Shabbat insights Part I

It's  your cool dude Sam here,

I shared Friday Shabbat with my sisters Hannah, Rachel  &  various friends, which was a cool experience as ever.

"Call the Shabbat a delight"-Isaiah 58, 13

Start 

We start with the lighting of the candles at 8.00 pm over prayer & a song called Shalom Aleichem to welcome the Angels of Shabbat ; we then began the meal with prayers (Kiddush) over wine and bred, ritually washed our hands , at 8.20pm & finished  (or rather we went to bed) at about 2.00am in the morning, after the final song 'Bendigamos'  (Sephardi  don't rush meals/Shabbat or our discussions !).

Food 

The twins  always do good food, which is Sephardi  & British-

Challah (bread)

Tapas -

•  Chreime (Spicy Tunisian Fish  stew/ curry)
• Pollo de Hannah en el vino tinto (Hannah's chicken in red wine)
• Tagine de cordero (Morrocan lamb stew/curry)
• Hannah glücklich Salat ( 'Hannah's happy salad')
• melón de de rachel con menta (Rachel's Melon's with mint
• Couscous
•  Roast Potatoes 
•  Black and green olives 

Desert - Fruit  Salad 

Beverages

• Kosher Wine (Red or White) for the meal, usually Israeli and one that is mevushal, as we often have non Jewish friends around.
• Beer-  Svatý Norbert IPA [a Czech beer]  
• A variety of non-alcoholic beverages for those who do not drink

After dinner 

• Turkish Coffee
• Mahia- A Morrocean fig brandy 
• Oban Malt Whisky 
• Cigarette or cigar 

Songs & Telhilim

We sang Psalms 8, 66, 27, 11, 19 & 79 , Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Yom Israel , Ivdu,  & ShemaIsrael 

Insight/Discussion 

• Jonah, God & forgiveness of sins
• Jubilee (from the week's Torah portion)
• NASA'S map of the universe & Torah

Proverb - 

 "an honest answer is like a kiss on the lips"