The Blessing of the LORD Enriches and Adds No Sorrow

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 16:18

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"And God blessed the seventh day" (Genesis 2:3). "The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich" (Proverbs 10:22), this is the Sabbath day; "and He adds no sorrow with it," this refers to mourning, as in the verse you say, "the king grieved over his son" (II Samuel 19:3).

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ShabbatBlessingMourning

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