Shabbat

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Shabbat

• The Jewish Holy Day

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Special Days

• We all have special days, in our lives , list
  down at least four in your books.

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What are you remembering?
Choose one special day, what are you remembering
on this day?
Write about half a page in your books describing
your special day, and explaining the event that
you are remembering.
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Shabbat

• The Jewish people have many special days through
  the year, although they also have a special day
  once every week.
• This is called Shabbat
• Can you think of any other religions that have a
  special day once a week, what do they call their
  special day?

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Why celebrate Shabbat?

• The Jews celebrate Shabbat because God told them
  to keep the seventh day of the week, holy.

• Observe the sabbath and keep it holy..On that
  day no one is to workRemember that you were
  slaves in Egypt, and that I,the Lord your God
  rescued youThat is why I command you to observe
  the Sabbath.

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Shabbat begins !

• Shabbat begins on Friday evening, because Jewish
  people count their days from sunset to sunset.
  Everything has to be done before Shabbat begins,
  all the cooking, cleaning etc.

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Welcoming Shabbat !

• The mother welcomes in Shabbat, she covers her
  head and lights two candles,she then says a
  blessing over her children. The candle light
  represents peace coming into the house.

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Friday evening.

• The father in an Orthodox home would attend the
  Synagogue with his sons. When the father and sons
  return home, the family would sit down to a meal.
  It would be the best meal of the week.

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Kiddush

• The father begins the meal by blessing a cup of
  wine, and passing the cup around for everyone to
  have some. This blessing is called Kiddush

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Challah.

• The father then blesses the two loaves of bread,
  called Challah. These loaves remind the Jews of
  the time that they spent in the desert, when God
  provided them with food, called Manna.

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The family would have the best meal of the week.
Usually traditional dishes, such as gefilte fish
and tzimmes.
One of the loaves is cut, sprinkled with salt and
passed to everyone around the table.
The family then eat their meal, and spend the
rest of the evening relaxing.
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Time to relax

• The rest of Friday evening would then be a time
  when all the family spend time together,
  discussing the past weeks events, and what has
  happened at school, at home and at work.

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Answer the following questions in your books

• How does the mother welcome Shabbat into the
  home? ( 2 marks)
• What name is given to the blessing that the
  father says over the wine? ( 1 mark)
• What is the name of the bread, and what isit a
  symbol of? ( 3 marks)

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Saturday.

• Shabbat continues as a day of rest until sunset
  on Saturday.
• Shabbat is the one day of the week when everybody
  spends time with each other, reads the Torah and
  has a rest.

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Havdalah
Havdalah Separation
Havdalah literally means separation. The Jewish
people are making their special day separate from
the rest of the week.
At the end of Shabbat on Saturday evening, the
Jewish people have a custom called Havdalah.
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Havdalah

• Havdalah begins in a Jewish household when the
  first three stars appear in the sky.
• The Jewish family light a special candle which is
  plaited. ( havdalah candle.)

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The reason that they light the candle, is to show
that Shabbat has ended. The Jewish people in
years gone by, and Orthodox Jews today, would not
light a fire on Shabbat, as it was one of the
things which God asked them not to do , on his
special day.
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The family would then pray together, and recite a
special blessing over some spices.
Each member of the family then sniffs the spices
to symbolize that they wish to take the sweetness
of Shabbat, through the rest of the week, until
the next Shabbat.
Some wine is then poured into a saucer and the
Havdalah candle is put out in the wine.
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Answer the following questions into your books

• What sort of things do the Jewish people do on
  the Saturday? ( 2 marks)
• When does Shabbat end? ( 1 mark)
• What is the special candle used on the Saturday
  evening? And what does the name mean? ( 2 marks)
• What else is done in the Havdalah ceremony?

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Class Assignment

• Imagine that you are a Jewish teenager, and a
  non- Jewish friend, who you met on holiday, has
  written and asked you to go and stay at their
  house for the weekend, write a reply explaining
  all about Shabbat , and why you will not be able
  to go.
• In your letter you should include
• Why you celebrate Shabbat.
• How important Shabbat is to you and your family.
• What happens on Shabbat and why.Why certain
  things have special names and why.
• You should begin and end your letter in a
  traditional letter form.
• Dont forget that you are writing to a friend ,
  so the letter should be informal.