Shabbat
- Created by: shiradavid
- Created on: 13-03-19 09:30
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- SHABBAT
- SYNAGOGUE
- brief service on Friday night
- at the end, kiddush is said, thanking God for giving Shabbat to Jewish people
- longer service on Saturday morning
- not only prayer and blessings, also reading from Torah and sermon
- each week, a different portion of the Torah is read
- when the Ark is opened, whole congregation stands
- reading for the day is at the bimah,
- brief service on Friday night
- AT HOME
- Shabbat preparations - Friday night
- house is cleaned
- family washes
- smart clothes worn
- table set with finest cutlery and crockery
- TABLE
- two candles represent two commandments to remember and observe Shabbat - can add more
- wine/grape juice and two loaves of challah - loaves covered with special cover
- drinking wine symbolises joy, loaves symbolise two portions of manna in the desert
- TABLE
- lighting the candles
- female member of family, usually mother
- eighteen mins before sunset
- welcoming Shabbat - waves her arms, recites blessing
- says a prayer asking God to bless the family
- Friday evening meal
- Shabbat preparations - Friday night
- SYNAGOGUE
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