What is Kiddush meditation? By Jackie Glaser for Olami's Share Shabbat

[Music] there's a special meditation that people don't realize is embedded in the structure of shabbat and that is kidus kidus literally means to sanctify and it's the mitzvah that we do friday night and shabbat morning on a cup of grape juice or wine and the purpose of kiddush generally people know is to sanctify the day to make it acknowledge that it's holy and that it's a different day of the week which is very nice and true however what people don't realize is it's a special moment to step back and go deep within and reflect on a specific type of focus and that focus is threefold so the first is we as we mentioned to sanctify the day to acknowledge this day of shabbat is a different energy in a different uh reality basically number two is that we're actually reminding ourselves consciously like a meditation in a meditation that the whole world is created by a higher power there is a divine source running the show i'm not in charge i'm not in control of everything i i submit i humble myself and acknowledge so in the middle of kiddush when actually someone is saying you're sankirush just allow yourself to surrender to that fact that there is actually a higher power that created this world it actually says you know created in six days and rested on the seventh and that i'm acknowledging that as well for myself because we get we get forgetful and we think that we're in charge of during our week when we're running around and we're doing lots of important things and kiddush is a moment even once you're in shabbat to step back and just remember that point and the third is even more personal and more powerful which is why do we make kiddush on grape juice and wine why not on beer or some other alcohol or some other drink and that's the idea that great a grape is one of the the seven holy species and the purpose of a grape is actually not for the grape for food but it's to make the this beautiful grape juice or wine that comes out of the grape as the primary purpose for that grape how do we know that because the blessing on wine and grape juice is a higher status it's more important considered more important than just the one on the grape itself which is a fruit blessing so we see that it moves up in status when it turns into a liquid so the purpose of a grape is to be grape juice and wine and we use it for kiddish to reflect on ourselves and are we aligned with our higher purpose and the whole purpose of shabbat is to step back and say am i living on track or off track am i aligned with my higher purpose or am i forgetting that and i need to regroup and reassess so these are amazing kavanagh's intentions mindfulness that we can have when whenever we're doing kirusha whenever we're hearing kiddush to just close your eyes and focus on acknowledging shabbat is a different day i acknowledge there's a higher power running my world and created the world and am i aligned with my higher purpose and my on track or off track just like the grape juice shabbat shalom you