The following proclamation and reading of the completion of creation is considered an essential part of the Shabbat Service. It is repeated after the Amidah because the Amidah of festivals occurring on the Sabbath does not include this passage. Since Vayechulu has to be recited after the Amidah when a festival occurs on the Sabbath, it has become the rule for all Sabbaths.
Magen Avot is termed Ma'eyan Sheva because it contains the substance of the seven blessings of the Amidah. This abridged form of the Amidah was originally added in order to prolong the service for the convenience of late-comers. The synagogues were often located outside the precincts of the city (since the rulers did not tolerate Jewish worship within the confines of their municipalities ), and it was dangerous to walk home alone at night. By prolonging the Shabbat-eve service, which was far better attended than the weekday services, the late-comers were given an opportunity to finish their prayers with the rest of the congregation. - Birnbaum
| א וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ, וְכָל-צְבָאָם. |
ג וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ: כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל-מְלַאכְתּוֹ, אֲשֶׁר-בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת. {פ}
| 2:1 | Heaven and earth, and all their components, were [thus] completed. Vayechulu hashamayim veha'arets vechol-tseva'am. |
| 2:2 | With the seventh day, God finished all the work that He had done. He [thus] ceased on the seventh day from all the work that He had been doing. Vayechal Elohim bayom hashvi'i melachto asher asah vayishbot bayom hashvi'i mikol-melachto asher asah. |
| 2:3 | God blessed the seventh day, and He declared it to be holy, for it was on this day that God ceased from all the work that He had been creating [so that it would continue] to function. Vayevarech Elohim et-yom hashvi'i vayekadesh oto ki vo shavat mikol-melachto asher-bara Elohim la'asot. |
Genesis 2:1-3, English and Transliteration http://bible.ort.org/
Hebrew Text http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
Barucha / Magen Avot / Elohenu VElohe Avotenu
Ma'eyan Sheva - Fountain of Seven
The following to "the Sabbath," is omitted when Prayers are not said with the Congregation:
Reader.— Blessed art thou, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered God, the most high God, Possessor of heaven and earth.
Reader and Cong.—He with his word was a shield to our forefathers, and by his bidding will quicken the dead; the holy God (on the Sabbath of Penitence say, "holy King"), like unto whom there is none; who giveth rest to his people on his holy Sabbath day, because he took pleasure in them to grant them rest. Him we will serve with fear and awe, and daily and constantly we will give thanks unto his name in the fitting forms of Blessings. He is the God to who, thanksgivings are due, the Lord of peace, who halloweth the Sabbath and blesseth the seventh day, and in holiness giveth rest unto a people sated with delights, in remembrance of the creation.
Reader.—Our God and God of our fathers, accept our rest; sanctify us by thy commandments, and grant our portion in thy Law; satisfy us with thy goodness, gladden us with thy salvation; purify our hearts to serve thee in truth; and in thy love and favor, O Lord our God, let us inherit thy holy Sabbath; and may Israel, who hallow thy name, rest thereon. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hallowest the Sabbath.
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