Taste Your Shabbos Before It Begins
Taste Your Shabbos Before It Begins
טועמיה חיים זכו
We say this during musaf
Before attaining נשמה יתירה
And it refers to erev Shabbos activity
Tosefes Shabbos is before and after
Not during Shabbos
Yosef HaTzadik ordained musaf
Before the Jews received Shabbos
Floating into the kitchen looking for a snack
Does not yield טועמיה
Looking for a taste of the world
You’ve made for yourself – is
You make your own food for Shabbos?
Or rely on others
Anticipating their olam haba?
Or your own
רב ספרא מחריך רישא
רבא מלח שיבוטא
טועמיה is of what you’ve made
Made out of yourself
לעשות את השבת
הקב״ה מראה לצדיקים עד שהן בעוה״ז
מתן שכרן מה שהוא עתיד ליתן להם לעתיד
Shabbos Shalom
