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We recite Kiddush as the opening ceremony of the nighttime and daytime Shabbat and Biblical Holiday meals. We do not recite Kiddush at the...
We begin the Friday night kiddush with the standard Shabbat Yom Hashishi and then, immediately after reciting the hagafen blessing, we proceed to the...
It is customary to hold the kiddush cup by its bottom in the palm of one's hand. This custom practiced by many chassidim is kabbalistic in...
Manna Memories When the Jews traveled for forty years in the desert, they were fed with manna, “bread from heaven” which rained down upon them...
In this issue, there is a difference between the nighttime and daytime kiddush. It is always preferable to make kiddush on wine or grape juice. However,...
“Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.”1 This verse is a Torah command to sanctify the Shabbat when it enters (Kiddush) and when it departs...
On entering a home on the eve of Shabbat, one may see how a dwelling place is made into a sanctuary. The table on which are set the white loaves of Shabbat...
Although the consumption of wine (and grape juice) is forbidden during the Nine Days of mourning, on Shabbat we do not practice any of the laws of...
There are a number of explanations: 1. Wine, over which we recite the kiddush, can be a negative thing if used improperly. For example, according to some...
True. In the Shabbat prayers we say “He Who sanctifies the Shabbat,” whereas on the holidays we bless the One Who:...
