You've set the Shabbat table, meticulously, paying
attention to every fine detail. And everything is in its place.
New guests,
who have never experienced a traditional Shabbat or Festival meal, have been
invited, and you hope you have remembered everything.
Finally, your family and guests arrive home from the
synagogue, and Kiddush is made. The tantalizing Shabbat fish you have prepared
gets rave reviews,
and a good time is being had by all. Your guests become
inspired and wish to fully participate and get involved. Usually, the obstacles
to involvement are
the lack of familiarity with the procedures, and more
commonly, the language barrier - given that all of the blessings and most of the
songs are in Hebrew.
No
problem! Next to each place setting you've placed the new
Shabbat Table Companion, created especially to overcome this barrier to full
participation.
The meal turns out to be a great success. Your guests love it.
You've done it again!
Instructions for every action, prayer, and ritual, from
lighting the candles at the beginning of Shabbat to the concluding Havdala.
Blessings of the appropriate Kiddush ceremony for each
meal of the Shabbat and for special holidays are provided,
along with the
text of the appropriate prayers and actions for each meal and occasion.
Over 150 popular Shabbat and Festival table songs.
This book also opens right-to-left to facilitate easier
reading of the English transliterated Hebrew texts.
A comprehensive introduction helps you understand the
basics of Shabbat observance as well.
