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Kol Mekadesh

All who sanctify the Seventh as it deserves

All who protect the Sabbath according to its law from breakers

His reward is very great, correspondent to his act

Each according to his camp, each according to his flag.

God-lovers, who hope for the building of Ariel

On the Sabbath day they celebrate like those who received the gift of Nahaliel

Also their hands lift up the holy, and they say to God

"Blessed is the LORD who gave rest to his people Israel."

God-seekers, progeny of Abraham his beloved

Who delay leaving the Sabbath, and hurry to enter it

Who are happy to keep it, and to make its eruv,

"This is the day which the LORD made, let us celebrate on it!"

Recall the Law of Moses, which records the Sabbath commandment!

Set for the seventh day, like a bride arranged between her maids,

The pure ones inherit her, and sanctify her by retelling all which she did.

"And God completed on the seventh day the work which he did."

A holy day is it, from its coming to its departure

All progeny of Jacob will glorify it, per royal decree

to rest on it and to celebrate its pleasures, to eat and drink

"All the gathering of Israel will do this."

Disburse your kindness to those who know you, O jealous and vengeful god

Guards of the seventh day, who establish "Recall" and "Keep"

Celebrate in the building of Salem, make them shine with the radiance of your face,

"They will overflow with the abundance of your houses, and with your delicious spring you will water them."

Help those who rest on the seventh, planting and harvest, forever,

Taking a small step, eating so as to bless three times,

Their righteousness shines like the light of the seven days

"LORD god of Israel, give a sign!"

Sanctify them with you commandments, and make them as pure as the very sky

Let your spirit give them rest like a beast descending to the plain from a peak

Settle their tribes in the territory of the moon,

"Like groves they will spread, like gardens by the river."

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