Kabbalat Shabbat

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Jewish liturgical rite Jewish prayer service

Kabbalat Shabbat is a Jewish prayer service, developed in the Safed mystic tradition, that ceremonially welcomes the arrival of the Sabbath on Friday evening through psalms, hymns, and liturgical poetry.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Kabbalat Shabbat service 0 2
Kabbalat Shabbat prayers 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish liturgical rite →
Jewish prayer service →
associatedMovement Kabbalah →
surface form: Jewish mysticism

Kabbalah →
associatedTradition Safed mystic tradition →
associatedWith Shabbat →
surface form: Sabbath
developedIn Eretz HaKodesh →
surface form: Land of Israel

Safed →
follows weekday afternoon →
hasComponent call-and-response sections →
recitation of psalms →
singing of piyyutim →
standing prayers →
includes Lecha Dodi →
Shir Shel Yom →
surface form: Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbat

Psalm 29 →
Psalm 95 →
Psalm 96 →
Psalm 97 →
Psalm 98 →
Psalm 99 →
influencedBy Safed Kabbalah →
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
introducedBy Safed Kabbalah →
surface form: Safed mystics
language Hebrew →
liturgicalForm hymns →
liturgical poetry →
psalms →
liturgicalStatus part of standard Siddur →
musicalTradition cantorial chant →
congregational singing →
observedBy Conservative Judaism →
surface form: Conservative Jews

Masorti movement →
surface form: Masorti Jews

Orthodox Judaism →
surface form: Orthodox Jews

Reconstructionist Judaism →
surface form: Reconstructionist Jews

Reform Judaism →
surface form: Reform Jews
occursOn Friday evening →
performedBy Jewish communities →
congregation →
prayer leader →
precedes Ma’ariv →
surface form: Ma'ariv for Shabbat
primaryPurpose welcoming the Sabbath →
religion Judaism →
setting prayer space →
synagogue →
symbolism Sabbath as bride →
Sabbath as queen →
theme joyful reception of Shabbat →
sanctity of time →
welcoming the Sabbath bride →
timePeriodOfOrigin 16th century →

Referenced by (4)

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

Nusach Ashkenaz → includes → Kabbalat Shabbat →
this entity surface form: Kabbalat Shabbat service
Shalom Aleichem → liturgicalContext → Kabbalat Shabbat →
Lecha Dodi → usedIn → Kabbalat Shabbat →
this entity surface form: Kabbalat Shabbat service
Sabbath queen → welcomedBy → Kabbalat Shabbat →
subject surface form: Sabbath Queen
this entity surface form: Kabbalat Shabbat prayers