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What's To Do?
An Island In Time
ere are three fun, easy projects that will help make your Shabbat even more delightful:
Chocolate-dipped Treats
You Will Need:
• 1 12-oz. package parve
chocolate chips
• Fresh fruit, such as
strawberries and
pineapple slices — or try
your hand at something
more creative like marsh-
mallows or pretzel rods
• Wax paper
• Spoon
• A pot for the stove, or
microwave-safe bowl
stantly monitor as chocolate
will remain hot for some
time.
Dip each piece of fruit,
pretzel or marshmallow
about half way into the
chocolate. Shake off excess,
then return to wax paper.
When all chocolate has
been used, refrigerate the
treats for an hour.
First, prepare the fruit. You'll
need to wash whole straw-
berries, or peel tangerine
and orange sections, or slice
fresh pineapple pieces about
3/4" inch wide, 1/2" thick.
Set aside on large piece of
wax paper.
Meanwhile, melt choco-
late chips (about two min-
utes in the microwave). Stir.
Have a parent bring the
bowl to the table and con-
Candlesticks
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Shabbat, one of the nicest days on the Jewish calendar,
begins sundown on Friday and ends about an hour
after sundown on Saturday.
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It is the last day of the week, the day on which God
rested from all his work (like creating the heavens and
the waters and all the Earth's inhabitants). For this rea-
son, Torah-observant Jews also abstain from work
— not just going to the office but writing and drawing
and kindling fires.
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Most people tend to think of work simply as a job. But
in this case, "work" refers to any of 39 categories of ac-
tivity the rabbis understood as having to do with the
building of the tabernacle, the Mishkan, used by Jews as
they wandered in the desert after leaving Egypt.
Families celebrate the day in many different ways, in-
cluding lighting candles, having a festive meal on Friday
night and Saturday afternoon, studying Torah and other
Jewish subjects, and going to a synagogue or temple for
three Shabbat services from Friday night through Satur-
day night Because it is not like any other day of the
week, Shabbat has come to be called "an island in time."
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You Will Need:
• Glass candlesticks
• Paintbrush, white glue and
acrylic paints,
• Or permanent felt markers
Make your own faux stained-
glass candlesticks with just a
handful of materials. Note:
The designs left by this project
are permanent, so it's better to
use inexpensive glass candle
sticks available at craft and
discount stores.
Begin by covering your
work place with newspapers
as this can be a messy pro-
ject.
If you're using pens, have
your child draw directly on
the glass — but be careful as
it can take a few minutes for
the ink to try (which means
an important drawing can
easily smear).
Or, you can mix equal parts
acrylic paints and glue, then
paint directly onto the glass.
The pen-colored candle
holders should be allowed to
dry for about half an hour; the
painted version will need
about three hours.
Note: While both sub-
stances are permanent, these
candle holders should be
cleaned with a slight rinsing
only Never place in dish-
washer or scrub, even with a
soft sponge.
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Tablecloths
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Create a beautiful Shabbat
tablecloth by buying a plain,
white one and allowing chil-
dren to decorate with perma-
nent felt-tip markers. You can
use paper tablecloths, but
these tear easily. Plastic ones,
available at discount stores,
are much sturdier.
Before you begin, carefully
cover work space with old
newspaper as this can be a
messy project. Also, warn
children that pens smear. Any
drawing should be allowed to
dry for several minutes before
children touch or accidentally
brush against it
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Did You Know?
• According
to tradition,
the Messiah
will come if only all the
world's Jews will properly
observe Shabbat for just
one day.
- • Except in Haifa, buses do not
in Israel on Shabbat. There
are taxis available
that day, but they
do not come in-
xpensively. Some neighbor-
gods, such as Meah Shearim in
erusalem, are completely block-
ded on the,Sabbath.
• Why is it that some Jews
will carry a book or push a stroller on 114
Shabbat and others will not? It all
depends on the existence of an
eruv. The Talmud outlines spe-
cific rules for con-
struction of an eruv,
Be certain to place clear
an enclosure which
plastic over your child's work
can go around a house or an en-
of art before setting anything
tire
city. In most American com-
on the table. Though designs -
munities, the eruv usually
left by permanent markers do
consists of wires attached to tele-
indeed last a long time, they
phone poles which act as a sym-
can wear and fade if they
bolic extension of one's home,
come in constant contact
where it is permissible to trans-
with food and liquids.
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port certain items.
- • All laws regarding
Shabbat may be bro-
v • , ken if it
means say-
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ing a life. In
fact, Jews are com-
manded to phone a
physician, call for an
emergency vehicle
or drive to the hos-
pital if one's life, or
the life another, is in
danger.