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 | | The Kiddush is essentially a blessing in which the Jews thank God for having "in love and favor given us the sacred Sabbath as an inheritance," and relates to the day of rest as a memorial of the creation of the world and of the exodus from Egypt. |
 | | Knowing that the Kiddush belonged only in a private house at the family table, the amoraim [2] excused the practice of reciting it at the conclusion of the Friday evening on the grounds that the synagogue served also as a hostel for travelers, who took their meals there. |
 | | Kiddush remained an integral part of the Friday night service in Ashkenazic communities outside of the Land of Israel, and is, in fact, one of the high points of that service, a moment of extraordinary reverence and religious feeling. |
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