๐ SATURDAY PRAYER: HOD- GRACE FOR THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
READING: SUNSET FRIDAY
THE LIGHTS OF SHABBAT
-by Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag
The Lights of Shabbat come to the discernment of the Guf (body). Hence, on Shabbat we say, โA Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me,โ meaning the Guf. A new head, however, is considered a Neshama (soul), which comes only to the discernment of the Neshama and not to the Guf. This is why we only say, โBless the Lord, O my soul,โ and not โand all that is within me,โ since they do not reach the Guf (see Zohar 1,97).