It’s very pleasing, how this melody handles the couple of verses from Exodus 30 at the start of the Shabbat morning kiddush. Taking the opening line: “the Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath in every generation” and turning it into a repeated refrain (sung by us - the Children of Israel!) illustrates perfectly the idea of the eternal weekly recurrence of Shabbat. Each phrase then adds a little more detail. First, that Shabbat represents the connection between us and God; then that God made the world in six days; and finally that on the seventh day God rested. The refrain reiterates our place in this cosmic framework, whilst neatly emphasizing the regular return of Shabbat.

Shabbat Morning Kiddush

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