Shabbat at the Rappaports

Hi Mom,

Well it is Shabbat again. Time to set the table with great care. We put on a nice table cloth, put out some nice flowers, get out the Maneshevitz wine, and clean off the candle sticks. Mia has special dishes that she uses only on Shabbat.

Lisa starts us off by playing some Jewish melodies on the piano. Mia and I sometimes play a guessing game where Lisa will start playing a song and we try to be the first one to say what its name.


Next we light the candles and say the blessing. Here Lisa and Mia are bringing the sabbath light into thier hearts, their minds and their souls. After the b’racha, we sing Bim Bam while holding hands and then sing Shabbat Shalom as we dance around the table.

After that...Time to eat. But first comes the blessing over the wine and then the ha motzi over the bread.

Lisa and Mia make a little challah each week. Mia braided this one and made it nice and long. She also made the lovely red challah cover when she was in summer camp.



The next day we went to the home of Lisa’s mom and we all watched Mary Poppins. It was Mia’s first full length movie and she loved it. Tonight in the bath she was singing “Supercalifragilisticexpialadotious”.



Good Times!!!