Thanks! It feels like too much sometimes, it's great to hear that it can be simpler, i think that the right mindset is key now that you mentioned it ❤ most of the time we are just so exhausted that we want to go to bed asap and that's not cool sadly, im gonna try to end before so we can have a few minutes to relax before we start ❤ thank you ❤
Thank you for your kindness and knowledge of Shabbat! I have started learning more and more about it and practicing it. I and am so glad I came across your videos a couple of years ago! Stay blessed!!! I hope everyone comes into the rest and blessings of Shabbat!!! 🧡💛💙💚💜🤎♥
One time at candlelighting it was just crazy insane in our house! So we all lit candles, said the blessings and I told Hashem, "You know my prayers, gotta go!" A good friend told me that in her home it was pretty quiet, so at candlelighting, she was praying for ME! Just shows how CONNECTED we all are! I didn't have a moment to think or pray and feel spiritual, but a friend did in her home with her family. Your video reminded me of that story, talking about the proper mindset. So when you are spiritually connected it travels around to others who are frazzled like me (lol). Looking forward to episode 2, this is beautiful work and you are a beautiful soul!
Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing! I agree with you that stressing ourselves out is definitely defeating the concept of rest and joy in the Lord. Blessings to you and your family!
I am in my Judaism conversion course. It’s a great introduction but does require much further reading/research. I’m glad I found your site. I like your tips because I want to make it special without going overboard with rules. I want to be able to feel it instead of just performing. Look forward to more videos. Thank you
What a great video! We definitely blessed pita bread and hot dog buns as a kid. And we also always have candles in our freezer and maneschewitz and grape juice in our fridge! Ha! Are you sure we’re not related, Marion!? My children are probably my best reminder of Shabbat. They love candlelight and juice and a beautiful table (if I can swing it!), and dinner can truly be anything. And if your kids are in Jewish school, often there’s an option to pay for Friday challah to be sent home with your child (its a school fundraiser and here in LA, the challahs are truly delicious!). For me when I was a mom with a newborn, that was a wonderful no brainer that we looked forward to every week. I also love the small frozen challahs that you pull out and let rise, then bake. I have fond memories of them as a child and my mother always let me choose the seeds, do the egg wash, and sprinkle them on. If you’re worried about doing your own challah, those frozen Kineret ones are pretty foolproof! Can’t wait to see the rest of your series! Great video!
Seeing the shabbat candles in your freezer immediately transported me back to my childhood- it's where my mom always kept them! When we are pressed for time, or if my husband gets home late and the kids need to go to bed, we try to at least light candles all together. Shabbat Shalom!
Marion, I'm so glad you mentioned buying store bought challah. Challah was definitely the most stressful part of trying to do shabbat for me because cooking stresses me out lol. I never thought of buying it pre-made but after watching your video yesterday I went to Ralph's to see if they had it in their bakery section and they did, thank goodness! Now I can have a stress free shabbats from now on:) Thank you so much for this video and I can't wait for the rest of the episodes!
Dearest Marian, Thank you for doing a Shabbat series. Thank you for posting the Chabad Shabbat candle lighting times. Please show us Kiddush along with your yummy Shabbat recipes😍 Love from Israel, Chaya Leya
Love this! Shabbat is so special. In my household my wife and daughters lite up the candles before the blessings and dinner. It’s kind of difficult to keep up with so many things especially when we both work and clock is ticking. To me it’s more important the moment and try to keep the commandment. It’s all focused on the Creator and Family.
I wish my grocery store baked challah lol. That's the one thing I struggle with the most (no kitchen). We light candles and have a special dinner and dessert. Then it's cuddle time and a movie.
So many great tips! I keep a bag of tortillas in my freezer, because I can take two out for motzi, and if I forget to do it in advance, they thaw quickly. And they look just a bit better than a slice of sandwich bread 😄 (Of course, nothing is better than fresh challah!) I also have a "lace" white tablecloth that's machine washable and doesn't show stains, that looks the part. Shabbat shalom!
I need to work on a Shabbos music list. I love playing Jewish music stream, when we can. Pocket Luach and Zmanim are my fav apps for times. I print off the daily calendar from Chabad’s calendar for Friday and Saturday. Lots of helpful info.
