## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 18

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 18:1
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**לשמור שבת כהלכתו** בכל דקדוקי' ופרטי' וסימנך תשב אנוש עד דכא. תשב אותיות שבת אנוש היינו אפילו עובד ע"ז כדור אנוש.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
Keep the Shabbat strictly, according to the *Halachah*,³⁶ with all its details and specifics. The mnemonic by which to remember this, is the verse,³⁷ “You turn back-*Tashev*-*תשב*man-*Enosh*-*אנוש* into pulp.” The word “You turn back-*Tashev*-*תשב*” consists of the same letters as, “Shabbat-*שבת*.” The word used for man here is, “*Enosh*-*אנוש*” indicating that, “Even if he is an idolater, like the generation of *Enosh,*he will be forgiven.”³⁸ who does this, and the person who holds strong to it, one who guards the Shabbat from desecrating it-*Mechalelo*, and guards his hand from doing any evil.’ (Isaiah 56:2). Do not read ‘from desecrating it-*Mechalelo-*מחללו,’ but rather, ‘he is forgiven-*Machul Lo-*מחל לו.’”

footnotes:
³⁶ Torah law
³⁷ Psalms 90:3
³⁸ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b; See Genesis 4:26; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Avoda Zara Ch. 1 – Rabbi Chiyah bar Abba said that Rabbi Yochanan said: Anyone who observes Shabbat in accordance with its laws, even if he worships idolatry as in the generation of Enosh, he is forgiven, as it states, ‘Fortunate is the man-Enosh