מהדר אזוזי זוזי דרבנן, אמר להו: במטותא מינייכו לא תחללוניה.
would seek pairs of rabbis engaged in conversation on Shabbat and said to them: Please do not desecrate Shabbat by failing to delight in Shabbat.
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מהדר אזוזי זוזי דרבנן, אמר להו: במטותא מינייכו לא תחללוניה.
would seek pairs of rabbis engaged in conversation on Shabbat and said to them: Please do not desecrate Shabbat by failing to delight in Shabbat.
אמר רבא, ואיתימא רבי יהושע בן לוי: אפילו יחיד המתפלל בערב שבת צריך לומר ״ויכולו״, דאמר רב המנונא: כל המתפלל בערב שבת ואומר ״ויכולו״, מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו נעשה שותף להקדוש ברוך הוא במעשה בראשית, שנאמר: ״ויכולו״ — אל תקרי ״ויכולו״ אלא ״ויכלו״. אמר רבי אלעזר: מניין שהדיבור כמעשה — שנאמר: ״בדבר ה׳ שמים נעשו״.
Rava said, and some say it was R' Yehoshua ben Levi who said: Even an individual who prays on Shabbat evening must recite the passage: “And the heavens and the earth were finished [vaykhullu]” (Genesis 2:1–3), as Rav Hamnuna said: Anyone who prays on Shabbat evening and recites the passage of vaykhullu, the verse ascribed him credit as if he became a partner with God in the act of Creation. As it is stated: “And the heavens and the earth were finished [vaykhullu].” Do not read it as: Were finished [vaykhullu]; rather, as: They finished [vaykhallu]. It is considered as though God and the individual who says this become partners and completed the work together. R' Elazar said: From where is it derived that speech is like action? As it is stated: “By the word of God the heavens were made, and all of their hosts by the breath of His mouth” (Psalms 33:6).
אמר רב חסדא אמר מר עוקבא: כל המתפלל בערב שבת ואומר ״ויכולו״, שני מלאכי השרת המלוין לו לאדם מניחין ידיהן על ראשו ואומרים לו ״וסר עונך וחטאתך תכפר״. תניא, רבי יוסי בר יהודה אומר: שני מלאכי השרת מלוין לו לאדם בערב שבת מבית הכנסת לביתו, אחד טוב ואחד רע. וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ערוך ומטתו מוצעת, מלאך טוב אומר: ״יהי רצון שתהא לשבת אחרת כך״, ומלאך רע עונה ״אמן״ בעל כרחו. ואם לאו, מלאך רע אומר: ״יהי רצון שתהא לשבת אחרת כך״, ומלאך טוב עונה ״אמן״ בעל כרחו.
Rav Ḥisda said that Mar Ukva said: One who prays on Shabbat evening and recites vaykhullu, the two ministering angels who accompany the person at all times place their hands on his head and say to him: “And your iniquity has passed, and your sin has been atoned” (Isaiah 6:7). It was taught in a baraita: R' Yosei bar Yehuda says: Two ministering angels accompany a person on Shabbat evening from the synagogue to his home, one good angel and one evil angel. And when he reaches his home and finds a lamp burning and a table set and his bed made, the good angel says: May it be Your will that it should be like this for another Shabbat. And the evil angel answers against his will: Amen. And if the person’s home is not prepared for Shabbat in that manner, the evil angel says: May it be Your will that it should be so for another Shabbat, and the good angel answers against his will: Amen.
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