We are commanded to remember Shabbos, but that doesn’t mean rolling over in bed and thinking, “Oh, yeah… it’s Saturday.” Rather, we are commanded to praise the day out loud, over a cup of wine. We call this “Kiddush,” meaning “to sanctify,” since that’s what we were commanded to do. Likewise, we escort Shabbos out through the analogous blessing of Havdalah, which marks the separation between “holy” time and “secular” time.
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