time to come.

Similar to Facebook, See You On Shabbos lets people sign up, upload a photo, and write a profile. Once you’re logged in, you can then become a host or a guest in whatever area you want using the handy Google Maps.

Once you’ve browsed through a bunch of friendly faces and profiles of potential Shabbat-friendly candidates, you can learn more about them by calling or emailing their references (a requirement on the site).

SYOS (See You on Shabbos) as opposed to SYAS (Saw You at Sinai – a Jewish matchmaking service), also has the option for people to be matched up by shaddchanim(matchmakers) during Shabbat meals.

So far 2099 people have signed up and weekly reports on the site display how many requests have been for this coming Shabbos.

I signed up as a host in the Jerusalem area so who knows – maybe I’ll see you on Shabbos!