Before enjoying a glass of cold water, say the blessing:

Ba’ruch Ah’tah Ah’doh’nai Eh’lo’hay’nu Melech ha’o’lam sheh’ha’kohl nee’h’yeh bid’varo. (Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, by whose word all things came to be.)

As we prepare for Shabbat this afternoon, consider the ten items that were created on the eve of Shabbat, one of them being the well of Miriam that is recorded in the fifth chapter of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers: “Ten things were created at twilight of Shabbat eve. These are: the mouth of the earth [that swallowed Korach]; the mouth of [Miriam’s] well; the mouth of [Balaam’s] donkey; the rainbow; the manna; [Moses’] staff; the shamir; worm that cut through rock, the writing, the inscription and the tablets [of the Ten Commandments]. Some say also the burial place of Moses and the ram of our father Abraham. And some say also the spirits of destruction, as well as the original tongs, for tongs are made with tongs.”

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