Rhymes for Kids

וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְרָׁאֵל אֶת־הַשַבָׁת...[שמות לא:טז]

Commenting on verse וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְרָׁאֵל אֶת־הַשַבָׁת, the Ohr HaChaim writes: ותמיד יהיה ממתין ומצפה מתי יבא - [With the word וְשָׁמְרוּ this verse is teaching us that] one should always wait and look forward to the arrival of Shabbos.

Shabbos is the best,
Shabbos is a special guest,
It’s sweeter that a date,
And all week for it I ____

On Shabbos, Hashem gives us a neshama yiseira (lit., an extra soul).

In this week’s parsha, the Torah says:
וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שָׁבַת וַיִּנָׁפַש
The root of the word וַיִנָׁפַש is “a soul.”

Can you find a hint to the gift of neshama yiseira in the four words of that verse?