Shabbos🕯🕯
" If all the seas were ink, and all the trees were pens, there would not be enough to fully describe the gift of Shabbos...Its sanctity, its holiness, its meaning.
The secret about the Shabbos candles & fithten facts every woman should know about the candles.
To truly appreciate the holiness of Shabbos, we have to follow a important explanation of Shabbos itself. There are 39 melachos that are not permitted on Shabbos, with these 39 melachos we used to build the Mishkan.
As Shabbos is a sanctuary in time, we needed the 39 melachos to create a holy place. Unlike creating the Mishkan it is not necessay to create Shabbos, which is fundamental to the creation of the world.
When Shabbos begins, after we put some coins in our tzedakah box, we light our candles at 18 minutes before sunset, we enter a sanctuary in time, before this we must prepare ourselves acordingly by purifying ourselves and dressing with dignity. As long as we are in this sacred time, we enjoy of wat we merit every week, and we must use every minute to take in the Kedushah of the day.
Shabbos is a 25- hour period, when we are meant to stop working and focus on HaShem. The holiest time is Shabbos Kodesh as we sing the beautiful Lecha Dodi on friday night.
Shabbos is a day of music and song. Every moment of Shabbos, we are living in מזמור שיר ליום השבת A Tehillim, a song for the Shabbos day. Yet, in order to hear the music, we must make ourselves into a vessel that can pick up the sound and remove all the static of the week. Only then can we truly feel the inner sanctity and holiness of Shabbos Kodesh.
This wonderful Mitzvah is given to us by HaShem and should be treasured and expressed with gratitude.
Keeping Shabbos
Most of us are observing the Shabbos, its special and a holy day. A day of rest given to us by HaShem.
But why do we observe Shabbos? According to Halacha, with observing Shabbos we commit ourselves to HaShem and to His Torah.
And as this day, is a day of rest, the Torah forbids activities, which is more than not using electricity and the use of modern technology, many still think this is enough to observe Shabbos.
In reality The Torah forbids 39 Melachos in 6 categories which built the Mishkan.
Lighting the candles and saying the Bracha for Shabbos and the Challah and before our meal recite the Kiddush, its Shabbos.
The Sages outline a number of Aliyos for basic Torah reading, three in total, which are given to the Kohen, the Levi and the Yisrael, this on a regular monday and thursday, as well Mincha and Shabbos, there are three Aliyos as not to burden the community as people has to go to work. On Rosh Chodesh and Chol Hamoed which are holier in the sense of musaf offering was brought to the Holy Temple, we add a Aliyah, as four people are called up to the Torah.
Shabbos recipes
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Havdalah
Friday night we sanctify Shabbos with Kiddush, after 25 hours we take leave of Shabbos with Havdalah. Havdalah which means separation is a ceremony of rituals, of blessings, just like with Shabbos. We make rituals over speech, smells, sight, hearing and also taste to separate the Holy and the mundane.
Havdalah is performed after nightfall on saturday evening, when it is dark enough to see the 3 stars become visible, also important not to do Havdalah earlier as it is forbidden lighting and putting out flames untill after Shabbos.
Purim 🎭🎉
Purim is a great holiday we celebrate on the 14th of Adar. The story about Purim with the salvation of the Jewish people in Persian Empire of Haman, to plot to kill all Jewish people, men, women, the elderly and children every single day.
The story begins when King Ahasuerus had his wife Queen Vashti executed for not fallowing his orders, he then arranged a beauty pageant to hind him a new Queen. A Jewish girl named Esther was in favor and she became the new Queen, without revealing her true identity.
In the meantime, Haman, a Jew-hater was appointed to be Prime Minister of the Persian Empire.
Mordechai, the leader of the Jewish people and also cousin of Esther, was defiant of the Kings orders and refuse to bow down to Haman. Haman was enraged and convinced the King to order a decree of extermination of all Jews on the 13th of Adar, this was the date chosen by lottery made by Haman.
Mordechai convinced all Jews to repent, fast and pray to HaShem. Meanwhile Esther asked the King and Haman to join her to a party.
At this party, Esther revealed her true identity. Haman was hanged and Mordechai was made the new Prime Minister and he issued a new decreed, granting the Jews to defend themselves against their enemies.
On Adar 13, the Jews rallied together and killed many of their enemies, it took one more day to finish the job.
On the 14th of Adar they celebrated their victory, this was in the Capital of Shushan.
Purim recipes 🍩
Megillah Esther 👑
While the people outside Shushan celebrated their victory on the Adar 14, the Jews in Shushan were still very much ingaged in the task to freed the City of it murderes and other villians, it was only the fallowing day that they also could celebrate this great salvation.
From this time on, all Jews celebrate on the 14th of Adar and feel obligated to observe every year the
The fast of Esther on the 13th of Adar, the day before Purim and to mark this day, all Jews fallow their repentance and The Megillah is read every year on erev Purim and on Purim day in Shul.
The four Mitzvahs of Purim
👑 Reading Megillat Esther
🎁 Mishloach Manos
💰 Matanos L' Evyonim
🍮 Seudah
Tha Laws of reading the Megillah.
Brachos for reading the Megillah
Pesach
Pesach is the most important Jewish holiday, which marks the end of slavery and the Exodus out of Egypt. The Torah tells us that the Pesach refers to the scrifice of the Paschal Lamb, its also refers to G'D passed over the houses of the Jewish people during the 10 plaques on the Egyptians and the slaying of the first born. With Pesach we celebrate the freedom, the story of the Exodus and the Passover Seder held on the first night which marks the beginning of this holiday.
Pesach is observed for seven days in Israel and for eight days in the rest of the world. The main event of the holiday is the Seder, a festive meal in which the Haggadah is receited. During these days its forbidden to eat Chametz, the main reason for this is when the Jews quickly had to escape Egypt, they didn't had enough time to let the bread rise, instead of bread they ate Matzah, which is unleavened bread. Part of the Seder includes hiding Afikoman, this one half of the Matzah which kept between two other Matzahs during the Seder and its later hidden for the children to go in search for the afikoman and usually they receive a reward of finding it.
Days before Pesach, its for many a very busy time, preparing and cleaning every corner of the house and remove all Chametz from the house, some Jews burn it,or symbolical sell the Chametz.
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With Pesach we use special dishes, which are not used outside the holiday, the food we prepare at Pesach goes beyond the usual rules of keeping Kosher, there are special rules preparing food that is Kosher for Pesach.
Matzah are the main part of Seder, but we have also:
🔹️Maror , horseradish, a reminder of the Bitterness of the Savery
🔹️The Salt- water simbolizing the Tearse of the Slaves.
🔹️Charoset , which is a sweet paste and made of Fruit and Nuts.
🔹️Zeroah, its a shank bone, and representing the Pesach scrifice.
🔹️Beitzah, they are hand-boiled eggs and symbolazing Life and Birth.
🔹️Karpas, this is a green leaf vegetable, like lettuce and symbolizing Hope and Redemption.
🔹️Its a required to drink the Four cup of wine.
Peasch Sheni
This day represents a second chance, when for example someone was unable to take part or in a state of impurity ( contact is a dead body) and couldn't prepare the Pesach offering.
The second chance is achieved through Teshuvah, which means " return " ! On the second Pesach there is de second chance to observe the Mitzvah of the Pesach offering.
Customary this day is eating Shumrah Matzah, and by leaving out Tachanun from the prayer service.
The lessons derived from Pesach Sheni- second chances .
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Pesach recipes
How to prepare you Seder pate quickly & Easily