#shabbat

[mermaidadjacent]

I've been reflecting lately on my Shabbos observance: the things that make it easy, the things that make it hard, the things that make it delightful. Every week, I keep coming back to the fact that, in order to have what feels like a good and fulfilling Shabbos, which, for me, means having food prepared so I don't have to cook, having my space clean and laundry done, plants watered and tended for the weekend, muktzeh put away, nails filed and hair washed and dried and brushed, car filled with gas so I don't have to stop for any on my way to or from synagogue.... it's a lot of work! And it's mostly work that I have to do throughout the week. And I struggle, a lot, with motivating myself to do work that technically isn't a mitzvah, but is preparation for one.

It's hard to put in the time and energy to prepare for Shabbos when I'm already drained from work and everything else going on in my life. It's especially difficult, at times impossible, when my chronic illnesses rear their ugly head. And it's so hard to cope with the disappointment that comes when my time or energy or motivation is too limited and I don't have food prepared and I do cook on Shabbos. All of these things make Shabbos feel so difficult.

But Shabbos is also a blessing. When I do have the time and energy and motivation to properly prepare, it's such an immersive and complete rest. It brings me such a sense of peace, of release, of warmth. I yearn for that! I long for it every week.

Something I've been trying to do lately has been to find ways to accommodate myself on Shabbos, on weeks where I don't have time or energy to spare. I've been finding more super-duper simple recipes that I can eat cold with only five or ten minutes of prep before Shabbat. I've been coming up with shortcuts for longer tasks and alternative ways of doing others. And I've been practicing giving myself grace when I don't get to have the Shabbos experience that I wanted to, and trying to immerse myself in the spirit of Shabbos anyway. Even if I do slice bread and veggies or use an air fryer, I can still find a sense of peace and stillness and respite. I deserve to allow myself that and Shabbos deserves that level of respect, to still be remembered and guarded even if it cannot be kept perfectly.

[eretzyisrael]

Shabbat Shalom  שבת שלום!

May you have a peaceful and blessed Shabbat!

Please Pray for peace and safety across Israel.

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

On Twitter there are currently a lot of Christians and Muslims getting really angry about ways that Jews work around restrictions on work during Shabbat, and, like, honestly I do not understand why they care? Just a lot of non-Jews telling nice Orthodox Jews that they’re doing their religion wrong for no reason.

[lunarian-anarchist]

[jewishpackages]

From here

[orannotoren]

Shabbat Miku 🕯️🥐✨

[fromgoy2joy]

My Rabbi: Shabbat observance is about rest - where we abstain from all sorts of work such as creation. It recenters us, and most importantly, gives a lot of us a break from our chaotic creative habits. (Looks at me pointedly )

Me: (with paint splatters all the way up my arms, sore wrists, and eye bags from routinely staying up till 4 AM to write.) i personally have no idea what you possibly could be talking about .

[writtenfoxscreams]

So, I know that quite a few people know the Jewish joke: “they tried to killed us, we survived, let’s eat”, and a friend found this chart years ago explaining all the Jewish holidays and fast days through that joke, with one very important addition: TREES.

And since today was Tu B’Shvat, I found myself thinking that this would be a great day to share it.

Enjoy :)) and hag sameach!! <333

[jewreallythinkthat]

Shabbat shalom to all the Jews out there and also Kier Starmer who does Shabbat with his Jewish wife and kids

[tournament-winners-tournament]

Miss Piggy + Shabbat (@ultimatepinkgirl and @jewish-holiday-tournament)

vs

Miette (@blorbopoll2)

[jewpolls]

Which holiday has the superior food?

- Shabbat (challah and wine and various foods that may include fish and some long-cooked stew)

- Pesach/Passover (Matzos, Matzo balls, charoset, wine)

- Lag Baomer (basically campfire food)

- Shavuot (Cheesecake and various cheeses and milk)

- Rosh Hashanah (apple in honey, pomegranate, dates, carrots, beans, head of fish or ram)

- Yom Kippur (nothing 👍)

- Sukkot (no specific food but you eat it outside at a rectangular tent)

- Simchat Torah (kids get bags of candy)

- Hannukah (sweet deep-fried dishes)

- Tu Bishvat (fruits)

- Purim (hamantaschen and more wine)

- Other holiday I didn't include ):

That's it, thank you. You can shorten the ones that are too many words for a poll

[bubblefemmestims]

✡︎ queen of shabbat moodboard ✡︎

🕯️🕯️🕯️/🕯️🕯️🕯️/🕯️🕯️🕯️

shabbat shalom to all my jews btw!

[secular-jew]

Shabbat Shalom שלום שבת

[anonymousdandelion]

this shalom aleichem

is shaky and sad

and every verse rhymes

with a tear

the candle flames (lit

seventeen minutes late)

are alight

unlike any hearts here

the angels of shabbos

both look the scene over

then turn to each other

and both heave a sigh

may it be like this next week

the evil one utters

amen

says the good one

the evil asks

why?

this home is a mess

and the people are too

yes, the food is prepared

but that’s all they could do

upset and unsettled

the bed left unmade

the table unset

and the lighting delayed

this shabbos is laden

with hurt and with pain

so how can you see this

and answer ‘amen’?

may it be like this next week

the good one replies

(watching the people

with tears in their eyes)

that candles are kindled

before the sun sets

that through all their struggles

they manage to rest

to honor shabbat

in the ways that they may

they gave it their best

and they got through the day

may it be like this weekly

in every domain

the evil one sighs

and then answers

amen

as shalom aleichem

soon draws to its end

the angels depart

as the lyrics ascend

the house is still filthy

the troubles don’t cease

yet still, here we are

blessing angels of peace

may peace be upon you

they pray in return

perhaps not this week

but the candles still burn

[kick-a-long]

So I’ve been celebrating Shabbat for a few months (it’s unbelievably amazing btw, I rest, light candles, I limp through Hebrew but I can feel it getting easier to say and understand, have wine, feel like a winner because no one has killed me this week.) but I don’t always want/make bread. I love bread, I love making it, having bread all week, and braiding it but my husband can’t eat it so one loaf is a lot of bread. But I sometimes wonder if challah is the only option. Putting eggs, honey, and butter in a bread reads as a kind of cake to me. It also makes sense to me that cake is fitting for celebration and contemplation about the good in life.

My question is: does jumblr know if I can make babka or rugula instead for Shabbat? Can I make gluten free cookies as long as it has over 1/8th oat flour? Maybe even Cinnamon buns fit a lot of the same ingredients as challah? Not to get all rabbinical, but does the Hebrew for what bread you have on Shabbat specify bread as opposed to cakes (which I don’t think was a separate category of food from bread 3000 years ago? The internet says challah started in 15th century Eastern Europe.

The truth is I’m not following a lot of rules for Shabbat anyway, although I try to get close each Friday. I want it to be Jewish, not just a jew making a type of Shabbat type thing on Fridays. so is this: “in for a penny in for a pound” challah is traditional, it must be bread not cake, or is it: as long as you usually do challah you can make cake and treats every once in a while?