Kabbalah Library
Shamati (I Heard)
133. The Lights of Shabbat
I heard in 1947
The lights of Shabbat [Sabbath] come to the discernment of the Guf [body]. Hence, on Shabbat we say, “To David. Bless [the Lord] my soul, and all that is within me,” meaning the Guf. A new head, however, is considered a Neshama[soul], which comes only to the discernment of the Neshama and not to the Guf. This is why we only say, “Bless [the Lord] my soul,” and not “and all that is within me,” since they do not reach the Guf (see The Zohar 1, 97).
