After dessert, the Birkat Hamazon , Grace after Meals, is recited. Some sing z'mirot , Hebrew, Yiddish or English Shabbat songs. After the meal, people often read, talk, take a walk, visit friends, play games, or just relax. And then there's one of those really well known mitzvahs-the positive commandment to have sexual relations on Friday night. An additional service, musaf , is also recited.
Shabbat lunch follows the same formula as dinner the night before.
A popular lunch food is cholent , a traditional Eastern European dish of slow cooking meat, which begins cooking prior to the Shabbat and remains cooking until lunch. What people do in the afternoon varies. In the summer, when Saturdays are the longest, some people study Torah, while others will play games or read. Everyone over the age of 14, however, tries to get in a good nap. Some eat this meal at home, and most synagogues that conduct minchah services serve a meal minimally consisting of bread rolls.