kiddush
Wine blessing ritual
Kiddush is the Jewish blessing recited over wine to sanctify the Sabbath or a holiday.
The prayer is typically said before the Friday evening meal or at the start of a festival.
By extension, kiddush refers to the light refreshments served after synagogue services: We stayed for kiddush after Shabbat morning services. (Capitalized Kiddush appears at the beginning of sentences but refers to the same ritual.)
Making someone or something sacred
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- prayerAddress to deity
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
Braided ceremonial Jewish bread
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- havdalahSeparation or division
- zemirotJewish Sabbath meal hymns
- kugelJewish egg noodle casserole
shalom aleichem · parsha · gefilte · kishke · tzimmes
Vine-grown berry cluster
- gobletStemmed drinking vessel
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- silver cupMetallic drinking vessel, often ceremonial
- kosher wineRitually certified grape beverage
Manischewitz · concord · sweet wine · sacramental · pouring · full cup · spilling · overflow
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- prayerAddress to deity
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
consecration · grace · amen · siddur · liturgy · recitation · chanting
challah
Braided ceremonial Jewish bread
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- havdalahSeparation or division
- zemirotJewish Sabbath meal hymns
kugel · shalom aleichem · parsha · gefilte · kishke · tzimmes
grape
Vine-grown berry cluster
- gobletStemmed drinking vessel
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- silver cupMetallic drinking vessel, often ceremonial
kosher wine · Manischewitz · concord · sweet wine · sacramental · pouring · full cup · spilling · overflow
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
aliyah · Torah · congregation · kippah · tallit · yarmulke · shul · standing · silver cup · bar mitzvah
celebration
Festive event marking occasion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- rejoicingFeeling or showing triumph
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
banquet · simcha · merriment · lechaim · mazel tov · spread · herring · rugelach · sponge cake · schnapps
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, rabbis, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat
- Passoverseder plate, Passover, matzah, seder, charoset
- Passover Sederseder, seder plate, seder meal, matzah, matzo