| | |  | 2034-Sabbath-Halah.jpg 2034. SPECIAL HALAH MADE OF 12 SMALL BREADS. IN SOME ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITIES THE CUSTOM IS TO BLESS THIS HALAH IN WHICH THE ' TWELVE BREADS REPRESENT THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL AND IS A REMINDER OF THE SHEWBRAED USED IN THE TEMPLE CEREMONIES.
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|  | 2035-Sabbath-Halah.jpg 2035. SHABAT HALAH - IT IS A CUSTOM TO BLESS THE TWO SPECIALY BAKED BREADS BEFORE EACH OF THE THREE SHBATH MEALS
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 | 2036-Sabbath-Halah.jpg 2036. THE SHABATH 'HALAH' - SPECIAL BREAD WHICH IS BLESSED BEFORE EACH SABATH MEAL IN OBSERVANT JEWISH FAMILIES
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| |  | 2416-Sabbath.jpg 2416. PERFUMING SHABBAT CLOTHES - A YEMENITE-JEWISH WOMAN BURNS INCENSE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO GIVE HER SABBAT CLOTHING AND THE ROOMS OF HER HOME A PLEASANT FRAGRANCE
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| |  | 2418-Sabbath-Candles.jpg 2418. A WOMAN COVERS HER EYES AS SHE BLESSES THE SHABBAT CANDLES. IT IS A CUSTOM NOT TO LOOK AT THE FLAMES WHILE RECITING THE BLESSING
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|  | 2420-Havdala.jpg 2420. HAVDALA - AT THE CONCLUSION OF SHABBAT THE HAVDALA SERVICE IS RECITED. THE FATHER RECITES THE FIRST OF THE FOUR BLESSINGS - THE ' BLESSING OVER THE WINE. THE SON HOLDS A SPICEBOX CONTAINING FRAGRANT SPICES (BESAMIM) FOR THE SECOND BLESSING.
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|  | 2423-1-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 2423. A FATHER BLESSES HIS SON FOLLOWING 'KIDUSH' ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT IS A CUSTOM IN MANY COMMUNITYES FOR THE SENIOR MEMBER IN THE FAMILY TO BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
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|  | 2423-2-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 2423. A FATHER BLESSES HIS SON FOLLOWING 'KIDUSH' ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT IS A CUSTOM IN MANY COMMUNITYES FOR THE SENIOR MEMBER IN THE FAMILY TO BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
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|  | 2857-Sabbath-table.jpg 2857. JEWISH FAMILY ARROUND THE 'SABBATH TABLE', THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY IS BLESSING OVER THE FOOD
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 | 2858-Sabbath-food.jpg 2858. THE KITCHEN OF A JEWISH ORTHODOX FAMILY, ALL THE FEMALE MEMBERS HELP TO PREPARE THE SABBATH FOOD
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| | |  | 3958-Sabbath-Candles.jpg 3958. IT IS USUALLY THE WOMAN WHO LIGHTS THE SABBATH CANDLES AND PRAYS FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL THE FAMILY
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|  | 570-1-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 570. IT IS CUSTOMARY IN JEWISH FAMILIES THAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS LIGHT THE CANDLES ON SABBATH EVE. THE LIGHTING IS FOLLOWED BY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY.
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 | 570-2-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 570. IT IS CUSTOMARY IN JEWISH FAMILIES THAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS LIGHT THE CANDLES ON SABBATH EVE. THE LIGHTING IS FOLLOWED BY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY.
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|  | 571-1-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 571. A GRANDFATHER BLESSES THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. THIS IS USUALLY PERFORMED RIGHT AFTER THE KIDUSH', (SHABBAT BLESSING), THEN THE CHILDREN KISS THE ELDER HAND IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'. '
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|  | 571-2-Sabbath-Blessing.jpg 571. A GRANDFATHER BLESSES THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. THIS IS USUALLY PERFORMED RIGHT AFTER THE KIDUSH', (SHABBAT BLESSING), THEN THE CHILDREN KISS THE ELDER HAND IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'. '
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|  | 572-2-Sabbath-meal.jpg 572-2 THE FRIDAY MEAL - ON SHABBAT EVE, AFTER RETURNING FROM THE SYNAGOGUE, ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY GATHER
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|  | 572-3-Sabbath-meal.jpg 572-3 THE FRIDAY MEAL - ON SHABBAT EVE, AFTER RETURNING FROM THE SYNAGOGUE, ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY GATHER
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