I need help with buying my husband Jewish shabbat supplies...hebrew help!?

Question

My husband has recently discovered his jewish heritage and he really wants to start celebrating shabbat. My apologies if I've misspelled anything, I'm pagan and know nothing about Judaism or the Hebrew language, but I really want to support his newfound faith.

His birthday is coming up and I want to buy him all the stuff he needs to celebrate the sundown ritual before eating, I think that's shabbat, but I could be wrong. I've seen it performed before, the person lit two candles on a special condleholder and wore a special shawl and read a prayer in Hebrew.

He is Messianic Jew, if that's any help.

What I need is the correct terminolgy for the candleholder and the shawl and anything else he'll need, so I can do a search for these things. Also a good Jewish discount store would be really helpful since I don't have a ton of money. he just needs something to get started with.

Any help on this is most appreciated.

Um, like I said, he found out he is jewish, meaning his mother found out she was half Jewish. Is it really such an exclusive thing?

Answer 1

Since the other answers haven't given you what you want, I have a few suggestions that should be somewhat on track. He probably would like a kippah (yarmulke) to wear on his head. Something like this:
http://www.messianicscribalarts.com/kippah.htm
Which has "Yeshua" in Hebrew characters on it. But there are many patterns available in different styles:
http://judaicatreasures.stores.yahoo.net/yarkip.html
http://yarmulkes.com/system/scripts/search.cgi?category=5

Next the "shawl" you refer to is called a Tallit. Size is somewhat important here as they have very small ones made for 13 year boys to large nearly floor length ones for large males. Generally I would recommend measuring him wrist to wrist with his arms spread and neck to just above the knee. That will give you the approximate dimensions of the tallit that he would be happy with. This tallit has tzitzit (fringes) at the four corners. Most tallits that you find will have these in solid white. But within the Messianic community there is a strong preference to them having a string of techeilet (blue) in with the white strings. (Which is what the Torah commands.) But you might decide to buy the tallit now and upgrade to techeilet tzitzit later. A decent adult size tallit will run you from $60 to $300 (or more!) depending on how fancy it is. The first site listed below has techeilet available and decent prices.
http://www.theshofarman.com/Talis_Messianic.htm
http://judaicatreasures.stores.yahoo.net/tallit1.html
http://yarmulkes.com/system/scripts/search.cgi?category=519
http://ejudaica.stores.yahoo.net/tallittaleisim.html

He might also like to have a Messianic Siddur (prayer book):
http://www.messianicliturgy.com/

For Sabbath candles you can find a large box like this:
http://menorah.com/catalog2/shopexd.asp?id=1808
typically in the kosher isle at many grocery stores. A couple of candlesticks to hold the candles would be good as well. Tradition is to light 2 or 3 candles. And idealy the woman of the house lights them, but in your situation it is fine if he lights them.

Answer 2

You need to talk to Sawyer. He is a Messianic Believer on here sometimes. Try to find him. A good place to get Judica related stuff is www.MessianicJewish.net or Messianic Jewish Resources International. I have ordered things from them many times and they are also involved in ministry so some of the money goes towards that.

Answer 3

there is no such thing as messianic judaism

the only way that he is Jewish is if his momma or his maternal momma was Jewish

and even if he was halachaly a Jew he would be honoring NO ONE by trying to combine Judaism with Christianity

if he believes in Christ than he has no business trying to celebrate the Jewish shabbat as a Jew

the Sabbath was a gift from G-d to the Jews only and to celebrate it is a form of spiritual stealing

now....if his momma was a Jew...or if his maternal momma was a Jew, than he is a Jew, but he still should not practice unless/until he gives up belief in a false messiah

Answer 4

Try this link
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/index.htm

Answer 5

ok....