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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 262
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- Rabbi Yannai · Fourth Generation of Tannaim
Rabbi Yannai, a fourth-generation Tanna and a prominent teacher of Rabbi Yochanan, was known for his humility and deep understanding of Jewish…
Source: Orach Chayim Siman 262 · Seif 3 — “…לקראת שבת מלכתא רבי ינאי אמר בואי כלה בואי…”
- Rashi · Others · First generation of Rishonim
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, known as Rashi, was a preeminent medieval French rabbi and author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud and…
Source: Orach Chayim Siman 262 · Seif 2 — “ישתדל שיהיה לו בגדים נאים לשבת ואם אי אפשר…”
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<b>לקדש השבת בשלחן ערוך ובכסות נקיה. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>יסדר שלחנו ויציע המטות ויתקן כל ענייני הבית כדי שימצאנו ערוך ומסודר בבואו מבה"כ: הגה ויהיה שלחנו ערוך כל יום השבת וכן המנהג ואין לשנות (טור ס"ס רפ"ט ומרדכי פ' כל כתבי והגהות מיי' פ' כ"ט דשבת):
To Sanctify Shabbat With a Set Table and Clean Clothes, 3 Seifim: One should set his table and take his cushions and arrange the appearances of the house, so that we should find it arranged and ordered when he returns from Synagogue. Rema: It is that our tables are kept set all of Shabbat and such is the custom and one shouldn't change it. (Tur; Mordechai; Hagahos Maimoni)
ישתדל שיהיה לו בגדים נאים לשבת ואם אי אפשר לו לפחות ישלשל (פי' ישלשלם כלפי מטה שיהיו ארוכים כמדת העשירים היושבים בביתם רש"י שם) בגדיו למטה דרך כבוד:
One should strive to have good clothing for Shabbat and if is impossible for him to do so, he should at least lengthen (meaning, he should lengthen the hem at the bottom so it is longer like the style of the wealthy who lounge around their homes, Rashi) his clothes at bottom in a respectful way.
ילבש בגדיו הנאים וישמח בביאת שבת כיוצא לקראת המלך וכיוצא לקראת חתן וכלה דרבי חנינא מעטף וקאי בפניא דמעלי שבתא ואמר בואו ונצא לקראת שבת מלכתא רבי ינאי אמר בואי כלה בואי כלה: הגה וילביש עצמו בבגדי שבת מיד אחר שרחץ עצמו וזהו כבוד השבת ועל כן לא ירחץ לשבת אלא סמוך לערב שילביש עצמו מיד (הגהות מרדכי החדשים):
One should wear nice clothes and celebrate the arrival of Shabbat like the greeting of the king or the greeting of bride and groom. Rebbe Chanina would shroud himself in his garment and stand waiting on the evening approaching Shabbat and say " Come and go out to greet the Shabbat queen" and Rebbe Yannai would say "Come bride, Come bride." Rema: and one should dress himself in Shabbat garments immediately after he bathes himself and this is an honor for Shabbat, and because of this, one should only bathe close to the evening [approaching Shabbat] so that he may dress himself immediately. (The new Hagahos Mordechai)
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0