Love this Shabbat series! I started my conversion recently but I've been keeping Shabbat for a few years now. It is by far my favourite time of the week. Personally I love making challah myself, but I don't have children so I probably got more time on my hands than you! Anyway thank you for that, you're such a sweet soul, I love watching your videos. :)
Aww I'm so glad to hear that you are liking it, thank you for your kind comment!! Yes I totally love making challah too, when I worked a 9-5 it was a lot harder for me and I really really missed it!
This was beautiful! Thank you for this video! Shanah Tovah Umetukah! We’re welcoming our first little one in a month, and having more meaningful Shabbats is a big topic we’re working on, and also how to make it truly resting and not stressing about it, lol 😂
Thank you so much!! I love that idea, I should make a video about it. When I was single I went to a lot of "young professional" shabbats where there were lots of other singles which was nice.
This is so cool. See , cuz I grew up Muslim( Shia in particular), but my partner is not , but since he don't do Friday afternoon Jummah,..and I'm not Muslim anymore...but I always cook big Friday night" family" dinner-( no kids yet), cuz the Friday resenates with me for that.
Love the tips! Also should mention that the bread should be a whole piece - we like to use a pita at our home, as long as it's whole it's perfectly good.
Love the idea of Shabbat music. Did you make up your own playlist or is it one you can download from a particular artist? Before we light candles we pass the tzdukah box around so everyone can put some change in it.
I did make my own but in my “Shabbat with Kids” video coming out next week I go into more detail but my favorite artist is Rick Recht, Cindy Paley, Craig Taubman, Sheldon Low, Robby, Jason Mesches lol I could go on!
Hi, shalom 😊 just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. I'm a revert Muslim and I am curious to know more about Jewish faith and rituals, I feel we're all brothers and sisters in a way as we have so much in common and would love to celebrate that. Not sure if you already have some videos or if that aligns with your plans with this channel but I'd love to watch something where you explain a bit about basics like what is shabbat or some other things. May be interesting for non-Jewish viewers? 😃 regardless I'll be watching your videos. Stay blessed.
Thank you so much for your very kind message, I completely agree and hope the world will soon catch on to how beautiful it is to learn from one another. My next video is actually “Shabbat 101” so I hope you will enjoy it! 💕
Sister I'm new to sabbath and trying to keep sabbath but my family doesn't really do sabbath but I want to what kind of suggestions do you have for me so at least I can celebrate it on my own with my daughter's.
Hello! thank you for all this helpful information! Could you please share with me the name of the wine your family use to celebrate Shabbat and where can I buy it? thank you, I will be waiting for your responce ;)
Can you tell me the benchers you use? We do the basic Shabbat but I want to incorporate more songs into our weekly celebration. A link if possible would be great to buy online. Thanks!
@@MyJewishMommyLife thank you! We are reform but there doesn’t seem to be a good one. I can’t imagine that it makes too much of a difference for singing Shabbat songs and doing blessings though! I ordered it! Also, it’s be great if you’d sing some songs to help with melody. I know many but can always learn more and UA-cam is mostly just old male rabbis (which is fine but my daughters don’t really relate if you know what I mean)!
We are new to Shabbot I'm now separated at 44 years old. Is it okay for it to be just the kids and I? Also I can't find a partner with any normal woman and then add shabbot is their any were you can find like minded people chat room?
@@MyJewishMommyLife That makes you even more of a khazar mommy. I bet you have very kosher milkers. Your husband is a lucky man, but I guess it's not luck cuz he's chosen.
You're a beautiful person & very positive. But for your sake, please light the candles before the correct time as to not profane Shabbat.(or perhaps I didn't understand what you said). Thank you again for all of your tips.Great site!
