Shabbat Meal

Candles (x2)

once lit the mother says blessings (along, sometimes, with the daughters)

Kiddush

blessing that is said over the wine - seen as a celebration

Challah Bread (x2)

double portion of food collected by the Israelites in the desert before each Sabbath

Poppy Seeds

gods generosity and abundance

Plait

God / Torah / Israel

Salt

symbolises work

Cloth Cover

so the dew would not rest on the food in the morning once the Israelites got the food (or to stop the bread feeling embarrassed about the wine being blessed first)

Havdalah Candle

Havdalah = Separation; shows the first work at the start of the week

Spice Box

an evocative smell to remember and to take the sweet things of Shabbat into the new working week

what time is the food prepared?

Erev Shabbat = time of food preparation