זוהר, עקב ד׳Zohar, Eikev 4

Segment 1א׳

וַעֲשָׂרָה דְּבָרִים צָרִיךְ אָדָם לְמֶעְבַּד בִּסְעוּדָתָא. חַד, נְטִּילַת יָדַיִם. תִּנְיָינָא לְתַקְּנָא שְׁתֵּי כִּכָּרוֹת לְשַׁבָּת. תְּלִיתָאָה, לְמֵיכַל תְּלַת סְעוּדָתִין, וּלְאוֹסָפָא מֵחוֹל עַל הַקֹּדֶשׁ. רְבִיעָאָה, לְאַנְהָרָא פָּתוֹרָא בִּשְׁרָגָא. כְּמָה דְּאוּקְמוּהָ, שֻׁלְחָן בַּצָּפוֹן, וּמְנוֹרָה בַּדָרוֹם. וְצָרִיךְ הֲסֵבָּה, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקְמוּהָ הֵסֵבּוּ אֶחָד מְבָרֵךְ לְכֻלָּם.

And ten things a man must do at the meal. One: the washing of the hands. Second: to prepare two loaves for the Sabbath. Third: to eat three meals, and to add from the profane to the holy. Fourth: to give light to the table with a lamp, as they have explained: the table in the north, and the lampstand in the south. And reclining is required, as they have explained: if they reclined, one blesses for them all.

Segment 2ב׳

וּבְשַׁבָּת, בְּכָל מִלּוֹי, צָרִיךְ לְאִתּוֹסְפָא מֵחוֹל עַל הַקֹּדֶשׁ, בֵּין בְּמַאֲכָלָיו, וּמִשְׁתָּיו, בֵּין בִּלְבוּשׁוֹי, בֵּין בַּהֲסֵבַּתֵיהּ. דְּצָרִיךְ לְתַקְּנָא לֵיהּ מֵסִבָּהּ שַׁפִּירָא, בְּכַמָּה כָּרִים וּכְסָתוֹת מְרֻקְּמָן, מִכָּל דְּאִית בְּבֵיתֵיהּ, כְּמַאן דְּתַקִּין חוּפָּה לְכַלָּה. דְּשַׁבְּתָא אִיהִי מַלְכְּתָא, וְאִיהִי כַּלָּה. וּבְגִין דָּא הֲווֹ נַפְקֵי מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְאַקְדְּמוּתִי לְאָרְחָא, וַהֲווּ אַמְרֵי בֹּאִי כַּלָּה בֹּאִי כַּלָּה. וּצְרִיכִין לְאַתְּעָרָא שִׁירָה וְחֶדְוָה לְפָתוֹרָה לְגַבָּהּ.

And on the Sabbath, in all his affairs, a man must add from the profane to the holy — in his food and his drink, in his garments, in his reclining. For he must prepare for it a fair couch, with many embroidered cushions and coverings, from all that is in his house, like one who prepares a canopy for a bride. For the Sabbath is a queen, and she is a bride. And therefore the sages of the Mishnah used to go out on the eve of the Sabbath to greet her on the way, and they would say: Come, bride; come, bride. And they must rouse song and gladness for the table before her.

Segment 3ג׳

וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא דְּאִית רָזָא אָחֳרָא. כְּגַוְונָא דְּצָרִיךְ לְקַבְּלָא גְּבִירְתָּהּ, בְּכַמָּה נְהוֹרִין דִּשְׁרָגִּין בְּשַׁבָּת, וּבְכַמָּה עִנּוּגִין, וּלְבוּשִׁין שַׁפִּירִין, וּבֵיתָא מְתֻקְּנָא, בְּכַמָּה מָאנֵי דְּתִקּוּנָא, בַּהֲסֵבָּהּ יָפָה לְכָל חַד וְחַד. וּבְהַאי חֶדְוָה וְתִקּוּנָא, גַּרְמִין דְּאִשְׁתְּאָרַת שִׁפְחָה בִּישָׁא בַחֲשׁוֹכָא, בְּרַעֲבוֹן, בְּבִכְיָה, בְּהֶסְפֵּד. בִּלְבוּשִׁין אוּכָמִין כְּאַרְמַלְתָּא. דְּאִי מְלֵאָה זוֹ, חַרֵבָה זוֹ.

And not only that, but there is another mystery. Just as one must receive his Lady with many lights of lamps on the Sabbath, and with many delights, and fair garments, and a house set in order with many vessels of adornment, with a fair couch for each and every one — by this gladness and this ordering they bring it about that the evil handmaid is left in darkness, in hunger, in weeping, in lamentation, in black garments like a widow. For if this one is full, that one is laid waste.