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Kiddish is when you make
a
blessing over the wine:
ברוך אתה
ײ אלהינו מלך העולם בורא פרי הגפן
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Practice
To honor the
mitzvah of
reciting
kiddush, a
silver goblet
is often used,
although any
cup can
suffice if
necessary. The
cup must hold
a revi'it of
liquid (about
80-150
milliters).
After the
person
reciting the
kiddush drinks
from the wine,
the rest of it
is passed
around the
table or
poured out
into small
cups for the
other
participants. |
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Before reciting
kiddush, the challah, which will be the next food
item eaten in honor of the Shabbat or holiday, is
first covered with a cloth. Halakhically, the
blessing over bread takes precedence to the blessing
over wine. However, in the interests of beginning
the meal with kiddush, the challah is covered to
"remove" it from the table (some do not have the
challah on the table at all during kiddush). Some
interpret the covering of the challah allegorically,
explaining that this action reminds one to be
sensitive to others. (It would be a disrespectful
toward the bread to focus on the wine while the
bread is "watching.")[citation needed]
After prayer services on the Shabbat or holiday
morning, kiddush is often recited in the synagogue's
social hall, although the participants do not intend
to sit down to a full meal. Instead, cake or other
light refreshments are served. Some only recite
kiddush when they are about the partake of the full
morning meal.
In the absence of wine or grape juice, the Friday
night kiddush may also be recited over the challah;
the blessing over bread is substituted for the
blessing over wine. In that case, the ritual
hand-washing normally performed prior to consuming
the challah is done before the recitation of kiddush.
Some groups, including German Jews, follow this
procedure even if wine is present. If there is only
sufficient wine or grape juice for one kiddush, it
should be used for the Friday night kiddush.[1]
In many synagogues, kiddush is recited on Friday
night at the end of services. This kiddush is
normally drunk by children under the age of Bar
Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah and does not take the place of
the obligation to recite kiddush at the Friday night
meal. When recited in a synagogue, the first
paragraph (Genesis 2:1-3) is omitted.
The text of the Friday night kiddush at the meal
begins with a passage from Genesis 2:1-3, as a kind
of testimony to God's creation of the world, and His
cessation of work on the seventh day. Many people
stand during the recital of these Biblical verses
(even if they sit for kiddush, see below), since
according to Jewish law testimony must be given
standing.
There are different customs regarding the position
assumed while reciting kiddush. The original
practice was probably to recite the kiddush sitting
(or reclining), and this is followed by most
Ashkenazic Jews. Sephardic and Hasidic Jews have
adopted the kabbalistic custom to stand during the
kiddush. |
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