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Yom zeh l’yisrael Prei This day for Israel is light and is joy ... a Shabbat of rest. You commanded our ancestors standing at Sinai to keep Shabbat and seasons for all of our years, to share at our table the choicest of foods, a Shabbat of rest. This day ... Treasure for the hearts of a wounded people, for souls that have suffered, an additional soul, to soothe away sighs from a soul that is bound, a Shabbat of rest. This day... You have made this the holy, most blessed of days. In six days You finished the work of the worlds, this day the saddest find safety and peace, a Shabbat of rest. This day ...
Isaac Luria
Prei Yom zeh l’yisra’el orah v’simchah, shabbat m’nuchah. Tsivita pikkudim b’ma’amad sinai, shabbat umo’adim lishmor b’chol shanai, la’aroch l’fanai mas’eit va’aruchah, shabbat m’nuchah. Yom zeh... Chemdat ha–l’vavot l’ummah sh’vurah, linfashot nich’avot n’shamah y’teirah, l’nefesh m’tseirah yasir anachah, shabbat m’nuchah. Yom zeh... Kiddashta beirachta oto mikkol yamim, b’sheishet killita m’lechet olamim, bo matz’u agumim hashkeit uvitchah, shabbat m’nuchah. Yom zeh... l ¥` ¨x §U¦i §l d¤f moei This day for Israel ...
taken from the Book of Esther, but here applied to Shabbat. For a people embittered by the struggle of life in exile, it offers a taste of freedom. For those worn down by the everyday demands of earning a living or providing for others, it offers the refreshment that comes with an additional Shabbat soul. It is the reward for our ancestors who stood at Mount Sinai and accepted the covenant with God.
One of the songs to be sung after the evening meal of Shabbat, the opening letters of each verse together spell Yitschak , Isaac, indicating the name of the composer. It is assumed to be Isaac Luria, the sixteenth– century kabbalist who lived in Safed. The Shabbat is more than simply a day of rest, it is a time of ‘light and joy’, a phrase
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