The Shabbat Table

my wife and i...me raised conservative and she raised reform have begun the celebration of shabbat weekly and this video was especially helpful for us to understand the history and traditions of shabbat.

please post additional videos.

Where does it say/who said that the shabbat table is emblematic of the altar?
Please give references.

It is nice to see exactly how the Shabbat should be carried out - but - everyone just seems to gloss over the washing of the hands. I have only heard the Bracha that is said over the washing of the hands twice in my entire life and am continually trawling through anything I can find on the Shabbas that will teach me how and what to say for the Bracha when we wash our hands.
Please can you do a special video that the Bracha so that I can learn the prayer too.

they are great videos but i think there should be a disclaimer saying the the video was not taken on shabbos

There are various customs if one should wash each one of their hands two or three times.

Many have the custom to wash each hand three times and that is the one followed by Rabbi Kaplan.

I really enjoyed the video. Thank you.

One question....wash hands with 3 'pours' or 2 prior to dinner? I thought the morning washing consisted of 3 pours and 2 prior to meals.

Thank you.

I very much enjoyed your video about the Shabbos table, demostrating all the steps that one does at the shabbos table.

I just would like to add one detail that I did not notice at the point of washing the hands: After one washes their hands, before you dry them, you have to make the bracha "al netilas yadayim" then rub your hands together and then dry them. In the video you missed the step of rubbing the hands. Thanks again for the nice video.