Blessed are You God, our God, Ruler of the Universe, who sustains the entire world with goodness, kindness and compassion. God gives food to all creatures, for God s compassion is everlasting. For God is a God who sustains all, does good to all, and provides food for all God s creatures which God has created. Blessed are you God, who provides food for all. In most families, the kiddush is recited by one person, while the rest of the family stands.
Standing allows everyone to attend to the sacredness of the moment.
While kiddush is recited, the challot are covered so as not to detract attention from kiddush. And the Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath for their generations, an eternal covenant. It is an eternal sign between me and the Children of Israel, that in six days God created the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested. Labor six days and do all your work and the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do no work, you and your son and your daughter, your slave and maidservants and your animals, and strangers in your gates.