Welcome to Embrace Shabbat. The passuk in Vayakhel ( ל״ה:ג ) states: לֹא־תְבַעֲר֣וּ אֵ֔שׁ בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּי֖וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת , do not ignite a fire in all of your dwellings on Shabbat . Chazal teach that this passuk refers to the fire of anger that may be in a person’s heart on Shabbat. While a person should always try to refrain from getting angry, this is especially important on Shabbat, when we are gifted with a neshama yetaira . When a person becomes angry, they tear up their soul, and a person must be exceedingly careful to protect their neshama yetaira on Shabbat. What sets Shabbat apart in this way? The Igra d’Kallah, also known as the Bnei Yissaschar, explains that there are times when a person is actually required to become angry. For example, when watching another person sinning or doing something improper, it is a mitzvah for the bystander to be filled with anger. Of course a person must react with yishuv haDaat , but there is a time for every middah to be expressed. To illustrate this point, there is a famous story related about the Alter of Kelm. He had a special “anger jacket” that he would don at times when he would need to react in anger. He explained that just as the jacket is an external cloak that does not change a person, his anger was also external and only appeared on his lips, but not his heart. The Igra d’Kallah explains that this “permissible anger” (called כעס הפנים - anger on the face) is still forbidden on Shabbat. The Zohar teaches that a person can only have a happy countenance on Shabbat, to reflect the fact that they have the gift of having a connection with Hashemt. This can be likened to a person who wins a billion dollars and then receives a parking ticket; of course he won’t become upset! Similarly, Shabbat is a day of closeness to Hashem, so nothing should get a person angry. This is why Shabbat is the exception and there can be no anger at all. In his sefer Zach VeNaki (Ahavat Shalom edition- chapter 18, p.147), Rav Yosef Knappo [of the Rabbis of Mogador in Morocco] writes that every Friday night after completing Arvit, he has a custom of standing in front of the heichal and praying to Hashem. (Many people have this custom and ask for various personal requests. However, Rav Wolbe teaches that on Shabbat, a person is only supposed to pray for ruchniyut matters. He should not even pray for the refuah shelaima of another person because a person should not feel like he is lacking anything on Shabbat.) Rav Knappo would pray: : בָּרוּךְ ה' אַשֶׁר נָתַן מְנוּחָה לְעַמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת קוֹדֶשׁ. רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁתַּצִילֵנִי מִכָּל כַּעַס וּמִכָּל מַחֲלוֹקֶת וּמִכָּל יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה וּמִכָּל עַצְבוּת וּמִכָּל חִלוּל הַשַׁבָּת חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וְתִתֵּן לִי נַחַת רוּחַ לִסְבּוֹל כָּל מַכְעִיסַי וּמַקְנִיטַי לִכְבוֹד שִׁמְךָ הַקָדוֹשׁ, אָמֵן כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן. ובאמת שמדה זו מדה טובה וישרה, וכן ראוי לכל אדם לעשות, וכמו שאמרו רז"ל (סנהדרין מד:) לעולם יקדים אדם תפילה לצרה. עכ"ל, וע"ש עוד .] Blessed is Hashem Who granted rest to His people Israel on the holy day of Shabbat. Master of the Universe, may it be Your will that You rescue me from any anger, from any disputes, from any sorrow and groan, from any sadness, and from any desecration of Shabbat, God, forbid. Grant me the tranquility to bear all those who try to anger me and mock me, in honor of Your holy Name. Amen, so may it be [Your] will. He comments that this is not merely a personal prayer, but something that everyone should do, as it says, לעולם יקדים אדם תפילה לצרה , a person should always precede prayer to distress. Perhaps it would be nice to create a card with this tefillah to put in one’s Shabbat siddur so that a person can utilize this beautiful prayer. Have a wonderful day.