Happy happy summer
Thanks! It feels like too much sometimes, it's great to hear that it can be simpler, i think that the right mindset is key now that you mentioned it ❤ most of the time we are just so exhausted that we want to go to bed asap and that's not cool sadly, im gonna try to end before so we can have a few minutes to relax before we start ❤ thank you ❤
Thank you for your kindness and knowledge of Shabbat! I have started learning more and more about it and practicing it. I and am so glad I came across your videos a couple of years ago! Stay blessed!!! I hope everyone comes into the rest and blessings of Shabbat!!! 🧡💛💙💚💜🤎♥
One time at candlelighting it was just crazy insane in our house! So we all lit candles, said the blessings and I told Hashem, "You know my prayers, gotta go!" A good friend told me that in her home it was pretty quiet, so at candlelighting, she was praying for ME! Just shows how CONNECTED we all are! I didn't have a moment to think or pray and feel spiritual, but a friend did in her home with her family. Your video reminded me of that story, talking about the proper mindset. So when you are spiritually connected it travels around to others who are frazzled like me (lol). Looking forward to episode 2, this is beautiful work and you are a beautiful soul!
Wow that is such a beautiful story!! I love that so much!
Beautiful!
Sabbath Shalom 🙏🙏🍄💐🙏🙏🙏💐🍄🙏💐🍄
Wonderful sabbath happy sabbath
Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing! I agree with you that stressing ourselves out is definitely defeating the concept of rest and joy in the Lord. Blessings to you and your family!
I am in my Judaism conversion course. It’s a great introduction but does require much further reading/research. I’m glad I found your site. I like your tips because I want to make it special without going overboard with rules. I want to be able to feel it instead of just performing. Look forward to more videos. Thank you
What a great video! We definitely blessed pita bread and hot dog buns as a kid. And we also always have candles in our freezer and maneschewitz and grape juice in our fridge! Ha! Are you sure we’re not related, Marion!?
My children are probably my best reminder of Shabbat. They love candlelight and juice and a beautiful table (if I can swing it!), and dinner can truly be anything.
And if your kids are in Jewish school, often there’s an option to pay for Friday challah to be sent home with your child (its a school fundraiser and here in LA, the challahs are truly delicious!). For me when I was a mom with a newborn, that was a wonderful no brainer that we looked forward to every week. I also love the small frozen challahs that you pull out and let rise, then bake. I have fond memories of them as a child and my mother always let me choose the seeds, do the egg wash, and sprinkle them on. If you’re worried about doing your own challah, those frozen Kineret ones are pretty foolproof!
Can’t wait to see the rest of your series! Great video!
😂 it’s so funny to see how many of these little quirks are shared!!
Seeing the shabbat candles in your freezer immediately transported me back to my childhood- it's where my mom always kept them! When we are pressed for time, or if my husband gets home late and the kids need to go to bed, we try to at least light candles all together. Shabbat Shalom!
Aww same, that's where my mom keeps them too! Yes that's how we are, sometimes it's just candles and for us that's ok.
Goodness and it's already Thursday night! Have a good Shabbos!
I know!!
Marion, I'm so glad you mentioned buying store bought challah. Challah was definitely the most stressful part of trying to do shabbat for me because cooking stresses me out lol. I never thought of buying it pre-made but after watching your video yesterday I went to Ralph's to see if they had it in their bakery section and they did, thank goodness! Now I can have a stress free shabbats from now on:) Thank you so much for this video and I can't wait for the rest of the episodes!
Aww I love Ralphs!! Makes me miss So Cal. Yes I think it really does help to buy it and so glad to hear you liked the video!
Thx for the video! Shabbat Shalom! Converting to Judaism and your videos are very helpful! Keep on doing it!
You're so welcome!
Your husband and family are blessed to have a magnificent creature has yourself as mother and wife.
Aww thank you so much, I appreciate your kind words!
Shabbat is my favorite time of the week. 🕯🕯
Aww same here!!
Love your ideas. I have always said that God does not care about little details...just that the main idea gets across
Happy sabbath day
After another stressful week I am so looking forward to Shabbat. Thank you very much for the tips, they really take some of the pressure away.
Yes same!!!! So glad you liked the video 💕
I love sabbath day
Dearest Marian,
Thank you for doing a Shabbat series. Thank you for posting the Chabad Shabbat candle lighting times. Please show us Kiddush along with your yummy Shabbat recipes😍 Love from Israel, Chaya Leya
You’re so very welcome!! I can definitely do that thanks for the suggestions!
Thank you for helping me to have successful Shabbats at my home 😘♥️
You're so welcome!!
You're so positive ❤❤❤
Thank you 😊
SHABBAT SHALOM precious family.
