Shabbat services begin on Friday afternoon with the weekday Mincha. Tachnun is omitted. In some Ashkenazic communities, Aleinu is omitted since it will be followed immediately by Kabbalat Shabbat. In recent times, some prefer to daven early mincha on Friday.
Some communities recite the Song of Songs, and then in most communities followed by the Kabbalat Shabbat, the mystical prelude to Shabbat services composed by 16th-century Kabbalists. Although the service was composed in the 16th century, some communities did not adopt it until much later; for example, it was not recited in the main synagogue in Frankfurt am Main until the mid-19th century,[45] and it was not recited in Worms even later.[46]
This Hebrew term literally means “Receiving the Sabbath”. In recent decades, some communities have adopted the practice to sing the piyut Yedid Nefesh before (or occasionally after) the Kabbalat Shabbat prayers.
In Ashkenazic and some Sephardic communities, Kabbalat Shabbat is begins with six Psalms,[47] representing the six weekdays.[48] In Italian Nusach and many Sephardic communinties (including Spanish and Portuguese Jews and many Middle Eastern Sephardic communities) only Psalm 29 is recited (some add Psalm 100).[49]
Some then recite Ana BeKoach. After that, the poem Lekha Dodi is recited. It based on the words of the Talmudic sage Hanina: “Come, let us go out to meet the Queen Sabbath”.[50] Kabbalat Shabbat is concluded by Psalm 92[51] (in most communities, the recital of which constitutes acceptance of the current Shabbat with all its obligations) and Psalm 93.[52]
Many add a study section here, including Bameh Madlikin and Amar rabbi El’azar and the concluding Kaddish deRabbanan (in the Western Ashkenazic rite, a mourners kaddish is instead recited after Bameh Madlikin) and is then followed by the Maariv service; other communities delay the study session until after Maariv. According to Nusach Sefard, a passage from the Zohar, entitled Kegavna is recited instead of Bameh Madlikin. In modern times the Kabbalat Shabbat has been set to music by many composers including: Robert Strassburg[53] and Samuel Adler[54]
“Kabbalat Shabbat” “Samuel Adler” – “Robert Strassburg” “Kabbalat Shabbat”
Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home
Volume 04: Digital Album 7
https://www.milkenarchive.org/music/volumes/view/a-garden-eastward/work/lkha-dodi-adler
https://www.milkenarchive.org/volumes/view/2
https://www.milkenarchive.org/music/albums/view/sacred-services-from-israel
Sacred Services from Israel
קבלת שבת – דניאל כל טוב והבנים | Kabbalat Shabbat – Daniel Colthof & Sons
Shabbat With Rabotai – Kabbalat Shabbat Medley – מחרוזת קבלת שבת
קבלת שבת – יואל אלהרר | הקליפ הרשמי | Yoel Elharar – Kabbalat Shabbat Official Music Video
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQntR1wbrI
Nigun Nevo – Call it the 3rd installment of the Nigun Series or… #QuaranTunes #6 This is one of our go-to tunes for Lecha Dodi when we lead Kabbalat Shabbat in differen…
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3S_o2TccGg
מאיר צורטקוב – קומזיץ קבלת שבת | Meir Chertkov – Kabbalat Shabbat Kumzits
ליצירת קשר והזמנות אירועים | מאיר צורטקוב 052-5108703
Belz – Zemiros Shabbos 1 + 2: YT