# SHABBAT (the Sabbath)

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/103


## Segment 1

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הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר וְהַשַּׁבָּת הֵם נוֹתְנִים חַיִּים גַּשְׁמִיִּים גַם־כֵּן.

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1. The Torah, the tithes, and the Shabbat, they give material life as well.


## Segment 2

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הָרָגִיל בִּקְלָלָה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה לֹא יִהְיֶה לוֹ בְּגָדִים עַל שַּׁבָּת.

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2. One accustomed to cursing, through this he will not have (appropriate) clothes for the Shabbat.


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עִיר שֶׁשּׁוֹמְרִין אֶת עַצְמָם מִלָּלֶכֶת חוּץ לִתְחוּם שַׁבָּת, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה שָׁם הַבָּשָׂר בְּזוֹל.

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3. In a city where they guard themselves from going beyond the Shabbat boundary (2000 amot beyond the last houses), through this the meat is cheap.


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עַל־יְדֵי שְׁמִירַת שַׁבָּת מַמְשִׁיךְ עַל עַצְמוֹ אוֹר שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ גַּם עַל־יְדֵי תְּשׁוּבָה.

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4. Through observing the Shabbat one draws upon oneself the light of the Messiah, also through repentance.


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עַל־יְדֵי שְׁמִירַת שַׁבָּת הוּא כְּבֵן הַמִּתְחַטֵּא לִפְנֵי אָבִיו וְהוּא מְמַלֵּא שְׁאֵלוֹתָיו, גַּם הוּא גּוֹזֵר וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־ הוּא מְקַיְּמָהּ, גַּם הַקֶּרֶן שֶׁל הַמַּעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים שֶׁלּוֹ קַיָּמִים לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל אֶלָּא מִפֵּרוֹתֵיהֶם.

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5. Through observing the Shabbat, one is like a son who comes clean before his father, and his father fulfills his wants. Also, he decrees, and G-d enacts. Also, the principle reward for his good deeds is preserved for the World to Come, and (in the meantime) he benefits from their dividends.