1. Shabbat Learning outcome - To have evaluated
the significance of the Jewish holy day.
Key words –
Day of rest
Creation
Kiddush blessing
Havdalah blessing

2. Starter - With your partner: Create a spider diagram –
“Ways in which people relax”
Give two reasons why you think it
is important for people to relax.

3. Shabbat is the Jewish day of
Rest.
It begins at sunset on Friday
and lasts until sunset on
Saturday.
It reminds Jews that God
made the world in six days
and rested on the seventh.

4. On Fridays, Jews prepare for Shabbat by shopping, cleaning and cooking.
At sunset, the mother lights two candles and says a prayer to show Shabbat has begun.
Many male Jews attend the synagogue before joining the family for the Shabbat meal.

5. The father recites the Kiddush blessing over
a goblet of red wine.
Another blessing is
said over two loaves of Challah bread.
This reminds Jews that God provided manna bread while they were fleeing from Egypt.

6. Shabbat ends at sunset on Saturday and it is declared officially over when three stars appear in the sky.
The celebrations end with the Havdalah ceremony.
The father lights a special plaited candle to symbolise the ending of Shabbat.