Shabbat Vayikra - KEEPING SHABBAT AT HOME
We now all have the opportunity to bring the Shabbat spirit to ourselves and our families by crea ng a Shule in your own home! You can now be the Rabbi, the Chazan, the Gabbai and the head of the Kiddush commi ee!
Here is a general guide for this week – Shabbat Vayikra.
Friday Evening • Mincha is the en re service without saying the repe on and kedusha (Artscroll page 232) o Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat service only from 6pm. Kabbalat Shabbat as per usual- from Yedid Nefesh un l the end of L’cha Dodi. (Mizmor Shir is when one formally accepts Shabbat so no further melacha (work) should be done a er it) • Candles should be lit before 6:39pm. • If you say Shema before 7:30pm you would need to say the Shema again a erwards. • Recite Maariv (Artscroll page 330) except: o No Barchu o No Kaddish o No v’ychulu and magen avot • No need for Kiddush other than at dinner
Saturday Morning • Shema should be said before 9:30am and Shacharit Amida before 10:59am • Service begins as normal o Blessings o Pesukei d’Zimra (Baruch she’Amar-Shochen Ad) • We don’t say: o Kaddish o Barchu o Repi on of Amida o Torah reading or Ha arah o Second Yekum purkan, Misheberach and prayers for Government, Israel and IDF o Repi on of Amida or Mussaf Amida • A er the Amidah of Shacharit, one recites Ashrei and then the Amidah of Musaf, followed by Ein k’Elokeinu, Aleinu, and Shir shel Yom. • It is advisable to read or study the weekly parashah (Artscroll page 544) and ha arah (page 1165) at some point over Shabbat • Kiddush should be said before lunch or any ea ng a er dovening
Mincha • One should daven Mincha (page 502) before ea ng se‘udah shlishit. • Se‘udah shlishit should begin before sunset, and may extend as long as one likes. A er benching, or a er 10 minutes post-sunset (whichever is later), one may not eat or drink anything except water un l a er Havdalah. • One should not daven Maariv on Saturday night un l a er Shabbat is over (this week 7:32pm); preferably, one should not do any melacha before davening Maariv (with atah chonantanu) or making Havdalah.
Maariv • The rest of Maariv (page 256), including addi ons for motza’ei Shabbat, is recited as usual. • Havdala a er Maariv