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Havdalah candle, kiddush cup, and spice box Havdalah candles in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland Like kiddush, havdalah is recited over a cup of kosher wine or grape juice, [4] although other important beverages (chamar ha-medinah) may be used if wine or grape juice are not available.
Grape juice is also suitable on these occasions. If no wine or grape juice is present on Shabbat, the blessing over challah suffices for kiddush on Friday night; for Kiddush on Shabbat morning as well as Havdalah, if there is no wine one would use "Chamar ha-medinah", literally the "drink of the country".
Wine or grape juice may be used for kiddush. The Talmud permits the use of unfermented fresh grape juice for sacramental use. [4] While later legal codes have expressed a preference for wine, traditional and orthodox communities generally permit the use of grape juice in place of wine for blessings and rituals. [5]
Shabbat is a day of celebration as well as prayer. It is customary to eat three festive meals: Dinner on Shabbat eve (Friday night), lunch on Shabbat day (Saturday), and a third meal (a Seudah shlishit [36]) in the late afternoon (Saturday). It is also customary to wear nice clothing (different from during the week) on Shabbat to honor the day.
Those who hear said recitation of havdalah on the day of the fast do not have to do so immediately following the fast. If a circumcision is held on the day of the fast, the mohel, the sandak and the parents of the baby mat eat after midday. If a firstborn son is redeemed on the day of the fast, the Kohen and the father of the baby mat eat after ...
The blue color of tekhelet was later used on the tallit, which typically has blue stripes on a white garment. From the 19th century at the latest, the combination of blue and white symbolized the Jewish people, [ 18 ] and this combination was chosen for the Flag of Israel .
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In most communities, the singing of "Eishet Chayil" is followed by kiddush, the Jewish practice of sanctifying the Sabbath over a cup of wine or grape juice. [2] Following kiddush , the meal continues with handwashing before eating bread. [ 3 ]