This challah cover is decorated with an intricate mandala pattern in grey, burgundy and red surrounded by verses in Hebrew:
"Ve'Karata L'Shabbat Oneg" ("and you call the Sabbath a delight") pasuk in Yeshayahu 58:13 which describes how one is commanded to delight in the Shabbat
"Toameya Chaim Zachu" ("Those who taste it, merit life"). Tasting the food on Erev Shabbos is a Mitzvah. One who does so is rewarded with long life; it is based on what we say in our Shmonei Esrei at Mussaf on Shabbos.
"Vezakenu lekabel Shabbatot mitoch rov simcha ve mitoch osher ve kavod" ("Grant us Shabbat out of Joy and out of happiness and honour"), a verse from a Shabbat song.
