Kiddush for Erev Shabbat - קִדּוּשׁ לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, Who have sanctified us with Your commandments and taken pleasure in us, and in love and favor have bequeathed to us Your holy Shabbat, a remembrance of the creation of the world. That day is also the first of all the holy convocations, and a reminder of the exodus from Egypt. For You chose us from among all the nations and sanctified us, and in love and favor did you bequeath to us Your holy Shabbat.
Blessed are You, Adonai, Who sanctifies Shabbat.
The candles have been kindled and blessed; the children have been blessed by their parents; God’s loving care of the family has been solicited via the ministering angels, and the wife and mother has been praised by her husband and children. Now it is time for the sanctity of Shabbat to be proclaimed over a cup of wine (or grape juice), in the ritual known as קִדוּשׁ kidush.
Recall that the sanctity of marriage is likewise proclaimed over a cup of wine (or grape juice) in the ritual known as קִדוּשִׁין kidushin. And the sanctity of God is proclaimed in the קְדוּשׇׁה kedusha and the קַדׅישׁ kadish. The root k d sh קדש indicates that which has been set apart, consecrated, declared special.
Three significant features of Shabbat are described. It is:
1. a reminder of the creation of the world—because the Creator rested on the seventh day;
2. the first and most important of all the Festivals—even more important than Rosh Hashana (and as for Yom Kippur—it is described as a “Shabbat of Shabbatot”—i.e., the prime Shabbat of the year); and
3. a remembrance of the exodus from Egypt—because once we were free, we no longer had to work seven days a week.
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