In the light of the seven golden flames, Nana's face looked young and fresh, and their glow erased the deeply graven fines in Baba's brow as he intoned the kiddush. |
The evening meal begins with the Kiddush, a blessing recited aloud over a cup of wine, and the Mohtzi, a blessing recited over the bread. |
Sponsor a kiddush in synagogue on that day, or on the Shabbat that falls at the end of that week. |
I thought of my comrades, how they would have laughed, what slaps would have rained down, had they been present at that Kiddush. |
A Kiddush such as we had never heard before, and shall never hear again. |
It is only when the time comes for saying Kiddush that my father and the guest hold a Hebrew conversation. |