{"id":15923,"date":"2026-01-20T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=15923"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:57:58","slug":"the-sabbath-prayer","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-sabbath-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sabbath Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>207) The Sabbath prayer of the holy nation. There are three prayers on this day, corresponding to three Sabbaths\u2014<em>Bina<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>\u2014that govern together. They are all one. And when the holy people comes to the synagogue, it is forbidden to engage even in needs of the synagogue, but in words of praise, prayer, and Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>208) One who engages in other matters and in worldly affairs is one who desecrates the Sabbath. He has no part in the people of Israel. Two angels are appointed over it on the Sabbath day, and they place their hands on his head and say, \u201cWoe unto so and so, for he has no part in the Creator.\u201d For this reason, they must exert in prayers, songs, and praises to their Master, and engage in Torah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>209) That day is the day of the souls, when a bundle of the souls,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, is crowned. For this reason, they praise in praises the praising of the soul, \u201cThe soul of every living thing shall bless Your name, the Lord our God, and the spirit of every flesh shall glorify and exalt Your remembrance.\u201d There is praising only on the part of the soul and the spirit, and that day stands in&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Neshama<\/em>&nbsp;[spirit and soul respectively] and is not of the&nbsp;<em>Guf<\/em>&nbsp;[body].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>210) The praising of another high degree, which is a day, the holy sun,&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>\u2014the light of day\u2014is the blessing, \u201cMaker of light,\u201d a light that illuminates, and from which all the armies,&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>&nbsp;[pl. of&nbsp;<em>Merkava<\/em>], stars, and signs are fed and illuminate, as well as all those who rule over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>211) The praise of the next world,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, on that day, is \u201cGod, Lord over all the deeds.\u201d The praise is in 22 high and holy letters that are crowned in the patriarchs,&nbsp;<em>HGT<\/em>, and in the upper holy&nbsp;<em>Merkava<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>212) The small letters are 22 letters of the lower world,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. These are \u201cThe blessed God, great in knowledge.\u201d There is no other space between each two words, but only one letter of the 22 letters is written in each word, \u201cThe blessed God, great in knowledge.\u201d In the upper world,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, there is space and holy sides between each two letters because in&nbsp;<em>Aleph<\/em>, there are five words, \u201cGod, Lord over all the deeds.\u201d There are also five words in&nbsp;<em>Bet<\/em>, \u201cBlessed and is blessed by the whole of the soul.\u201d There are four words in&nbsp;<em>Gimel<\/em>, \u201cHis greatness and goodness fill the world.\u201d This is the praise over the praises, when the upper letters of the seventh day,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, praises and says to the upper King, maker of the beginning,&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>213) When this praise rises up, 60 upper&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>&nbsp;in the Garden of Eden mate and take that praise from the holy nation, and raise it to be crowned in it in several upper&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>. The appointees and all the righteous in the Garden of Eden, all crown in that praise, and all those&nbsp;<em>Merkavot<\/em>&nbsp;and all those souls of the righteous rise in this praise up to the throne,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>214) When the praise reaches&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, that praise that all of Israel say stands there until the time when Israel say the upper&nbsp;<em>Kedusha<\/em>&nbsp;of the Addition [a supplement to the prayer], \u201cThey will offer a crown unto You.\u201d Then there is an ascent to those below to rise up, meaning that&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;rises to&nbsp;<em>Ima<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>ZA<\/em>&nbsp;rises to&nbsp;<em>Aba<\/em>, the upper point, so that all will be united above in&nbsp;<em>AVI<\/em>, for all to be one. Then&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>&nbsp;says this praise, \u201cGod, Lord,\u201d which has already risen with&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Bina<\/em>, to the upper King,&nbsp;<em>Hochma<\/em>. This is a praise that transcends all praises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>215) Henceforth it is an order of the prayer as on the rest of the days, until \u201cLet Moses rejoice.\u201d This is the joy of the upper degree,&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>, which is called Moses, and he is Jacob, the essence of the patriarchs, the line that decides and unites&nbsp;<em>HG<\/em>, Abraham and Isaac, who is content with his portion,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>. When the throne,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, rises to him, takes her, and they unite, it is the joy of the Torah above, the written Torah,&nbsp;<em>Tifferet<\/em>, which delights in the Torah below, the oral Torah,&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, and they unite with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>216) When they have bonded together, a person needs to include the holy people in that joy and say, \u201cLet those who keep the Sabbath rejoice in Your kingship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>207) The Sabbath prayer of the holy nation. 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