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# One should try to clean and sweep the house for [[Shabbat]].<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:7 </ref> | # One should try to clean and sweep the house for [[Shabbat]].<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:7 </ref> | ||
# One should place a tablecloth on the table special for [[Shabbat]] for the duration of the [[Shabbat]], on all the tables of the home and the shul.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:7 </ref> | # One should place a tablecloth on the table special for [[Shabbat]] for the duration of the [[Shabbat]], on all the tables of the home and the shul.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:7 </ref> | ||
# A person should should spend time preparing the house or the room he's staying in for Shabbat even if he's a guest in someone else's house.<ref>Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky (Kovetz Halachot Shabbat v. 1 p. 16)</ref> | |||
==Oneg Shabbat (Enjoying Shabbat)== | ==Oneg Shabbat (Enjoying Shabbat)== | ||
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=== Spending on Shabbat === | === Spending on Shabbat === | ||
# One should note that the Rabbis tell us that what one spends on Shabbat is fixed from the beginning of the year and if one spends more, Hashem will repay him.<ref>Beitzah 16a, Tur 242:1</ref> This promise only applies if his intentions are purely to honor Shabbat and for him own pleasure.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 250:4, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky ( | # One should note that the Rabbis tell us that what one spends on Shabbat is fixed from the beginning of the year and if one spends more, Hashem will repay him.<ref>Beitzah 16a, Tur 242:1</ref> This promise only applies if his intentions are purely to honor Shabbat and for him own pleasure.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 250:4, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky (Kovetz Halachot Shabbat v. 1 p. 10)</ref> | ||
# A person should spend on honoring and enjoying Shabbat and not be cheap when spending on Shabbat because of the concern about his future finances. However, this is only within a person's budget. Spending beyond one's budget is ill advised and not included in this recommendation of Chazal.<ref>Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky ( | # A person should spend on honoring and enjoying Shabbat and not be cheap when spending on Shabbat because of the concern about his future finances. However, this is only within a person's budget. Spending beyond one's budget is ill advised and not included in this recommendation of Chazal.<ref>Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky (Kovetz Halachot Shabbat v. 1 p. 11)</ref> | ||
==Zechirat Shabbat (Remembering Shabbat)== | ==Zechirat Shabbat (Remembering Shabbat)== | ||
# According to some rishonim, there is a mitzvah from the Torah to remember [[Shabbat]] every day of the week. The minhag is to fulfill this requirement by counting the day of the week before Shir Shel Yom.<ref> Ramban Shemot 20:8 writes that there’s a mitzvah Deoritta in counting every day of the week towards [[Shabbat]]. This is also the opinion of Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 1:1), Mekor Chaim 271:3, and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 42:3 </ref> | # According to some rishonim, there is a mitzvah from the Torah to remember [[Shabbat]] every day of the week. The minhag is to fulfill this requirement by counting the day of the week before Shir Shel Yom.<ref> Ramban Shemot 20:8 writes that there’s a mitzvah Deoritta in counting every day of the week towards [[Shabbat]]. This is also the opinion of Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 1:1), Mekor Chaim 271:3, and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 42:3 </ref> | ||
