Episode 66: Shabbat at Home - Hamotzi
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Shabbat at Home: Hamotzi
This week, in our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana and Ellen consider the Midrashic possibilities of HaMotzi - the blessing over the challah. Topics include how challah holy-tizes all of our time, to tear or to cut, and which gardens grow bread trees. Plus, we listen to our favorite 90s Jewish hip hop classics!
As partners with g?d in the act of creation, how can we create that world of sustenance and goodness and support for all?
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Show Notes
Listen to Eliana Light’s Around the Shabbos Table here!
Shabbat - שבת - here
Shabbat blessing on the candles
Kiddush - קידוש - blessing over wine
N’tilat Yadaim - נטילת ידיים - ritual hand washing
HaMotzi - המוציא - blessing over bread
Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei - י-ה-ו-ה - learn more about Holy Names here
LeHafrish Challah (to separate challah) - להפריש חלה - here
Shamor Vizachor - שמור וזכור - keep and remember - here
Shemot 25 - lechem panim - לחם פנים - bread of display
Ner Tamid - נר תמיד - Eternal Flame
Chul - חל - root of challah meaning to twist, writhe, dance or wait longingly
Yedid Nefesh - Hadur naeh ziv haolam, nafshi cholat ahavatach
הדור נאה זיו העולם נפשי חולת אהבתך
Perfect, pleasing, radiance of the world, my soul desires Your love (translation from Zemirot Database)
Cholah - חולה - sick, weak, ill, or to soften, sweeten, soothe
Hamotzi blessing in hebrew, transliteration, and translation:
ברוך אתה ה אלוהינו מלך העולם המוציא לחם מן הארץ
Blessed are you, Yud Hei Vav Hei, ruler, source, strength of the universe, who is the one who brings bread from the earth.
“Around the Shabbos Table” by Eliana Light here
Niggun - ניגון - spiritual wordless melody - here
Birshoot - ברשות - with your permission
Milchama - מלחמה - war
“The Bagel Song” by Max Mellman here
Westchester Federation of Temple Youth
Zichruna Li'bracha - זכרונה לברכה - May his memory be for a blessing
*“Makin’ the Motzee” by Etan G here
Jonah Dreskin z”l Makin a Motzi
Yo Yo Yo Yarmulke by Schlock Rock
“Something That May Shock and Discredit You” by Daniel Mallory Ortberg here
*correction from recording: Makin’ the Motzee was written and performed by Etan G