Shalom Aleichem

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Hebrew-language song Jewish liturgical song Shabbat zemirah

Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Shabbat evening meal blessings 1
שלום עליכם 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew-language song ⓘ
Jewish liturgical song ⓘ
Shabbat zemirah ⓘ
addressedTo ministering angels ⓘ
associatedLanguageScript Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
associatedWith Shabbat customs ⓘ
Shabbat table rituals ⓘ
culturalSignificance part of traditional Shabbat liturgy ⓘ
widely known Shabbat song ⓘ
genre liturgical poetry ⓘ
religious song ⓘ
hasLiturgicalStatus minhag ⓘ
non-obligatory custom ⓘ
hasOpeningWords Shalom Aleichem malachei hasharet ⓘ
hasTheme blessing ⓘ
divine protection ⓘ
peace ⓘ
invokes angels of peace ⓘ
ministering angels of God ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalContext Kabbalat Shabbat ⓘ
Shabbat evening meal ⓘ
mentions blessing the household ⓘ
coming in peace ⓘ
departing in peace ⓘ
musicalPractice sung at home ⓘ
sung communally ⓘ
sung in synagogue ⓘ
performedBefore Kiddush ⓘ
Shalom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shabbat evening meal blessings
performedOn Shabbat ⓘ
surface form: Erev Shabbat

Friday night ⓘ
purpose to welcome Shabbat ⓘ
to welcome ministering angels ⓘ
religiousFunction expression of welcome to spiritual guests ⓘ
sanctification of Shabbat ⓘ
religiousHoliday Shabbat ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
structure multiple stanzas ⓘ
textualForm piyyut ⓘ
timeOfDay evening ⓘ
titleTranslation Peace be upon you ⓘ
usedBy Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi Jews

Jewish communities ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Shabbat → hasSpecialSong → Shalom Aleichem ⓘ
Sholem Rabinovich → nameInYiddish → Shalom Aleichem ⓘ
this entity surface form: שלום עליכם
Shalom Aleichem → performedBefore → Shalom Aleichem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shabbat evening meal blessings