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===Kiddush and Havdalah=== | ===Kiddush and Havdalah=== | ||
#When a child is able to understand when it is Shabbat, then he or she must hear kiddush and havdalah. Understanding that it is Shabbos does not mean that he or she only says good shabbos and that’s all; rather a kid must understand that it’s the 7th day and it’s the rest day and not a day to do work. <ref>Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly</ref> | #When a child is able to understand when it is Shabbat, then he or she must hear kiddush and havdalah. Understanding that it is Shabbos does not mean that he or she only says good shabbos and that’s all; rather a kid must understand that it’s the 7th day and it’s the rest day and not a day to do work. <ref>Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly. See M.B. 269:1</ref> | ||
#When a child is of that age, parents must make sure to call the child to the table to hear kiddush. <ref>Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly</ref> | #When a child is of that age, parents must make sure to call the child to the table to hear kiddush. <ref>Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly</ref> However, unlike adults, children are permitted to eat before kiddush is recited.<ref>M.B. 269:1</ref> | ||
#If a child goes to sleep before hearing havdallah or Kiddush and it is past the child’s normal bedtime, it is not necessary to wake him or her up for Havdalah. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurebach as cited in Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly</ref> | #If a child goes to sleep before hearing havdallah or Kiddush and it is past the child’s normal bedtime, it is not necessary to wake him or her up for Havdalah. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurebach as cited in Rabbi Dovid Ostroff, The Shabbos Weekly</ref> On Friday night, the child may say Kiddush after plag haMincha. If the child did not say kiddush on Friday night, some say that he should say the friday night text for the Shabbos morning kiddush. | ||
===Kavod Shabbat=== | |||
# Children who have reached the age of chinuch should be taught to assist in preparing for shabbat.<ref>Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Children in Halacha page 55)</ref> | |||
# Children who have reached the age of chinuch should be given special clothes for shabbat.<ref>Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Children in Halacha page 56)</ref> | |||
# The obligation to light candles before shabbat can be fulfilled by one member of the house lighting. Nevertheless, some have the custom for the young girls to light their own candles.<ref>Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Children in Halacha page 56) quoting from Aruch HaShulchan 263:7</ref> | |||
===Melacha on Shabbat=== | ===Melacha on Shabbat=== | ||
