What do you pray on Shabbat? What is Shabbat, and what happens during it?
You'll find answers to these and many other questions in this booklet. This guide will optimally prepare you for Friday evening and Shabbat (Saturday).
The prayers are clearly arranged and easy to follow. With the help of clear and concise explanations, you always know what they are about and understand the sequences and content. This makes Shabbat not only a tangible experience, but also a comprehensible one.
All prayers and blessings can be found in three forms:
This way you can read and recite them regardless of your level of knowledge.
The booklet follows the classic structure of Jewish prayer books (Siddurim): It begins on the right page and you leaf through to the left.
This Shabbat handbook is suitable for both beginners and advanced students. In selecting the texts, we have taken care to include only prayers and traditions that are commonly used in a similar form in most Jewish traditions.
Especially in international encounters, it quickly becomes apparent how different the practice of some traditions can be. Therefore, when designing this Shabbat handbook, we have always taken care to select texts that allow for precisely this.
