Celebrating The Sabbath

Grace wrote this to her Grandma and I wanted to share it with you along with some pictures and more information about our Sabbath celebration

 

 Today we are celebrating the Sabbath it is a Jewish holiday it is part of our school. We work all day Sunday and at sunset we eat a very fancy dinner we are having bread called challah bread pronounced cala. It is a special bread Jewish eat only on the Sabbath. With the bread we have a choice to eat any meal we are going to eat meatloaf and edamame. Then on Monday we rest all day till sunset we cannot do dishes or any work on Sunday night or Monday till sunset. Cool eh. It is originally on Saturday and Sunday but we were busy Saturday. Well love you love, Grace

 

The Bread

In Leviticus 24:5-9, bread was to be set on the altar each

Sabbath as a lasting covenant. The two loaves on the table are symbolic

of the double portion of manna which God provided on Fridays

for the children of Israel when they wandered in the wilderness.

The bread is covered with a cloth, (cloth pictured below-the girls made in school) 

which symbolizes the dew that was around the camp when the

Israelites woke up in the desert. When the dew evaporated, the manna,

God’s provision of bread was on the ground.

Traditionally, Challah (pronounced “Halla”) is used as the bread Challah is a braided bread formed by braiding strips of dough. This braid is said to represent
folded arms, as in rest

 

Finished bread

 

Sabbath bread cover




The Sabbath Table

 



 The Candles

 The two candles on the table represent Creation and Redemption.

The Wine

The wine ( grape juice) symbolizes

Jesus shed blood.

 Washing

This blessing is intended to show gratitude to

God for his sanctification of us. 

 

 

 Passing the Bread

 Starting with the man, everyone breaks off a piece of bread to eat.  A tradition is to

sprinkle a little salt on the second bite, recalling Genesis 3:19:
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food."

 

The Dinner

  A special dinner is served (our centerpiece reminds of the fruits of the spirit)

 

 

Grace after the meal
Deuteronomy 8:10 says, “When you have eaten and are satisfied,

 praise the Lord your God for the good land He has given you”

 We chose to have a time of family worship

 Our candles still burning we let them burn until they

go out -they remind us that Jesus is the light in a dark world!

We found great information on celebrating this and other biblical feasts in a book called-
Celebrating Biblical feast in your home or church -by Martha Zimmerman.