Shabbat

Shabbat

Celebrating Shabbat
1. During friday the house is tidied and the table set, so that everything is ready to welcome the Sabbath
2. It is always the wife or mother in a Jewish family who begins the Sabbath celebrations. The first thing she does is light two candles. A she lights them, she say a prayer which asks God to bless the home
3. There is always a service in the synagogue on a Friday evening. When the family return home the father blesses the children and reads from the scriptures
4. The table is always covered with a clean white cloth, the meal begins when the father recites a blessing called the Kiddush over a cup of wine.
5. Sabbath hymns are sung as the family sits at the table.
6. There are always two loaves of challah bread, a blessing is said over the bread before it is eaten.
7. On Sabbath morning many Jews go to the service in the synagogue
8. To make Sabbath different from any other day Jews must rest completely and not do any work.
9. The Sabbath ends on Saturday evening, when the father says another blessing called the havdalah. A special plaited candle is lit, and everyone smells a special box of spices.
10. After the blessing the havdalah candle is put out by dipping it in a cup of wine. Shabbat is over when three stars can be seen in the sky.
Intoduction
1. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest and worship
2. Shabbat is the Hebrew word for sabbath
3. It begins at sunset on Friday evening, and lasts until dusk on Saturday
4. Shabbat is the oldest of the Jewish holidays
5. Jews remember the story in the book of Genesis about how God made the world. The story says that God worked for six days and on the seventh day he rested
6. Jews think that Sabbath is very important. They believe that it is a special gift from God. It is a day of peace and rest.
7. It is sometimes called 'Queen Sabbath"

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