Week 24 · Shabbat
Preparing for Shabbat
Questions 400–419
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 400–419 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Shopping, cooking, clothing, candle lighting, accepting Shabbat, shehiyah and chazarah.
Required reading
Donin on Shabbat; a current Orthodox Shabbat manual approved by the rabbi; siddur sections for Kabbalat Shabbat, Kiddush, services, and Havdalah.
Practical observance
Build a written Friday checklist and complete all avoidable work before candle lighting.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: following Shabbat Hebrew with a bilingual siddur. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 400–419; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Enter Shabbat calmly and on time with food, lights, devices, and household needs prepared.