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Nusach
Ashkenaz
Edition
Translation based on the Metsudah linear siddur, by Avrohom Davis, 1981

Menucha VeSimcha

Rest and joy, a light for the Jews.

The joy that radiates from a Jewish face on Shabbos is brighter than on any other day.—Siach Yitzchok

It is a day of rest, a day of delights;

its preservers and its recallers— they bear witness

See note 10 to כָּל מְקַדֵּשׁ .

that in six [days], all was created: and it still exists.

Heavens above the skies, earth, and seas,

all the hosts of heaven high and exalted;

sea monsters, and man, and mighty beasts—

for with the letters yud and hey Adonoy, created worlds.

Isaiah 26:4; See Rashi to Genesis 2:4.

He is the One Who told His treasured people—

Be careful to sanctify it from arrival till departure—

the holy Sabbath, day of His delight,

for on it the Almighty abstained from all His work.

Genesis 2:2.

Through the command of the Sabbath the Almighty will strengthen you.

Arise, call out to Him—He will hasten to strengthen you—

[Recite] “Soul of all living,” and also “We proclaim Your might.”

See page 000.

See page 000.

Eat with joy, for He has already accepted you favorably.

Koheleth 9:7.

With double loaves and a great Kiddush,

with abundant delicacies and generous spirit,

they will merit much good—those who delight in it

—with the coming of the Redeemer in the life in the World-to-Come.

Where it comes in the siddur

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