kiddush
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Kiddush at the start of the Shabbat_meals#Friday_Night_Meal|Friday evening Sabbath meal as recited by the male head of the household in previous generations (Israel, 1963). right|thumb|Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)|Chaplain [[Rabbi Abraham Dubin making the blessing over challah (India, 1944).]] Kiddush (; , , or ) is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Additionally, the word refers to a small repast called an oneg () held on Shabbat and holidays after the prayer services and before the meal.
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Significance
- Rituals
- Text
- Other variations
- Yaknehaz
- Yaknehaz Candle
- Synagogue kiddush
- History of using white wine
- See also
- References
- External links
right|thumb|Kiddush at the start of the Shabbat_meals#Friday_Night_Meal|Friday evening Sabbath meal as recited by the male head of the household in previous generations (Israel, 1963). right|thumb|Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)|Chaplain [[Rabbi Abraham Dubin making the blessing over challah (India, 1944).]] Kiddush (; , , or ) is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Additionally, the word refers to a small repast called an oneg () held on Shabbat and holidays after the prayer services and before the meal.
==Significance== The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat: to "keep it" and to "remember it" (shamor and zakhor). Jewish law therefore requires that Shabbat be observed in two respects. One must "keep it" by refraining from the 39 categories of activity prohibited on Shabbat, and one must "remember it" by making special arrangements for the day, and specifically through the kiddush ceremony.