Comments by "SK ONTHEROAD" (@skontheroad2666) on "Inside Private Hasidic Sabbath Dinner As A Non-Jew 🇺🇸" video.

  1.  @poppie25  The only thing different about the way the Hasidim observe shabbat is the way they dress. Orthodox Judaism is a broad definition, from people who wear pants and don't cover their hair, to Hasidim with shtreimels and beckishes or Kaputahs. But the way we all observe shabbat and its "rules" (we don't see them as restrictive obligations), is the same for all who are Orthodox.
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  2.  @poppie25  Or your interpretation is possibly incorrect. We do not work (ie., cook, etc., on the sabbath), so we prepare all of our food before the sabbath starts and the keep it hot or reheat it on Saturday for lunch (and use something called a blech--an electric hot plate specifically made for shabbat). However as we are to "honor the sabbath", we prepare a festive meat meal for Friday night and Saturday lunch, usually with atleast 3 courses, including one with meat, that we sit down to as a family and enjoy after prayers. With a linen tablecloth, our nice dishes and silverware, flowers on the table, etc.. Friday night it is typically the men and boys who go to synagogue and on Saturday morning, the whole family goes. The men show up on time at 9am, and the women come a little later. Services end at noon and then the whole community gathers in a room to have a snack and chat, and then you go home with your guests. Either if you have been invited out or you are having guests. Years ago, when people live out by their farms, they would prepare a cholent (a meat stew we make now in a crack pot and let it cook for 15-20 hours), and then bring it to town and put it in the bakers oven, and let it cook overnight as the embers in the oven were dying out. Then the family would pick it up after shul was over and bring it home for Shabbat lunch so they had a hot meat meal. After lunch, families either take a walk and visit with friends. Or stay home and read or nap. Or play a board game together. Shabbat is about family time and rest. We honor the sabbath and honor g-d by observing his commandments and resting. Restraining from work, and spending time with family. Even sexual intercourse is considered a mitzvah on Friday night! We spend a lot of time in synagogue, praying to G-d, and discussing the Torah portion of the week. So G-d is definitely a part of the sabbath, however there are many ways that we can honor Hashem, while enjoying eachother and the sabbath at the same time. Hope it helped!
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