Welcome to Embrace Shabbat. I stumbled upon a beautiful sefer from the Yafe LaLev- Rav Rachamim Nissim Yitzchak Palagi, son of Rav Chaim Palagi. Within the sefer , there is a section called Nefesh Yetaira b’Shabbat, which includes many chiddushim about Shabbat. The Yafe LaLev quotes the Tikunei Zohar who says that on Shabbat, a person must change his clothing, his candles, and his food, thereby demonstrating kavod Shabbat. Additionally, he teaches that one must add from kodesh to chol by extending Shabbat both before and after. The Zohar teaches that the more one adds to Shabbat, the more powerful one’s neshama yetira becomes. Incredibly, these two chiddushim are hinted to in the word שבת . A person should prepare a new שְׁ רַגָּא (the Zohar’s term for candle), (clothing) ב גדים , and ת בשילין (food). שבת references the three things that one is supposed to make noticeable on Shabbat. Additionally, שבת can also stand for שיעשו בו תוספת , you should make an addition on it, referencing the second chiddush of the Yafe LaLev. Rav Rachamim Nissim Yitzchak Palagi quotes the mekubalim that a person is called “Adam” (which is a higher title referring to man) when he observes Shabbat, as the passuk ( ישעיהו נו:ב ) says: ובן אדם יחזיק בה שמר שבת , when one keeps Shabbat, he gets the title of Adam. Furthermore, when Adam sinned, he was diminished. To return to his higher level, a person must receive the nefesh yetaira, which come from reading שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום . The passuk states: וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁמוֹת . On a simple level, this can be explained as: Man gave names to all of the animals . However, שֵׁמוֹת can also be explained as שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום . A person becomes a man from reading שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום . Similarly, when discussing שנים מקרא , the Gemara states (Brachot 8a): לְעוֹלָם יַשְׁלִים אָדָם פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתָיו עִם הַצִּבּוּר שְׁנַיִם מִקְרָא וְאֶחָד תַּרְגּוּם , an Adam should always complete שְׁנַיִם מִקְרָא with the congregation. That higher level of Adam comes from שְׁנַיִם מִקְרָא וְאֶחָד תַּרְגּוּם . These are just two of the wonderous remazim and chiddushim about Shabbat that I saw in this beautiful sefer Yafe LaLev. B’ezrat Hashem we will continue with some more chiddushim next week. Have a Shabbat Shalom.