Shabbat Dinner Honors Survival
COMMUNITY MEAL COMMEMORATES KRISTALLNACHT
Posted: November 12, 2011 at 5:17 a.m.
Ernest Fruehauf is recognized at a Shabbat dinner Nov. 4 at Temple Shalom in Fayetteville. Fruehauf’s family left Germany in 1941 to escape the systematic persecution of Jews. He spoke about his experiences at the annual Holocaust Education Conference held earlier in the day at the Jones Center in Springdale.
Ernest Fruehauf was 9 years old when an angry mob broke into his family’s cafe in Kitzingen, Germany, smashing windows, glassware and dishes.
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AT A GLANCE
Shabbat is the Hebrew word for Sabbath. The Jewish Sabbath is from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
Shabbat is observed by lighting candles on Friday night (usually done by the women of the house) and sharing a special family meal.
Religious services that include a reading from the Torah happen on Saturday morning, after which families gather for a Shabbat lunch.
Shabbat ends with the lighting of a three-wicked “havdalah” candle and the passing around of a fragrant spice box, the scent of which is supposed to carry the peace of Shabbat into the work week.
Orthodox Jews refrain from driving, turning lights on or off and a number of other activities that are considered “work” on Shabbat.
SOURCE: RELIGION NEWSWRITERS ASSOCIATION
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Religion, Pages 12 on 11/12/2011
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