1814. WOMEN OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN JERUSALEM BLESS OVER THE SABATH CANDLES

2035. SHABAT HALAH – IT IS A CUSTOM TO BLESS THE TWO SPECIALY BAKED BREADS BEFORE EACH OF THE THREE SHBATH MEALS

2416. PERFUMING SHABBAT CLOTHES – A YEMENITE-JEWISH WOMAN BURNS INCENSE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO GIVE HER SABBAT CLOTHING AND THE ROOMS OF HER HOME A PLEASANT FRAGRANCE

.9142 MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LIGHT THE SABBATH CANDLES ON THE ESPECIALLY SET TABLE; WHITE TABLE-CLOTH, WINE, A KIDDUSH CUP AND HALLA BREAD

2423. A FATHER BLESSES HIS SON FOLLOWING ‘KIDUSH’ ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT IS A CUSTOM IN MANY COMMUNITYES FOR THE SENIOR MEMBER IN THE FAMILY TO BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

2858. THE KITCHEN OF A JEWISH ORTHODOX FAMILY, ALL THE FEMALE MEMBERS HELP TO PREPARE THE SABBATH FOOD

3958. IT IS USUALLY THE WOMAN WHO LIGHTS THE SABBATH CANDLES AND PRAYS FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL THE FAMILY

570. IT IS CUSTOMARY IN JEWISH FAMILIES THAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS LIGHT THE CANDLES ON SABBATH EVE. THE LIGHTING IS FOLLOWED BY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY.

571. A GRANDFATHER BLESSES THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. THIS IS USUALLY PERFORMED RIGHT AFTER THE KIDUSH’, (SHABBAT BLESSING), THEN THE CHILDREN KISS THE ELDER HAND IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’. ‘

751. THE BOOK OF CUSTOMS, AMSTERDAM, 1723. THE BOOK ILLUSTRATES IN WORLD AND PICTURE VARRIOUS JEWISH HOLIDAY CUSTOMS. PIC: WOMAN PREPARING THE SABBATH TABLE