Thank you so much!
Love this! Shabbat is so special. In my household my wife and daughters lite up the candles before the blessings and dinner. It’s kind of difficult to keep up with so many things especially when we both work and clock is ticking. To me it’s more important the moment and try to keep the commandment. It’s all focused on the Creator and Family.
Beautiful, thank you for sharing!
Thank g-d for you, I am learning so much !
I wish my grocery store baked challah lol. That's the one thing I struggle with the most (no kitchen). We light candles and have a special dinner and dessert. Then it's cuddle time and a movie.
Aww that’s so lovely!! Our Target actually sells them but they’re neither fresh or good but I end up buying them a lot anyways!
Shabbat Shalom! Thank you for sharing this Marion! I didn’t know about the candles in the freezer
You’re so very welcome! Thank you for watching 💕
So many great tips! I keep a bag of tortillas in my freezer, because I can take two out for motzi, and if I forget to do it in advance, they thaw quickly. And they look just a bit better than a slice of sandwich bread 😄
(Of course, nothing is better than fresh challah!) I also have a "lace" white tablecloth that's machine washable and doesn't show stains, that looks the part. Shabbat shalom!
Jennifer Moran you’re gonna need to start a channel! I would love to see that lace tablecloth! You have so many fun tips!
Love that!! Definitely a slice of bread can sometimes look a tad sad 🤣
Thanks! I enjoy both of your channels so much!
Yes! I am so here for this series!!
Aww yay, love it, thank you!!
Love this! Shabbat Shalom to you and your family.
Thank you so much 😊
I need to work on a Shabbos music list. I love playing Jewish music stream, when we can. Pocket Luach and Zmanim are my fav apps for times. I print off the daily calendar from Chabad’s calendar for Friday and Saturday. Lots of helpful info.
mcomeslast Thats awesome thank you for the app recommendations!!
Love this Shabbat series! I started my conversion recently but I've been keeping Shabbat for a few years now. It is by far my favourite time of the week. Personally I love making challah myself, but I don't have children so I probably got more time on my hands than you! Anyway thank you for that, you're such a sweet soul, I love watching your videos. :)
Aww I'm so glad to hear that you are liking it, thank you for your kind comment!! Yes I totally love making challah too, when I worked a 9-5 it was a lot harder for me and I really really missed it!
Very enjoyable.
Thank you so much 😊
Savassador because I'm in trouble too
Love this series and can't wait to see more....bring it on
Aww that’s so exciting to hear!! Thank you!
My family is converting and this will help us greatly! 💕 I enjoy watching all your videos!
So glad that it’s helpful!
This was beautiful! Thank you for this video! Shanah Tovah Umetukah! We’re welcoming our first little one in a month, and having more meaningful Shabbats is a big topic we’re working on, and also how to make it truly resting and not stressing about it, lol 😂
Aww how exciting!!! Thank you so much!
Loe your positive spirit. Would you share your shabat playlist?
Sure! ua-cam.com/play/PL5cG_K2ZpOSGdeRS4_BfjeEdnCBp_6sXg.html
Fantastic! I really enjoyed it! I look forward to more videos! 🌿
I’m so glad to hear it, thank you!!
@@MyJewishMommyLife YW 😙
Hi Miriam I enjoyed your video and was wondering what your suggestion would be for Shabbat and the Single woman? This is a great series ❤
Thank you so much!! I love that idea, I should make a video about it. When I was single I went to a lot of "young professional" shabbats where there were lots of other singles which was nice.
@@MyJewishMommyLife that would be great. Your videos are the best.
Shabbat shalom
I love this!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Aww yay thank you so much 😊
This is so cool. See , cuz I grew up Muslim( Shia in particular), but my partner is not , but since he don't do Friday afternoon Jummah,..and I'm not Muslim anymore...but I always cook big Friday night" family" dinner-( no kids yet), cuz the Friday resenates with me for that.
Love the tips! Also should mention that the bread should be a whole piece - we like to use a pita at our home, as long as it's whole it's perfectly good.
Very good point! Thank you for the reminder!
Love the idea of Shabbat music. Did you make up your own playlist or is it one you can download from a particular artist? Before we light candles we pass the tzdukah box around so everyone can put some change in it.
