Shabbat

Shabbat Morning

 

Shabbat Morning


In the morning, one once again takes his children to pray in the synagogue along with the congregation. Our Sages say that prayers said in public (i.e. with a congregation] are better heard than prayers recited alone. 

In the synagogue one also hears the weekly reading (parsha) as it is read from a Torah scroll. 

Those women and children who cannot attend synagogue may pray or recite Tehillim at home at a leisurely pace. 

After the prayer service, one returns home in order to partake of the second Shabbat meal. It is a mitzvah to eat three meals on Shabbat, one at night, one during the day, after the prayer service, and one in the afternoon. 

“Rabi Shimon ben{the son of) Pazai said: ‘Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of Bar Kapra.: ‘Whoever eats three meals on Shabbos is spared from three forms a catastrophe: a)the pangs of Mashiach b)the sentence of Geihinnom c) the war of Gog u’Magog (Tractate Shabbos, 118b).