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In the summer Shabbos afternoon is very long I am interested to know what people do during this time. I once heard the Rebbe from Tolna disscus this topic – so lets hear what people do
Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
men or women? from a woman’s point of view, i can tell you i usually get together with friends and/or go to a shiur, or stay home and spend quality time with my family
after shul and lunch, we go for a family walk…dropping in on friends along the way…
Later in the afternoon the Rabbi has a shuir he calls “Torah on the Green”…basically getting together outside in his backyard…there is something very peacful about learning outside on a nice summer day
i read.
I sleep, I visit with friends, I learn, I read. Most valuable, I spend some time with my wife just talking.
I usually take a nap after I get home from shule in the morning, so in the afternoon I play a game or two with the kids, then read or learn until 5:45 mincha. (By the way, anyone ever play “Perpetual Commotion?” It’s a great game to play with kids about 10 and up.)
Sleep, then learning with the kids, then chabrusa, then shiur, then mincha …
OlamHaba…”mikehall12382 – no sleeping’
Not a chance with my kids 🙂
learn torah
eat of course…..it is after lunch but before dinner (shalosh seudos) so there is time to eat some more.
read sleep eat repeat
SLEEP!! Too embarrased to say how much lol
Go to the park with kiddos and klotch
Learn, schmooze with family/friends some, sometimes eat a little something.
When i am bored on Shabbos, i usually do one of three things:
Learn
Read
Sing (kumzitz)
Appreciate the Shabbos 🙂 No modern technology interruptions.
love shabbos- boring cause i can’t chk my computer every minute to see what’s happening – as if it matters? I wish we had two days shabbos-it totally reaffirms my values
I DO NOT send text messages
Usually one of four things, or a combination of all:
1: let Ittisa sleep
2: Sleep myself
3: Read/learn
4: Visit elderly relatives.
I usually read/learn for 2-3 hours on a long Shabbos afternoon. But I should qualify my statement. The learning/reading usually occurs outside with me laying in a lounge chair, with a pitcher of something cold and sour and a book/sefer. The content of the Sefer may vary, but the books are virtually all Jewish history.
Gavra
Do you speak to your Ittisa in Aramaic?
Do you speak to your Ittisa in Aramaic?
No. Have you ever tried to speak practical (not talmudic) Aramaic? Very difficult. Might I recommend My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar. I found it a very interesting read.
Might I recommend My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar. I found it a very interesting read.
That was a fascinating book.
Nevertheless, I found myself snorting when he was comparing hebrew words to aramaic words for his professor.
For blazes sake, any yeshiva guy could tell you far more words, and could even tell you rules for the sorts of sounds that get switched. (like the hebrew ? turning into the aramaic ?, for example- ???- ???, and all the rest.)
i just spend shabbos with a couple of sem (BJJ) graduates and they told me that their principal told them not to read magazines. its a waste of time to spend shabbos that way. they should read the parsha with rashi if they have time and if they still have time they should read the ramban. i dont get it! aren’t girls allowed to just relax?
adorable, are you sure that they meant all magazines or were they referring to specific controversial ones?
I don’t believe the girls are supposed to be the “learners,” and the guys don’t like that. Everyone has to relax sometimes and the hamodia or binah seem pretty harmless…
Gavra – loved that book. A random old Jewish lady sitting next to me at Jury Duty recommended it to me.
As for me on Shabbos – I run groups for the girls in the neighborhood who are super bored on Shabbos afternoon (50+ girls attend). So most of my time I spend preparing. I also visit with friends.
i heard that they specifically tell the girls not to read any magazines. its not the issue with reading the controversial issues but its more like why are you wasting the precious shabbos hours. she lets you read them during the week though, but not on shabbos.
Shabbos is a day to do things that help you relax and be happy. If you enjoy reading magazines, go ahead. I personally like to sleep on Shabbos afternoon.
Adorable-
They probably learned the halachos of what is muttar to read on Shabbos and it could be that those magazines dont fit in that picture. (I know there are halachos about this that are widely ignored)
no!!! you dont have to believe me but they learnt that you can read the magazines (its not the issue now about if they are app to read- the issue is if you should read them on shabbos!!!!!!)
Shabbos day schedule: Netz, home for kiddush/coffee, put finnishing touch on parsha, a 20 minute sheinas shacharis if I am feeling beaten up from the week, 930 learn with chavrusa hilchos shabbos until called for laining at a late starting chabad minyan, lunch. Early mincha at 1:30 in the summer. Cross town to learn with a homebound. (Last shabbos it was 102F). Drop in on a sfardi rov lecturing on hilchos shabbos. 4:00 home to nosh and hit the books, do homework for weekday learning routine. Seudah shlishis not rushed, Maariv. In the winter, same just condensed. I don’t like to go away for Shabbos. I love my busy day.
Depending on the time/season of the year, I usually try to cover Pirkei Avot, Sefer Daniel, Sefer Mishlei, Sefer Iyov as well as daily Tehillim, Sefer Yetzira, Otzrot Chaim. A nap is nice if time permits.
sleep a bit, then study some niflaos haborei (medical stuff). i’m odd in the way that studying is more relaxing sometimes than sleeping, esp if its w/in 2 weeks of a test…..
if i have vaca, i try to visit my friend and her family
Sleep??????!!!!!!!!
Studying medicine on Shabbos is questionable.
I once heard that if you are a practicing medical professional you are permitted to study, since you might be saving a life by learning something new.
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