From: 	 heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Sent: 	 Tuesday, August 19, 1997 1:10 AM
To: 	 Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup
Subject: Re: Communion and Shabbat


From:          Bill &Theresa Anderson
To:            heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Communion and Shabbat

heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com wrote:
> 
> 
> And one last question, also brought up last shabbat...
> How often are we to take "communion"?  I thought only on Pesach as part
> of the Seder Supper...I was told that we should partake of the
> unleavened bread and the wine(with alchohol) every shabbat and more if a
> person wants to...This was confusing to me and since I do not drink any
> alchohol especially when it is representing the blood of Y'shua in whom
> there is no decay or fermentation...Can you help in these areas?
> 
> Thank you for your thoughtful and helpful replies...Shalom, Theresa A.
> 
> >From Eddie:
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> 
>           Challah and the "cup" is always traditionally taken on
> Shabbat.  In ancient days, "celebrating Shabbat" was done for 24
> hours with services and meals. The THREE meals of Shabbat were
> collectively called, "the Lord's Supper".  In I Cor 11:25 it declares
> this to be done "as often as you meet". At our Shabbat gatherings, we
> partake of "grapejuice".
> 
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Dear Eddie,  

I did not think to tell you that we, as a family, each
friday night after lighting the Shabbat Candles eat a Sabbath
meal...Very special...My husband blesses the wine(juice) and we pour it
around in the best glasses for all including my youngest who is 3.  We
then drink(glass in right hand) and pass the glasses to put them in a
safe spot...Then he blesses the Challah and as he breaks each piece, he
gives each one a piece with a blessing for each child and myself..I then
break a piece for my husband and give him a blessing.....If we have
company we do it much the same way...We associate the wine with the joy
we have in Messiah and the Challah means alot of things to us...Shabbat
just wouldn't be Shabbat without the Challah and the Wine!  Even more so
now...thanks, Theresa

From Eddie:
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        Shabbat Shalom !!!!  May others who are examining their 
Hebraic Roots begin to discover for themselves the richness of the 
Shabbat!  We have had a Friday night Shabbat home fellowship group 
since 1994. Meanwhile, I still co-pastor at a non-denominational 
church on Sunday's.

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