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Kabalos Shabbos · Tishrei 5787

K'hal Hampshire Hills

K'hal Hampshire Hills

Jackson, NJ

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Week 5 of 5 · Shabbos October 10

50minutes added to Shabbos
45seudos with zemiros
45minutes children helped for Shabbos
40minutes learned about Shabbos
40minutes of Hilchos Shabbos learned
15tefillos kept fully quiet

What you can take on

Each person at K'hal Hampshire Hills picks one or more of these at signup and holds it every Shabbos of Tishrei 5787.

For men

One person, one kabbalah, every Shabbos.

  • Buy or prepare one special item each week lichvod Shabbos
    A dish, a flower, a treat — something that exists only because it's Shabbos.
  • Add to your Shabbos on Erev Shabbos
    Be mekabel Shabbos five minutes earlier than you normally do.
  • Daven Kabbalas Shabbos with hislavus
    Welcome Shabbos with real kavanah, from Lechu Neranena through Lecha Dodi.
  • No talking during at least one complete tefillah on Shabbos
    Pick one — Kabbalas Shabbos, Shacharis, Mincha — and keep it fully quiet.
  • Be in shul on time for Pesukei D'Zimrah, with hislavus
    Start Shabbos morning davening from the beginning.
  • Pause and concentrate on the words of “LaKeil Asher Shavas”
    Slow down for that one paragraph every Shabbos morning.
  • Add to your Shabbos on Motzaei Shabbos
    Wait five additional minutes before making Havdalah.
  • Learn from a sefer on Kedushas Shabbos, 20 minutes a week
    A fixed 20-minute seder each week in a sefer on the kedushah of Shabbos, i.e. Nefesh Shimshon, Shabbos Malkesa, Yoma D’nishmasa, Matnas Chaim.
  • Learn Hilchos Shabbos, 20 minutes a week
    One siman or one melachah at a time — a fixed seder, not a one-off.
  • Set a weekly chavrusa in Hilchos Shabbos or Kedushas Shabbos
    A chavrusa keeps the seder happening week after week.

For women

Your own kabbalah, every Shabbos.

  • Anticipate the coming of Shabbos from early on in the week
    Start preparing something for Shabbos early in the week, lichvod Shabbos.
  • Buy and wear clothing specifically designated lichvod Shabbos
    Something in the closet that is only for Shabbos.
  • Uplift someone else’s Shabbos
    Call someone you wouldn’t have to, to wish them a Gut Shabbos.
  • Be fully dressed in Bigdei Shabbos by candle lighting
    Ready, dressed b'kavod, before the candles are lit.
  • Add to your Shabbos on Erev Shabbos
    Light candles five minutes earlier than you normally do.
  • Daven Kabbalas Shabbos with hislavus
    Daven all or some of Kabbalas Shabbos weekly.
  • Stay in Bigdei Shabbos the entire Shabbos
    From candle lighting to Havdalah, at home and out.
  • Eat Shalosh Seudos
    Wash and eat a k’zayis every week.
  • Enhance your Shalosh Seudos
    Put thought and effort into upgrading your Shalosh Seudos — the way you serve it or the foods you serve.
  • Add to your Shabbos on Motzaei Shabbos
    Wait five additional minutes before saying Baruch Hamavdil.
  • Eat Melaveh Malka
    Escort the Shabbos Queen out properly on Motzaei Shabbos.
  • Become more fluent in hilchos Shabbos
    Learn hilchos Shabbos every week at the same time, even for a few minutes, to raise your level of Shmiras Shabbos.
  • Learn Nefesh Shimshon Shabbos Kodesh
    From R’ Shimshon Pincus zt”l — on your own, with a family member, or with a friend.

For children

Real jobs with real kavod Shabbos.

  • Spend 15 minutes helping prepare for Shabbos
    Set the table, help in the kitchen — 15 minutes of kavod Shabbos.
  • Come to shul and stay through Kabbalas Shabbos and really daven
    Be there from Lecha Dodi through the end, without leaving to go play.
  • Sing zemiros at the table
    Bring the niggunim — lead or join the zemiros at the seudah.
  • Bentch with Retzei
    Elevate your bentching: bentch with kavanah, looking in the bentcher.
  • Clear the table after each seudah
    A simple, real way to give kavod to Shabbos.

For the whole family

Taken on together, at the table.

  • Give every family member a role in preparing for Shabbos
    Everyone owns one piece of getting the home ready.
  • Set the Shabbos table Thursday night
    Walk into Friday with the table already glowing.
  • Keep the seudah tables covered all Shabbos
    Tablecloths stay on from Friday night through Havdalah.
  • Sing at least one zemer at every seudah
    Warmth and simchah at the table — one zemer, every seudah.
  • Learn two halachos together at a Shabbos seudah
    A few minutes of practical Hilchos Shabbos at the table, every week.
  • Share a halachah, story, or Shabbos thought at the seudah
    Turn the seudah into a conversation about Shabbos.
  • Set aside time on Shabbos to learn with the children
    A fixed slot, even ten minutes, every Shabbos.
  • Eat Melaveh Malkah together every week
    Escort the Shabbos Queen out properly on Motzaei Shabbos.

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Kehilla

Kabbolos a shul takes on together, led by the rav. Ask your rav which ones K'hal Hampshire Hills will take on — and tell us at support@kabalosshabbos.com.

A weekly vaad on a sefer that strengthens Kedushas Shabbos

A standing group learning one sefer together.

A regular Hilchos Shabbos shiur in shul

Weekly, on the calendar, with a rav.

On time for Pesukei D'Zimrah — as a kehilla

The whole shul commits to a full Shacharis.

Kabbalas Shabbos with greater focus and feeling — as a kehilla

A kehilla-wide kabbolah on how we welcome Shabbos.

A shared kabbolah: no talking during davening

Accepted together, announced from the bimah.

Focus together on the meaning of “LaKeil Asher Shavas”

The rav explains it; the kehilla says it with kavanah.