Lecha Dodi

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Jewish prayer liturgical poem piyyut

Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lecha Dodi Likrat Kallah 1
Likrat Shabbat Lekhu Venelkha 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish prayer ⓘ
liturgical poem ⓘ
piyyut ⓘ
acrostic Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz ⓘ
surface form: Shlomo Halevi
associatedCity Safed ⓘ
associatedMovement Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form: Safed Kabbalah
author Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz ⓘ
authorNationality Ottoman Jew ⓘ
authorProfession kabbalist ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 16th century ⓘ
customAssociated congregation stands for the last stanza ⓘ
congregation turns toward the door during final stanza ⓘ
denominationalUse Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Reform Judaism ⓘ
other non-Orthodox Jewish movements ⓘ
firstLineTranslation Come, my beloved, to greet the bride ⓘ
influence later Sabbath hymns ⓘ
keyConcept Sabbath queen ⓘ
Shekhinah ⓘ
surface form: divine presence (Shekhinah)
language Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalContext Friday evening service ⓘ
liturgicalGenre hymn ⓘ
liturgicalPosition near the end of Kabbalat Shabbat ⓘ
musicalPractice melodies may change according to liturgical season ⓘ
sung to various melodies ⓘ
numberOfStanzas nine ⓘ
openingWords Lecha Dodi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lecha Dodi Likrat Kallah
placeOfComposition Safed ⓘ
purpose welcoming the Sabbath ⓘ
regionOfComposition Ottoman Palestine ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
scripturalAllusion Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Leviticus ⓘ
surface form: Leviticus

Psalms ⓘ
Song of Songs ⓘ
statusInLiturgy widely accepted standard part of Kabbalat Shabbat ⓘ
subjectOf numerous musical settings ⓘ
scholarly studies on Jewish liturgy ⓘ
symbolism Sabbath as a bride ⓘ
textualSource inspired by Kabbalistic teachings of Safed ⓘ
theme love between God and Israel ⓘ
messianic redemption ⓘ
sanctity of the Sabbath ⓘ
usedIn Kabbalat Shabbat ⓘ
surface form: Kabbalat Shabbat service

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabbath queen → appearsIn → Lecha Dodi ⓘ
subject surface form: Sabbath Queen
Shabbat → hasSpecialSong → Lecha Dodi ⓘ
Kabbalat Shabbat → includes → Lecha Dodi ⓘ
Lecha Dodi → openingWords → Lecha Dodi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lecha Dodi Likrat Kallah
Sabbath queen → welcomingFormula → Lecha Dodi ⓘ
subject surface form: Sabbath Queen
this entity surface form: Likrat Shabbat Lekhu Venelkha