Free printable kit · 8 pages
Your First Shabbat at Home
Everything you need for a Friday night with candles, Kiddush and challah. No experience, no Hebrew and no judgment needed. Print it, stick it on the fridge, and bring it to the table.
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- ✓ Free
- ✓ No Hebrew needed
- ✓ Hebrew, transliteration and English
- ✓ Kid-friendly
What's inside
- Shabbat in 10 minutesA one-page checklist: what to get before Friday, and what to do on the night.
- Lighting the candlesThe blessing in Hebrew, transliteration and English, plus how to find your local candle-lighting time.
- KiddushThe blessing over the cup, all three parts, the same three ways.
- HamotziThe blessing over challah, with hand-washing as an optional next step.
- Your Friday night, in orderA fridge-friendly run of show, plus the blessing for your children.
- Table talk cardsThree cut-out conversation cards for kids (and grown-ups).
- Family gameJourney to the Kiddush Cup: a 10-minute treasure hunt that ends at Kiddush.
- Next week, try thisYour next small step, with a link back to each week's free packet.
Keep going
Get a new one every Thursday
Each week's free packet arrives on Thursday, in time for Shabbat: the Torah story in plain words, one small Shabbat step to try, a family game, and four songs for the different kids at your table. Songs produced by Elijah Tales.
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Want it on screen instead? Everything in the kit is also on Shabbat 101, step by step. This kit is a friendly starting point, not a guide to Jewish law; for questions, ask a rabbi or teacher you trust.