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