Kiddush
Post-service social gathering
Kiddush is the Jewish blessing recited over wine to sanctify Shabbat or a holiday.
The ceremony typically opens the festive meal on Friday evening and Saturday midday: We gathered around the table for Kiddush.
By extension, kiddush refers to the light refreshments served after synagogue services: Stay for kiddush—there's herring and cake.
Making someone or something sacred
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prayerAddress to deity
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
- wineFermented grape beverage
cup · recitation · hallowing · observance · candles · challah · Friday night · holy day
Stemmed drinking vessel
- cupSmall drinking container
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- grape juicePressed vineyard fruit liquid
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
overflow · pouring · sip · passing · full · red wine · sweet wine · Manischewitz
Making someone or something sacred
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- pietySincere religious devotion
devotion · sacrifice · dignity · integrity · holiness · publicizing · faith · witnessing
Act of receiving guests
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- refreshmentsLight fare served socially
- herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
kugel · sponge cake · schmoozing · community · fellowship · social · spread · potluck
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
wine · cup · recitation · hallowing · observance · candles · challah · Friday night · holy day · liturgy
goblet
Stemmed drinking vessel
- cupSmall drinking container
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- grape juicePressed vineyard fruit liquid
benediction · overflow · pouring · sip · passing · full · red wine · sweet wine · Manischewitz · chalice
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
piety · devotion · sacrifice · dignity · integrity · holiness · publicizing · faith · witnessing · testimony
reception
Act of receiving guests
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- refreshmentsLight fare served socially
herring · kugel · sponge cake · schmoozing · community · fellowship · social · spread · potluck · hospitality
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- ritual foodscommunion wafer, communion wine, communion wafers, sacramental wine, seder
- SabbathShabbat, Shabbos, day of rest, seventh day, Sabbath rest
- Jewish ObservanceShabbat, Havdalah, morning prayers, evening prayers, afternoon prayers
- Jewish campsShabbat, Shabbat services, Havdalah, candle lighting, kosher meals
- Shabbatoncandle lighting, challah, Havdalah, zemirot, communal meals
KiddushHavdalah
Ceremony ending sacred rest
separation · weekday · departure · ending · conclusion