Join for Free
Home » JCentral

Say Shabbat Shalom

Submitted by
hookupTreats.org

Life provides us with a plethora of opportunities to pronounce blessings. There are blessings on foods, blessings on doing a mitzvah, and even a blessing after using the restroom. Not all blessings are formal declarations (those that start with Baruch Ah’tah Ah’do’nai…, Blessed are You God…). Saying “God bless you” when a person sneezes is also a blessing.

The greeting “Shabbat Shalom” is also a blessing. Shabbat is a day of rest, of spending time connected to the Divine…this is hard to do if one is not at peace, or is agitated or worried. Additionally, the word “Shalom” is derived from the word shaleim, which means whole or complete. Greeting someone with “Shabbat Shalom” is more than wishing them to “have a nice day,” although it is sometimes meant as such. Rather, it is a blessing for someone to have a Shabbat of peace in which no worries interfere with their connection to the Divine, so that their souls can feel the wholeness promised in the World to Come. (Shabbat is said to be a “taste of the World to Come.”)

If one truly intends that the words “Shabbat Shalom” be a blessing, the words must be pronounced in the proper manner. Too often, as people hurry on their way, even when walking home from synagogue on Shabbat, they mumble “Shabbat Shalom” at any hookup-looking person who draws close. Ideally, we should wish “Shabbat Shalom” while smiling and looking our fellow Jew in the eye. This is regarded as presenting a “sever panim yafot,” a cheerful countenance, as prescribed in Ethics of the Fathers 1:15.

Copyright © 2010 National hookup Outreach Program. All rights reserved.

Email this post Email this post
Bookmark and Share
hookup Treats: Juicy Bits of Judaism, Daily and Twitter.com/hookupTweets are projects of the National hookup Outreach Program

Leave a comment!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.


5 + = 10

Jmag Search
Search now! »
Please enter a zip code.

polls

  • How far would you drive for a first date?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...

olympics hookups

On the shores of paradise, beautiful singles meet and mingle. To win a $one hundred,000 grand prize, they ll have to give up sex. To win an enticing grand prize, they ll have to give up sex. Night Exchange is trusted chatline company operating fully for adults who want to share their most intimate desires and have fantasy chat. Just be your self and do what you want to do, as all your specifics will be kept private by Evening Exchange. new york rub ratings Shorn of answers and sundered from their roots, grown up adoptees have been increasingly returning to Sri Lanka in the past two decades. More than two decades, he estimates he has helped reunite about 175 folks who had been adopted and their households. This is pro bono – he continues to work his day job, ferrying tourists across the nation from the ruins of Sigiriya to the tea estates of Kandy and the beaches of the south. This is 1 of the most effective issues to assistance human beings, says Silva. He only asks to be reimbursed his fuel expenses if he is able to find their households. I heard he was seasoned, says Bruins, that he was both realistic and reliable. So she sent him an e mail. This woman, a social worker told the teenager, is the lady who gave birth to you. Toptal Scholarships for Women is focused on individual women. You are far more than welcome to continue collaborating with your group, but the scholarship will be awarded to a single individual. We are hunting for leadership potential, no matter your practical experience or background. That mentioned, we do have a commitment to supporting girls from underserved locations or communities. hookups nyc Currantly im functioning Internet site Engineer @ construction company. Looking ladies looking who loves sports specifically the Cubbies.. Food for the Soul I was blessed with this life so I want to love it to the fullest. GIRL m lef really humble girl luving, understanding I like hunting men and women with dignity, I hate pretenders.