I did make my own but in my “Shabbat with Kids” video coming out next week I go into more detail but my favorite artist is Rick Recht, Cindy Paley, Craig Taubman, Sheldon Low, Robby, Jason Mesches lol I could go on!
Would love to see your full playlist!
Second the request for your Shabbat playlist! I also really like Nava Tehila.
Shalom! thank you for your video, it's very informative and love how you set everything up Baruch Hashem Adonai 🥰🙏🏼
Hi, shalom 😊 just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. I'm a revert Muslim and I am curious to know more about Jewish faith and rituals, I feel we're all brothers and sisters in a way as we have so much in common and would love to celebrate that. Not sure if you already have some videos or if that aligns with your plans with this channel but I'd love to watch something where you explain a bit about basics like what is shabbat or some other things. May be interesting for non-Jewish viewers? 😃 regardless I'll be watching your videos. Stay blessed.
Thank you so much for your very kind message, I completely agree and hope the world will soon catch on to how beautiful it is to learn from one another. My next video is actually “Shabbat 101” so I hope you will enjoy it! 💕
Lovely sentiment, thank you.
I ❤️ this!
Thank you!!
Great video! Thanks!
I've seen those Shabbat candles at my local grocery store. 💖💜💙🕯🍵
Awesome!
Sister I'm new to sabbath and trying to keep sabbath but my family doesn't really do sabbath but I want to what kind of suggestions do you have for me so at least I can celebrate it on my own with my daughter's.
Can you list your playlist?? Thanks :)
Loved it ! Thanks for sharing :)
Love this!!!
Thank you! So glad to hear it!!
I watch this!
Thanks so much!
You’re very welcome!
pls guide how to dress up and tips to attend shabbat dinner; if you are non jewish.
Love that idea! I think as a basic rule you should dress however you would for a nice dinner in someone's home.
Should we go with some gift? going empty hands seems very awkward, what will be the perfect gift for the situation.
What kind of wine does it have to be?
Could you share your playlist or any good one ? Thanks !
How long does the candles burn? Can you blow them out if still on and it's bedtime?
Hello! thank you for all this helpful information! Could you please share with me the name of the wine your family use to celebrate Shabbat and where can I buy it? thank you, I will be waiting for your responce ;)
Sure! My favoriate is Bartenura Moscato and you can find it on KosherWines.com or Bevmo!
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Wonderful...
Thank you 😊
Can you tell me the benchers you use? We do the basic Shabbat but I want to incorporate more songs into our weekly celebration. A link if possible would be great to buy online. Thanks!
Sure! We use the Conservative Movement's b-kol echad - amzn.to/3qnBU2V
@@MyJewishMommyLife thank you! We are reform but there doesn’t seem to be a good one. I can’t imagine that it makes too much of a difference for singing Shabbat songs and doing blessings though! I ordered it! Also, it’s be great if you’d sing some songs to help with melody. I know many but can always learn more and UA-cam is mostly just old male rabbis (which is fine but my daughters don’t really relate if you know what I mean)!
We are new to Shabbot I'm now separated at 44 years old. Is it okay for it to be just the kids and I? Also I can't find a partner with any normal woman and then add shabbot is their any were you can find like minded people chat room?
Can you use grape 🍇 juice instead of wine 🍷 for Shabbat? Non-alcoholic..
You can!!
Hey you should do a celebrating sukkot at home video
You look so beautiful Marion and you have so sweet personality 🤗❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥀🍀💫🌚
There is a company everyone should have challah that ships k, and they donate
So you celebrate Shabbat every weekend?
No offense but are you a convert? Cool video.
I'm not, thanks!
@@MyJewishMommyLife That makes you even more of a khazar mommy. I bet you have very kosher milkers. Your husband is a lucky man, but I guess it's not luck cuz he's chosen.
You're a beautiful person & very positive. But for your sake, please light the candles before the correct time as to not profane Shabbat.(or perhaps I didn't understand what you said). Thank you again for all of your tips.Great site!
Honestly I'm not jewish, hell i don't even know how i ended up at this video... but you seem nice.
Lol, well I'm glad you found my channel, thank you!
Oh no, no challah! What about bagels? What if there are bagels available?
It's a Wendigo