Every Friday before the first star appears, the Jewish community gathers to celebrate one of the most sacred moments of the week, of the month, of the year.
The mayor Francisco Azcué participated in the celebration of the last Kabalat Shabat of the year of the Sephardic Jewish Community. Shabat is a religious service, where a psalm is sung for each day of the week and a sanctification of that day is performed. Every Friday night since the beginning of the history of Judaism, the community gathers to sanctify that day as God, through his teaching, asked the people of Israel to celebrate that seventh day of rest.
On this occasion it was special, because it was the last celebration of the year in the Kehila Sefaradí Agudat Israel community of Concordia. After the religious ceremony, the traditional LEJAIM was held, which means “To Life”, where a toast is made for a new year.
The Kabalat Shabat ceremony is held every Friday of the year at sunset in thousands of synagogues and Jewish communities around the world. It is considered the most important moment of the week because it invites each person to take a pause and disconnect from the daily routine, to connect with oneself. It is the opportunity to generate an encounter where music plays a fundamental role, as it is the perfect framework to introduce people to a special moment where everyone can celebrate, remember, cry, rejoice, depending on the moment they are going through. There is a concept within the Jewish tradition called minyan and it refers to the importance of being with other people sharing that moment, thus generating a community, the same energy, at the same moment.
The mayor Francisco Azcué participated in the celebration of the last Kabalat Shabat of the year of the Sephardic Jewish Community. Shabat is a religious service, where a psalm is sung for each day of the week and a sanctification of that day is performed. Every Friday night since the beginning of the history of Judaism, the community gathers to sanctify that day as God, through his teaching, asked the people of Israel to celebrate that seventh day of rest.
On this occasion it was special, because it was the last celebration of the year in the Kehila Sefaradí Agudat Israel community of Concordia. After the religious ceremony, the traditional LEJAIM was held, which means “To Life”, where a toast is made for a new year.
The Kabalat Shabat ceremony is held every Friday of the year at sunset in thousands of synagogues and Jewish communities around the world. It is considered the most important moment of the week because it invites each person to take a pause and disconnect from the daily routine, to connect with oneself. It is the opportunity to generate an encounter where music plays a fundamental role, as it is the perfect framework to introduce people to a special moment where everyone can celebrate, remember, cry, rejoice, depending on the moment they are going through. There is a concept within the Jewish tradition called minyan and it refers to the importance of being with other people sharing that moment, thus generating a community, the same energy, at the same moment.