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 סְעוּדְתָאPrepare the feast(on previous page): a mystical passage based in the Zohar. אֲסַדֵּרI will prepare: A poem written by R. Isaac Luria. The verses form an acrostic based on the author’s name. חַי יהוהTheLordlives: A seventeenth-century poem whose verses spell out the name ḤayyimYitzḥak*. *אִם־תָּשִׁיב מִשַּׁבָּת רַגְלֶֽךָIf 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־יִשְׂרָאֵלThe children ofIsrael:* Shabbat as a memorial of creation. *זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּתRemember the Sabbath day: Shabbat as a memory of the exodus from Egypt. The freedom of Shabbat is the antithesis of slavery in Egypt.