In MY Kitchen March 2026

Even our Sabbath Wine Cup ( this one was a creative cup that I purchased in Israel) for the blessing on the wine was trimmed in yellow. There are every kind of candle holders and wine cups, some being extra conventional trying. 

 Earlier than the meal, the ladies lit Shabbat candles collectively and recited the standard blessing to remind us to depart the enterprise of the week behind us and welcome within the gentle and peace of Sabbath. 

Once more, these are much less conventional Sabbath candles. My conventional Sabbath candles are at house in Pennsylvania. 

I had further candles for my visitors

Shabbat candles are lit earlier than sunset on Friday night to welcome a day of relaxation, peace, and concord. This significant custom helps create Shalom Bayit — “peace within the house” — by serving as a reminder to deliver non secular gentle and calm into the family. 

We now have Shabbat dinner each Friday evening and go to the Synagogue for prayers on Saturday. Our Sabbath is from sunset Friday to Sunset Saturday. 

Just a few of the dishes from the meal. .

This was distinctive – A Roasted  Eggplant Facet Dish with a straightforward Inexperienced Herb Dressing and Pomegranate Seeds . It’s a recipe from Ruhamas : recipe right here

Crudités appetizer with baba ganooj dip and French onion hummus

This can be a Center Jap Rice Dish made with damaged rice noodles toasted and basmati rice. It’s a recipe from my mom in regulation that I’ll most likely publish subsequent week. I added a couple of tomatoes on the underside. Despite the fact that I am vegan, I did serve salmon to the corporate however didn’t {photograph} it. I additionally served soup, salad, a scrumptious gluten free vegan chocolate cake from Publix, and fruit salad- additionally not photographed. In the future final week I purchased a dragon fruit. It was ripe and scrumptious. Have you ever ever tasted dragon fruit?