## Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Shabbat, Kiddush and Zemirot for Shabbat Morning

###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Shabbat, Kiddush and Zemirot for Shabbat Morning 6
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**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
SHABBAT MORNING KIDDUSH
The Kiddush of Shabbat morning is known as *Kiddusha Raba*, “the great Kiddush,” despite or possibly because of its brevity: essentially it involves only the blessing over wine. Over the course of time additional texts were added, reflecting the varied customs of Jewish communities. **אַתְקִֽינוּ סְעוּדְתָא***Prepare the feast*(on previous page): a mystical passage based in the *Zohar*. **אֲסַדֵּר***I will prepare:* A poem written by R. Isaac Luria. The verses form an acrostic based on the author’s name. **חַי יהוה***The**Lord**lives*: A seventeenth-century poem whose verses spell out the name *Ḥayyim****Yitzḥak*. **אִם־תָּשִׁיב מִשַּׁבָּת רַגְלֶֽךָ***If you keep your feet*: the passage from Isaiah that is the source of the idea of *oneg Shabbat*, making the day a delight. **וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל***The children of****Israel:* Shabbat as a memorial of creation. **זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת***Remember the Sabbath day:* Shabbat as a memory of the exodus from Egypt. The freedom of Shabbat is the antithesis of slavery in Egypt.