We enjoyed a restful day as a family which was as restful as we could make it!
Today at noon we ate the Cholent (a roast). I was a little nervous about putting this on just as we finished dinner last night and having it cook the entire time. So our roast cooked for 14 hours...wow that is a long time. However, it was very good!
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| Cholent with a mini loaf of the Callah bread from last night |
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Johnathan holding the candle
(which traditionally would have been a braided candle)
Daniel holding the Spice Box |
Dinner was a simple salad, fruit, and dessert bread. The was more "ceremony" stuff to finish tonight. Traditionally there is a braided candle which represents creation and redemption come together. Then over flowing fruit of the vine to represent Christ shed blood. The candle is extinguished in the over-flow of the fruit of the vine to symbolize Christ's blood is what brought creation and redemption together. And the final is the spice box with fragrance to remind of the scent traditionally put on the dead in the Jewish culture.
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| Simple dinner to end the Sabbath Feast - salad, fruit, and dessert bread. |
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| Fruit of the Vine over flowing to symbolize Christ shed blood |
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| Candle extinguished in the over flow of the fruit of the vine |
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| Spice Box - fragrance that would have traditionally been put on the dead as a Jewish custom |
What a great time we had celebrating this feast together. Some of the things that we discussed was all the "rules" that the Jews followed for their Feasts....lots of work. But we also discussed that some of the symbolic things really made us take the time to think about the true meaning. And then John added in that he noticed over the weekend that he really likes homemade bread. Then I reminded him that I almost burnt up the mixer when mixing the bread dough and then in the end had to finish mixing it by hand. :)
We had a great time together as a family and we are looking forward to the additional feasts that we will be celebrating throughout the year....I think that the next one that we will be celebrating is Rosh Hashanah.
Great pictures to remember this feast and special time as a family! love ya, Mom
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful dinner presentation. I have only known a couple of Christian families who do this regularly. It is really a very special thing to do as a family.
ReplyDeleteNicole (Lauren and Breanna's mom)
We really enjoyed celebrating this together. I am using My Father's World for Bible, History and Science and these Biblical Feast are part of it. We are really going to cherish these times to learn together and make memories.
ReplyDeleteBy the way...missed seeing you in church today!