Angels at the Table : A Practical Guide to Celebrating Shabbat.

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Greeting the angels: an overview of Shabbat -- A different sense of time -- All or nothing? -- Shabbat: the focus of the week -- Preparing for Shabbat -- Making Shabbat your cornerstone -- 2 Rules and laws of Shabbat -- The 39 prohibited activities on Shabbat -- Changing to a Shabbat-observant lifestyle -- 3 Shabbat evening -- Friday afternoon -- "Candle lighting" -- Kabbalat Shabbat -- The Shabbat evening service -- 4 Drawing close to God: blessings at the Shabbat dinner table -- Setting the table -- "Shalom Aleichem" -- Blessing the children -- "A Woman of Valor" -- Kiddush -- Hamotzi -- 5 An evening of holiness: Shabbat dinner and after -- Menus -- Conversation -- Jewish names -- A "bad tongue": "lashon ha'ra" -- "Divrei Torah": words of Torah -- "Zemirot" -- Blessings after the meal -- After dinner -- Receiving Shabbat with joy -- "Oneg Shabbat" -- Before bed -- 6 Shabbat early morning -- A grateful frame of mind -- Shabbat breakfast -- Dressing for Shabbat -- 7 Finding a community: Shabbat morning services -- What kind of synagogue should you look for? -- Finding a shul -- Shabbat morning services -- Mussaf: the additional service -- Following services: Kiddush -- 8 The beauty that is Shabbat lunch -- Shabbat lunch -- The Shabbat lunch table -- Shabbat lunch blessings -- Kiddush -- Washing hands -- Blessing the challah -- The Shabbat meal -- "Hachnosas Orchim": welcoming guests -- Should we invite only Jewish friends to share in our Shabbats? -- Striving to live on a higher level -- "Zemirot" -- "Birkat HaMazon" -- 9 The holiness of Shabbat afternoon -- Singles -- Couples -- Families with children -- Learning Torah -- Other Shabbat activities -- 10 Saturday evening -- Shalosh Seudos, the third meal -- Shalosh Seudos "entertainments" -- Blessings over food -- Prayer following a meal -- Mincha: the afternoon service.

Havdalah: marking the end of Shabbat -- Melava Malka -- 11 Torah questions for your Shabbat table -- 12 Songs for Shabbat -- Short Jewish favorites -- English songs -- Traditional prayers -- Traditional Shabbat songs -- Zemirot for Shalosh Seudos (the third meal on Saturday evening) -- 13 Activities on Shabbat -- Fostering meaningful conversations -- Shabbat games -- 14 Easy, traditional Shabbat recipes -- 15 "Birkat HaMazon": the blessings after a meal -- Introductory blessings -- Invitation -- First Blessing: For the Nourishment -- Second Blessing: For the Land -- Third Blessing: For Jerusalem -- Fourth Blessing: For God's Goodness -- Appendix -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgements.

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