From Kiddush to Character - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

Why is it that throughout the week we always place bread first but on Shabbat we place wine first? Why do we place wine first? Why don't we say kamotei first and then take out the kdesk and then say brien? You ever thought of that? Why don't you reverse the order? The answer is very simple. You see is bread better the older it is or the more younger the more fresh it is? The more fresh it is. The more younger it is the better it is. Wine on the other hand the older it is the better it is. Right. the more it develops the taste, the more expensive it becomes. Wine is better the older it is. And so, who's the older one by the table? Who's the eldest? The wine. And who do you give priority to? To the elders or to the young? To the elders. And so, we're learning a lesson just from the order of bring putting the wine before the bread that we have to give priority to the elders. Next time you're sitting on the bus and there's an old elderly lady who walks in, you get up for her and you give her priority. You know where I learned that from? From kesh Friday night. Can you imagine such a thing? That there's lessons behind the rituals. Even the order to the rituals have such deep meaning and such intricate deep meaning and there's a lesson that we could apply to our lives.