NETZACH: GRACE FOR THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
Wishing all friends a great FIRST SHABBAT MEAL!
GRACE ON THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
INNER MEANING OF MEAL
-by Rav Michael Laitman
There are different types of meals: festive, Shabbat, new moon meal, etc. Each of them symbolizes a certain type of receiving light, abundance.
There is a very strict order in conducting a Kabbalistic meal. The most important thing in it is the internal work, the correct intention, because the meal represents receiving the upper abundance from the Creator by the created being.
When we consume food while giving thanks to the Creator and welcome other participants of the meal, which symbolize the ascent above our personal egoism and getting closer to each other, then we practically fulfill the inner meaning of the meal.