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There is a mitzvah to eat three meals of bread on Shabbat. At the Friday night and the first meal on Shabbat day, [[Kiddush]] is recited. The laws that relate specifically to the third meal of Shabbat are on the [[Seudat Shelishit]] page. Additionally, in order to escort out Shabbat there is a fourth meal at the conclusion of Shabbat, called [[ | There is a mitzvah to eat three meals of bread on Shabbat. At the Friday night and the first meal on Shabbat day, [[Kiddush]] is recited. The laws that relate specifically to the third meal of Shabbat are on the [[Seudat Shelishit]] page. Additionally, in order to escort out Shabbat there is a fourth meal at the conclusion of Shabbat, called [[Melaveh Malka]]. | ||
==Covering the Challah== | ==Covering the Challah== | ||
# There are multiple reasons for covering the challah. <ref> Tosafot in Pesachim 100b says that because the manna fell between layers of dew | # There are multiple reasons for covering the challah. <ref> Tosafot in Pesachim 100b says that because the manna fell between layers of dew, which preserved it, we cover the challah above and below. Rosh Pesachim 10:3 as well as the Tur 271 quote the Yerushalmi saying that since wheat is written first in the pasuk of the seven species for which Israel is praised and the beracha on it should be recited first, we don't want to embarrass the challah by saying the beracha on the wine first, therefore, we cover the Challah. </ref> | ||
# Even if one is not going to make Kiddish oneself but rather hear it from someone else one should still cover the challahs. <ref> Rav Moshe Feinstein (quoted in back of Radiance of Shabbos, Siman 1) </ref> | # Even if one is not going to make Kiddish oneself but rather hear it from someone else one should still cover the challahs. <ref> Rav Moshe Feinstein (quoted in back of Radiance of Shabbos, Siman 1) </ref> | ||
==Having two loaves of Challah== | ==Having two loaves of Challah== | ||
