לשמור שבת כהלכתו בכל דקדוקי' ופרטי' וסימנך תשב אנוש עד דכא. תשב אותיות שבת אנוש היינו אפילו עובד ע"ז כדור אנוש.
Keep the Shabbat strictly, according to the Halachah,36Torah law with all its details and specifics. The mnemonic by which to remember this, is the verse,37Psalms 90:3 “You turn back-Tashev-תשב man-Enosh-אנוש into pulp.” The word “You turn back-Tashev-תשב” consists of the same letters as, “Shabbat-שבת.” The word used for man here is, “Enosh-אנוש” indicating that, “Even if he is an idolater, like the generation of Enosh, he will be forgiven.”38Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b; See Genesis 4:26; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Avoda Zara Ch. 1 – Rabbi Chiyah bar Abba said that Rabbi Yochanan said: Anyone who observes Shabbat in accordance with its laws, even if he worships idolatry as in the generation of Enosh, he is forgiven, as it states, ‘Fortunate is the man-Enosh who does this, and the person who holds strong to it, one who guards the Shabbat from desecrating it-Mechalelo, and guards his hand from doing any evil.’ (Isaiah 56:2). Do not read ‘from desecrating it-Mechalelo-מחללו,’ but rather, ‘he is forgiven-Machul Lo-מחל לו.’”
לשמור שבת כהלכתו בכל דקדוקי' ופרטי' וסימנך תשב אנוש עד דכא. תשב אותיות שבת אנוש היינו אפילו עובד ע"ז כדור אנוש.
Keep the Shabbat strictly, according to the Halachah,36Torah law with all its details and specifics. The mnemonic by which to remember this, is the verse,37Psalms 90:3 “You turn back-Tashev-תשב man-Enosh-אנוש into pulp.” The word “You turn back-Tashev-תשב” consists of the same letters as, “Shabbat-שבת.” The word used for man here is, “Enosh-אנוש” indicating that, “Even if he is an idolater, like the generation of Enosh, he will be forgiven.”38Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b; See Genesis 4:26; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Avoda Zara Ch. 1 – Rabbi Chiyah bar Abba said that Rabbi Yochanan said: Anyone who observes Shabbat in accordance with its laws, even if he worships idolatry as in the generation of Enosh, he is forgiven, as it states, ‘Fortunate is the man-Enosh who does this, and the person who holds strong to it, one who guards the Shabbat from desecrating it-Mechalelo, and guards his hand from doing any evil.’ (Isaiah 56:2). Do not read ‘from desecrating it-Mechalelo-מחללו,’ but rather, ‘he is forgiven-Machul Lo-מחל לו.’”