Shabbat: I Like Your Love

I love the sentiment and how a Shabbot dinner really draws the line between the sacred and the profane. I truly miss the ones my friends from shul used to throw once a month (on the eve when the synsgogue we went to did a kids service that just didn't resonate). I also miss the Sunday night dinner parties I threw not so long ago that were Shabbot-esque because we all were forced to stop, notice, listen and make something very common into something extrodinary.

Shabbot Shalom this evening.

I am the "Bubi" & i love this post, even shared it on FB, especcially for my Family (who do not live in the same City) BOO HOO
thank you!
Rivian
http://rivian-shareart.blogspot.com/

It doesn't matter what day as long as you make it meaningful for your family. It doesn't even have to have a religous tone or reason for it like Shabbat or Sunday worship service.

Elizabeth

@texasebeth ( http://twitter.com/texasebeth )  and My Life, such as it is.... ( http://texasebeth.blogspot.com )

I might steal that

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

Your comment was very kind.

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

We too also try to have a shabbat dinner. The first friday of the month the extended family is invited over for a wonderful feast. We have "themes" depending on the month. The kids really enjoy it and it makes great memories. I like the idea of saying what you like about one another!

It's one of the great tragedies of our enlightened age that we've thrown off or trivialized so many of our rituals, but your sweet family is a living, breathing, thriving example of how healing, how empowering, how critical it to remember their intended purpose.
I'm not Jewish but I often will "pull the light" to my face when lighting candles because I know I need it to be there.

Tracy L Cartmell

Cookedheads

cookedheads.blogspot.com

That means so much coming from you.

And yes! Let's do Shabbat together.

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

What an enormously gorgeous post; it is exactly the same reason why we do Shabbat every Friday (hey, we should join forces!) It's a chance for moments like these to happen because we're all just enjoying time together, with no one running off to do something else. Great post.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her novel about blogging is Life from Scratch ( http://www.life-from-scratch.com/ ).

So I am entirely new to the tradition. But I am really starting to enjoy it.

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

There is nothing I love more than sharing a delicious Shabbat meal with family, lighting the candles, and focusing on a time in life that was simpler and harder. It eases me into the workweek and I love the feeling of peace that it brings. I can barely wait to have a family of my own so that I can share this blessed tradition and mitzvah!

I'm glad they are yours.

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

so much as that it is..you know what I mean?

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

After the holidays!

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

I offer my family and me as non-Jewish selves up to be invited to your Shabbat dinner some Friday night!

~Wife and Mommy ( http://wifeandmommy.com )

I used to do the same thing when my kids were young. Now they are adults and I do not have anyone to cook for or sit with but I do have some great memories and maybe the kids do too.

Growing up we generally ate dinner together as a family during the week but Sunday lunch after church was sacred. Didn't matter if we ate out or at home, we took our time over the meal and we ate as a family. We sat and talked about the past week and upcoming week after the meal. My parents invited friends over.

I am keeping the tradition going with my family. While we eat dinner together most of the week it tends to be rushed, the TV is on, soccer practise, etc. Sunday lunch is different. I set out intentionally to make it so.

And I feel the love, even if it isn't always expressed.

Elizabeth

@texasebeth ( http://twitter.com/texasebeth )  and My Life, such as it is.... ( http://texasebeth.blogspot.com )

I always drive myself crazy trying to cook the perfect meal. Chinese food would make it so much easier. I love it!

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

We make the effort every week, and now everyone looks forward to our weekly Shabbat dinner. It could be that I introduced ordering Chinese food every Friday because we are all so busy running around that there is no time to prepare anything. Chicken & broccoli and challah! Ok, it might not be exactly what our people ate in biblical times, but we love it just the same.

I recently attended a panel on health & wellness, and one of the speakers shared statistics that prove that families who eat together- no matter who they are or where they live - are less likely to suffer from drug/alcohol abuse. I get it, and I agree. You can't go wrong when you sit, stop and appreciate.

These kids...it is amazing how they can get to you...

Jodifur ( http://jodifur.com/ )

I can see why you'd want to have Shabbat until the end of time. I'm a bit teary. I'm also pregnant, which makes me a bit more emotional. :)

My 3 year old told my husband the other day that he loves his Mom because she's "nice and comfy." You bet I'm going to remember that one for the rest of my life.

Thank Heaven for little boys.....