1. Candlelighting
- Rabbinic tradition
2. Shalom
Aleichem ("Be Welcome, Shabbat Angels") - perhaps
from the
circles of Jewish mystics (?) - 17th century
3. Eshet Chayil
("A Woman of Valor") - Proverbs 31:10-31
4. Blessing the Children
5. Friday Night Kiddush;
Dedicatory Handwashing; Blessing Bread
6. Menucha ve-Simcha
("Rest and Joy") - Composer acrostic: Moshe, before
1545
7. Mah Yedidut
("How Delightful are your Restings") - Composer acrostic:
Menashe,
beginning
of the Middle Ages
8. Yom Shabbat, Kodesh
Hu ("Shabbat Day is Holy") - Composer acrostic:
Yehonatan,
beginning
of the Middle Ages
9. Yom Zeh le'Yisrael("This
is Israel's Day") - Composer: Yitzchak Luria, 16th
century
10. Tzamah Nafshi("My
Soul Thirsts") - Composer: Abraham Ibn Ezra, 12th
century
11. Yah Ribon ("Lord
of the World") - Composer: Yisrael Najara, 16th century
12. Tsur Mishelo Achalnu
("The Rock of Whose we have eaten") - 12th century
13. Bar Yochai
("The Son of Yochai") - Composer: Shimon Ibn Lavi,
16th century
Link
to Second Meal Songs
Link
to Third Meal Songs
Link
to After Shabbat Songs
