VERSES OF SONG
Prei Yom zeh m’chubbad mikkol yamim, ki vo shavat tsur olamim. 1 Sheishet yamim ta’aseh m’lachtecha, v’yom ha–sh’vi’i leilohecha, shabbat lo ta’aseh vo m’lachah, ki chol asah sheishet yamim. Yom zeh m’chubbad … 2 Rishon hu l’mikra’ei kodesh, yom shabbaton yom shabbat kodesh, al kein kol ish b’yeino y’kaddeish, al shtei lechem yivts’u t’mimim. Yom zeh m’chubbad … 3 Echol mashmannim sh’teih mamtakkim, ki eil yittein l’chol bo d’veikim, beged lilbosh lechem chukkim, basar v’dagim v’chol mat’ammim. Yom zeh m’chubbad … 4 Lo techsar kol bo v’achalta v’sava’ta, uveirachta et Adonai, elohecha asher ahavta, ki veirach’cha mikkol ha–ammim. Yom zeh m’chubbad … 5 Ha–shamayim m’sapp’rim k’vodo, v’gam ha–arets mal’ah chasdo, r’u ki kol eilleh as’tah yado, ki hu ha–tsur po’olo tamim. Yom zeh m’chubbad mikkol yamim, ki vo shavat tsur olamim.
The poet celebrates the rituals of Shabbat, blessings over wine and bread, the wearing of special clothes. But, as befits a table hymn, he dwells at length on the food and drink, the special meat, fish and desserts to be relished on this day!
c ¨A ªk §n d¤f mrei This day is honoured ... The initial letters of the verses spell the name Yisrael, and those in the final verse spell ‘ha–ger’ , the proselyte, but precisely who this might be is not known.
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