Havdalah, bidding farewell to Shabbat
Through the Havdallah ceremony we transfer the spiritual energy of Shabbat consciousness to the week.
This is manifested in the blessing of Havdalah. When we distinguish the sacred from the profane and the seventh day of the six days of the week.
This discrimination, while underscoring the differences between the sacred and the worldly, is the conduit through which the holiness and higher awareness of Shabbat are imparted to the days of the week.
The other elements of the Havdalah ceremony, "the blessing on the wine, on the aromatic spices and on the fire" are designed to bring to the days of the coming week the virtual rectifications generated by Shabbat.
And this is also the reason for the food that accompanies the departure of the Shabbat queen called "Melave Malka"
(accompaniment or farewell to the queen) being this the fourth meal of Shabbat and the first of the new week, it shares the sacred and the profane and can transform our eating into a conscious act of the mind and soul.
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