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This is not an article on how to properly observe [[Shabbat]]. Rather, it is | This is not an article on how to properly observe [[Shabbat]]. Rather, it is an article on how to properly observe Erev [[Shabbat]], Friday. Indeed, there is an entire array of laws and customs on how to maximize our Fridays in preparation for [[Shabbat]]. Even one who has servants at his disposal is obligated to personally tend to at least some of the [[Shabbat]] preparations himself. <ref>Rivevot Ephraim 1:181, S"A OC 250:1, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin) </ref> | ||
==Obligation== | ==Obligation== | ||
# This mitzvah of preparing for [[Shabbat]] applies to everyone. <ref>S"A 250:1, Mishna Brurah 250:3 </ref>Even an important person should prepare and not consider it degrading because in fact it is an honor to honor [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Meoros HaShabbos (vol 1, pg 18) </ref> | # This mitzvah of preparing for [[Shabbat]] applies to everyone. <ref>S"A 250:1, Mishna Brurah 250:3 </ref>Even an important person should prepare for [[Shabbat]] and not consider it degrading because in fact it is an honor to honor [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Meoros HaShabbos (vol 1, pg 18) </ref> | ||
# Work should be minimized on Fridays in order to allow for plenty of time to properly prepare for [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Mishna Berura 25:1-4, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin), Sefer Chassidim 121, 122. See also the Kaf Hachaim, OC 250:5; Shaarei Teshuva 250:2.who write that the sweat one emits while preparing for [[Shabbat]] is said to erase one's sins from the Heavenly record. </ref> | # Work should be minimized on Fridays in order to allow for plenty of time to properly prepare for [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Mishna Berura 25:1-4, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin), Sefer Chassidim 121, 122. See also the Kaf Hachaim, OC 250:5; Shaarei Teshuva 250:2.who write that the sweat one emits while preparing for [[Shabbat]] is said to erase one's sins from the Heavenly record. </ref> | ||
# It is the husband's job to ensure that the [[Shabbat]] candles are in place and ready for lighting each week. <Ref> [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin), Kaf Hachaim, OC 250:9. </ref> | # It is the husband's job to ensure that the [[Shabbat]] candles are in place and ready for lighting each week. <Ref> [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin), Kaf Hachaim, OC 250:9. </ref> | ||
