SONGS FOR WELCOMING SHABBAT
An alternative opening:
Ea «rHÎd ©n .arw£r©i Li«¤l ¨Gr` :l ¥` ¨x §U ¦i Li«¤]rp §M §W ¦n .d ¨`¥l K ¦i«¨l ¨Gr` Ea «rHÎd ©n :l ¥g ¨x K ¦i«¨]rp §M §W ¦n
Ea «rHÎd ©n How good are your tents, O Jacob, and your homes, O Israel! How good are your tents, O Leah, and your homes, O Rachel!
Ea «rHÎd ©n Mah tovu ohalecha ya’akov, mishk’notecha yisra’el. Mah tovu ohalayich le’ah, mishk’notayich rachel.
Some congregations begin here:
zay zlawl mixiy SONGS FOR WELCOMING SHABBAT
One or more of the following Shabbat songs on pages 102–110 may be sung:
The tradition of singing ‘table songs’during and after the Friday evening meal goes back to the tenth century. With their mixture of Shabbat themes and often jolly melodies, they help create the unique experience of joy that is central to the Shabbat. We introduced them into the Friday evening service in the last edition of Forms of Prayer as a teaching device to help people learn them for their own use at home. The songs themselves reflect traditions that go back to the Talmudic period, to the kabbalistic circles in Safed in the sixteenth century, and to the revival of Hebrew in the twentieth century. They attest to the transformation in our life each week as the Shabbat enters with its opportunity for freedom and rest.
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