Angels

for me,
shabbos has always started
with the end of work.
perhaps I cooked the night before
or cleaned my house before work;
but, for me
shabbos is a friday night thing.

but it's not!
shabbos begins
when you finish maariv
on thursday night
when the bakers begin baking,
when the activities of life,
turn to shabbos kodesh...

walking the streets of Jerusalem
this morning
I know what shabbos smells like