Shabbat Objects
Bring real candlesticks, a kiddush cup, and a challah cover to pass around.
Children wonder and discover; you facilitate more than you lecture.
- What objects are special for Shabbat?
- How do these objects shape our Shabbat?
- What makes these objects special?
Shabbat objects turn an ordinary table into a sacred one. They come in endless styles — silver, ceramic, handmade by a child — each meaningful.
- Nerot — candles
- Kos kiddush — kiddush cup
- Challah — Shabbat bread
- “Do they have to be fancy?”
- Not at all — a paper cup or a handmade cover is just as holy.
- Children identify Shabbat-evening objects and their uses.
- Children see the wide variety of styles and traditions for each.
Show objects from many cultures and price points; affirm that homemade and simple are beautiful.
Folktale. Joseph Who Loved Shabbat (Talmudic) — honoring Shabbat with special things brings unexpected blessing.
Changemaker. Marc Chagall — an artist who painted Shabbat candles and Jewish life and designed glowing stained-glass windows.
How does a special object change the way Shabbat feels — and why?
“We explored Shabbat objects. Try at home: show your child your family’s Shabbat objects, or make a challah cover together.”