Hayom Yom 19 Nissan - Mystical meaning of the Four Questions

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Apr 5, 2026 · 8m

Shabbos Chol HaMoed Pesach, Day 4 of the Omer

גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה

[Whenever Shabbos coincides with Yom-Tov or (as in the present case) with one of the days of Chol HaMoed,] the wording [in the last stanza of the Lechah Dodi hymn in Friday evening’s Kabbalas Shabbos service] is gam besimchah u’vetzahalah (“both with rejoicing and gladness”).

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם. אֵשֶׁת חַיִל. מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד. דָּא הִיא סְעוּדָתָא, וְיִתֶּן לְךָ — אוֹמְרִים בְּלַחַשׁ

[In the above-described situation,] the passages beginning Shalom aleichem, Eishes chayil, Mizmor leDavid and Da hi seudasa [that are…