x
Make new version your default
The Shabbat Meal
Discuss (9)Menu
- Challah
- Gefilte Fish
- Salmon a la Sea Breeze
- Babaganoosh
- Fried Eggplant Supreme
- Chicken Soup
- Zesty Marinated Chicken
- Cornish Hen & Kishke Stuffing
- Potato Kugel
- Broccoli & Cauliflower Kugel
- Chocolate Cornucopia
- Rugelach
- Strawberry Centerpiece
- Heavenly Nuggets
- Rich Chocolate Cake
Introduction
There is a famous tale of a king who came to a city disguised in rags. It was Friday night and he stopped at a window to observe a family sitting down to Shabbos dinner. The family looked so happy and the food looked so delicious that the next day the king summoned the town's rabbi and asked him to prepare such a feast for him. The rabbi agreed to instruct the king's expert chefs how to bake the challah, cook the gefilte fish, the soup, the kugels, the chickens and the finest desserts. However, when the king eagerly sat down to his long awaited meal he was very disappointed. Something was missing. The king again summoned the rabbi. Yes, the rabbi, agreed. The most important ingredient, Shabbos, was missing. Only the taste of Shabbos can elevate an ordinary meal into a meal fit for a king.
As you begin to prepare your Shabbos feast you will see by our menu that there is an appropriate order of the Shabbos Meal. First comes the challah, followed by the fish, the salads, the soup, the main course and then the desserts. The fish is always served and eaten before the meat dish and the two courses never appear on the table at the same time.
We hope you enjoy the spirit and the taste of Shabbos in your own home.
Rebbetzin Esther Winner
Helen Zegerman Schwimmer
Rebbetzin Esther Winner and Helen Zegerman Schwimmer
© Copyright Chabad of West Brighton.
Note: The laws of Shabbat rest mandate that all cooking and baking be done before Shabbat, and regulate food preparation done on Shabbat in other ways as well. For more information, see Food Preparation on Shabbat.
The content on this page is copyrighted by the author, publisher and/or Chabad.org, and is produced by Chabad.org.
If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with the copyright policy.
Share
Print
E-mailRELATED
-
- Why is it that every Friday Night Shabbat meal consists of soup and a main dish of chicken and kugel?
- What is Cholent?
- Why do we eat Cholent on Shabbat?
- Why is the stove covered with a sheet of hard aluminum on Shabbat?
- Is it permitted to warm up a fully-cooked item on Shabbat?
- What gift can I bring to my Shabbat meal hosts?
-
- Shabbat Songs
- Lamnatzaich (1:08)
- Vayoishah (0:59)
- The Holiness of Shabbat (40:40)
- Shabbat
- Keeping Shabbos (3:01)
- Shabbat (558)
- Shabbat Foods (33)
;window.open('/global/popup/default.asp?imagename=/Images/Global/small-top.gif&aid=130435','schroeder98','width=500,height=500,resizable,status=no,scrollbars=yes');return false;){kind=link}
grady, nm
Jerusalem, Isreal
you don't need a mixer to make challah, you can just buy a fish loaf, and sometimes our chicken soup does double duty for the main meal. Pick and choose. Most people, unless they're having a lot of guests, don't cook as much as Mrs. Winner does here. It's a video so she was probably trying to be inclusive. I always learned that food on Shabbos is automatically better anyway.
Brooklyn, NY
I've watched it a few times, to get the different recipes and there is always something to learn in it!
g
Some people like myself feel sad that they can't have he kind of Shabbos that you presented.
Toronto
I have reciently discovered my great-grandparents and grandmother were Jewish. Perhaps this is the reason I have felt a strong affinity/love for the Jewish people for as long as I can remember.
I wanted to thank you for your beautiful presentation of the tradition of Shabbos as well as the wonderful recepies.
I'm not sure you intended to reach-out to a lost soul however, you have awakened in me a greater desire to draw close to G-d and His ways.
Richland Center, WI
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It is very informative and enjoyable to watch.
I learned a lot, and now more fully understand just how holy G-d's sabbath is meant to be for His people.
Kentucky, USA
Wow!!!
I loved the recipes and I loved how your family all said Good Shabbos at the end.Your girls are very beautiful, I hope to try your recipes soon!!! My sisters, mom and I absolutely LOVE to cook and bake so we'll enjoy those recipes!!!
Saylorsburg, Pa