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