Havdalah Carlebach

Havdalah (Hebrew: הבדלה) is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. In Judaism, Shabbat ends—and the new week begins—at nightfall on Saturday. Havdalah may be recited as soon as three stars are visible in the night sky.

Havdalah is intended to require a person to use all five senses. Taste the wine, smell the spices, see the flame of the candle and feel its heat, and hear the blessings. The Havdalah ("Separation") ceremony is a multi-sensory ritual employing our faculties of speech and hearing, sight, smell and taste to define the boundaries that G-d set in creation "between the sacred and the everyday." Paradoxically, this act of separation is what connects Shabbat with the rest of the week. When the boundaries between the holy and the ordinary are blurred, the holy is no longer holy and the ordinary is left with nothing to uplift it. By defining the separation of Shabbat from the workday week, the relationship between the two is also established -- a relationship in which Shabbat imparts its transcendent vision to the rest of the week, and the six days of daily life feed into, and are sublimated within, the sanctity of Shabbat.

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[jofalof]

the supposed british carlebachists play geetar on shabbat. chaval. this is the way. from havdala onwards. hamavdil ben kodesh la chol beyn yisrael l'amim!

[sabradan]

THIS is what Jewish prayer is supposed to be about. Community. Joyfulness. Rejoicing. Ruach. Kavanah. Yasher koach!

[SPIT5FIYA]

Beautiful, Hashem Echod!

[Xevorim]

@BackForCrack

Thanx for the clarification :)

[BackForCrack]

@Xevorim No, wine isn't forbidden by Torah at all. Every shabbos we say kiddush over wine, on Pesach we're required to have 4 cups of wine, and on purim it's actually a mitzvah to get drunk. However, generally speaking, there is a prohibition on kohanim from drinking(read about aarons two sons)... but even that's a matter of opinion I've found. I know plenty of kohanim who drink.

[Xevorim]

@aadov

I'm not a Jew...I don't know what that really means.

I understand that kiddush is somewhat a reference to "holy"!

[aadov]

@Xevorim Hello? KIDDUSH!!!!

[bhstone1]

LOL! No, that's Islam. Judaism is all about wine!

[Xevorim]

Hi...isn't wine forbidden in Judaism?

[gilsonbicudo]

Where was this recorded?

Very beautiful....