challah cover.
Do you have a book of patterns that we can choose and iron onto cloth of our choice?

Do you have the same for attarahs?
Posted by: annlifschitz on 03/17/15
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Ann -- I have seen the pattern for the cross stitch challah cover. If you plan on stitching it you need to have someone who can read Hebrew look at it. To me, the last letter looks wrong. It looks like a samech and it should be a mem.

Now my non-Jewish friends here is my explanation for what Ann is looking for.

The challah cover is used to be placed over the bread on Friday night. Depending on the family tradition -- usually two loaves of unsliced challah/egg bread are covered. After the blessing is made the bread is uncovered and everyone at the table has a piece immediately; then dinner is served.

Atara: Most Jewish men and some Jewish wedding wear a prayer shawl called tallis or tallit during Saturday morning services. I am pretty sure I have told you about this in the past. The atara has a blessing written on it that is recited before putting the tallis/tallit around their collar bone.
by: NANCYE G on 03/17/15
Guess I should have re-read and re-read my previous post. Regarding the talis (prayer shawl). It should have said most Jewish men and some Jewish women --- not some Jewish wedding!
by: NANCYE G on 03/18/15
Nancy,
I didn't know some Jewish women were allowed to wear the prayer shawl?
by: Bermuda on 03/19/15
Bermuda -- the Conservative movement allows women to wear a Talis. I personally choose not to do that but I do wear a head covering to services. Some women do not wear a hat. As far as I have experienced all conservative synagogues require that men wear a yarmulke and a talis during Sabbath services.

The Reform movement has more liberal rules and it also depends on the specific congregation. Some require yarmulkes during services and don't require a talis. We attended services at a Reform congregation once and my husband was asked to remove his yarmulke. He did not. Most reform congregations treat men and women equally when it comes to this practice.

Orthodox Jews are another story. Men wear a yarmulke and a talis at Sabbath services. Married women must wear a hat. Some married women wear a wig. Men and women sit it separate areas and there usually some type of barrier between the sections -- like a curtain.

Orthodox Jewish women have gained some privileges in recent years. They are allowed to participate in certain rituals in a segregated place.
by: NANCYE G on 03/19/15
Thank you Nancye for the explanation. I hadn't experienced that with the tallis for women and so it must have been the Orthodox level that I was aware of...
by: Bermuda on 03/19/15
This patter which I had done is SHABBAT SHALOM or GOOD SATURDAY IN ENGLISH
by: miss crossstitc on 03/27/15
OKAY MISS C -- If you have stitched this piece - please tell me -- Doesn't the last Hebrew letter look like a samech instead of a mem? Yes, you are correct -- the Hebrew does say SHABBAT SHALOM. That is what the English says on the piece. SHABBAT SHALOM is a greeting used Friday night and Saturday. The exact translation is actually PEACEFUL SABBATH or GOOD SABBATH. The Jews celebrate their Sabbath on Sunday. I doubt if Arabs or Christians living in Israel call the seventh day SABBATH. Most likely they call it YOM'SVEE (exact translation is seventh day or Day Seven.
by: NANCYE G on 03/27/15
This Khalla cover is written in Hebrew yes it should be completed. The designer didn t know Hebrew
she is mix from Judaism and Christianity. The 7 days in Hebrew is Shevoa Tov and it should be said
after Shabbat but on the other hand according to Eshkenazy ( yeidish) you say Good Tobagh.
yes yeidish is German and English and French languages. My parents did t send me to Hebrew school
I just learned a little bit but it is mostly for boys I had gone to nuns schools to be equal like European girl the same level and to be protected from boys. Yes I am Jewish to bad I was born in dominant land and most of my families background from there. ( Egypt) I had immigrated to USA about 40 years ago.
after 6 days war. Miss Nancy I think you had got mix up and wrote that the day of Shabbat is Sunday.
About the letter mem should be complete yes.
by: miss crossstitc on 03/27/15
OY VEY -- I just wrote a comment to Ms C's previous post and pressed the send button and it went away. It has happened to me several times this week. I must not be paying attention.

Miss C -- I made a mistake. I am not confused about the day that I celebrate my Sabbath/Shabbat. I know that today (Saturday) is Jewish. I know that Muslims observe on Fridays. My apologies to the Christians who I may have confused for a moment. I know that the Christian Sabbath is on Sunday.

In Israel, the days of the week do not have names like the rest of the week. They are called Day One, that is the American Sunday, Day Two which is Monday an so forth. Ms C -- you have me confused by most of your explanation. You said that Saturday is called Shabbat in Israel. Is that really correct? Israel is not 100% Jewish. If the Israeli calendar called the day after Friday SHABBAT that would be like calling American Sunday THE LORD'S DAY on the American calendar

At any rate, the original post was regarding stitching the challah cover. I think that there was a spelling error on the pattern. I asked my husband. At first glance, he thought it was correct. On a second look he noticed the error. Those two letters look quite similar. The pronunciation is quite different.

Ms. C -- if you actually stitched this pretty piece -- did you correct the spelling?
by: NANCYE G on 03/28/15
Nancy G.
I really enjoy your explanations of Jewish culture. Thank you for enlightening us. No one has addressed that the poster wants to iron the pattern onto the cloth. Maybe Miss C. could address that.
by: terryslat on 03/28/15