Same table for shabbos and weekday, anything wrong?

Diamond Member Joined: Oct 25 2007 Posts: 4833

My kitchen has a dinette nook, but I specifically didn't put a table there. Why? Because in my house, any flat, empty surface becomes a dumping ground for everyone's junk. Everything from old school projects to junk mail to laundry baskets seems to light on a dinette table unless Mom is there to police it.

I'm also not a fan of dinette tables because I associate them with the "Mom's Diner" style of food preparation and service. This is where everyone eats in different shifts and Mom stands in the kitchen, preparing, serving, and nibbling her meal as she works. I can see where a dinette table might be convenient for breakfast or snacks, but dinner means setting the table, serving the food, and sitting down like mentchen.

ruchel, there is a fridge magnet saying " no matter where I serve my guests they like the kitchen best" or something to that effect.

Look, just because its been "done" doesn't mean that its right. Some of our grandmothers didn't cover their hair, and we all know that they're in gehinom with boiling oil being poured over their heads. And some didn't have three ovens and, well, let's not even think about what Hashem is stuffing into THEIR faces right now.

We know better now. Its completely disrespectful of Shabbat to use the same table that you use during the week for your cornflakes. Would you serve Kate Middleton there? Yes? Oh, sorry. Well, then what about Queen Elizabeth? If you cannot afford a home that accommodates these tables, then you need to borrow the money. Or inform your kids' schools that you can't pay them until you buy a new house and furniture. They'll understand.
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We use our dining room table during the week when we have too many people to sit by our kitchen table. We also used it when our kitchen was being renovated and when our kitchen table broke. I DO NOT like using our dining room table during the week because then I have to clean it off every day. The dining room table is where everyone throws their things when they come home and where I keep all my sewing things when I'm in middle of a project.

Last edited by tsiggelle on Tue, Jul 03 2012, 4:05 pm; edited 2 times in total

I EDITED TO MAKE IT CLEARER

Silver Member Joined: Apr 14 2010 Posts: 707

I'm going to try to answer your question and offer a guess that the poster was referring to this thread. It's not nearly as dramatic as it sounds, sorry.

Diamond Member Joined: Aug 07 2006 Posts: 2556

We eat in the kitchen during the week and in the dining room on Shabbos, but by no means is the dining room table exclusively the "Shabbos Table". During the week it's a sort of catch-all space; you know, mail, shopping bags, etc.
Oh and by the way, now in the summer, we sometimes eat the Shabbos meal in the kitchen (gasp!) since our dining room has no air conditioner Confused