What are the ramifications of the words "La'asos es ha'Shabbos"?
Seforno: If Yisrael will keep Shabbos in this world, they will merit to keep Shabbos in the world to come.
R. Bachye #1: It means to prepare 1 (before Shabbos) the needs of Shabbos 2 ? good portions 3 (like one prepares for a guest).
R. Bachye #2 (citing a Midrash): The Torah writes ?Veshamru ? es ha?Shabbos ? La?asos es ha?Shabbos? (and not ?Lishmor es h?Shabbos?) ? to teach us that whoever keeps Shabbos below (on earth) is considered as if he kept it above (in heaven)? ? meaning that if one keeps Shabbos he demonstrates that he believes in the roots and the basis of Shabbos which are engraved in Heaven, and conversely, someone who does not keep Shabbos, does not believe ? .
Targum Yonasan: It means to eat delicacies on Shabbos.
Mechilta #1: It teaches us that when someone keeps Shabbos it is considered as if he made Shabbos. 4
Mechilta #2: In conjunction with "La'asos es ha'Shabos" it teaches us that one is permitted to perform the B'ris Milah 5 if it falls due on Shabbos.
R. Bachye: As in Bereishis 18:7 ?Vayemaher La?asos oso?, and in 18:8 ?u?Ben ha?Bakar asher Asah?.
R. Bachye: As the Gemara states in Beitzah 16a ?From Sunday begin preparing for Shabbos? ? like Beis Shamai? See R. Chavel?s footnotes
R. Bachye: As the Navi writes in Yeshayah 58:13 ?Vekarasa la?Shabbos Oneg? - from the Lashon ?Keru?im? ? guests.
See Torah Temimah, note 37.
Which is called "B'ris Olam'. See Torah Temimah, note 38.
Why does the Torah here insert "Veshamru" before "Shabbos" and in Kedoshim Vayikra, the reverse, when it writes in 19:3 "Es Shabsosai Tishmoru"?
Moshav Zekenim (in 16:23): The current Pasuk teaches us that Shabbos requires Shemirah before - 'A tailor may not go outside carrying a needle close to Shabbos', and the Pasuk in Kedoshim, that it requires Shemirah afterwards - 'One may not benefit from Melachah that was done on Shabbos'.
Mechilta: The current Pasuk teaches that one must add from Chol on to Kodesh before Shabbos comes in, the Pasuk in Kedoshim, that one add on to Kodesh after it goes out (Tosefes Shabbos). 1
The Mechilta d'R. Yishmael (in Yisro, Masechta d'Chodesh 7 DH 'Zachor') learns Tosefes Shabbos before and after from 'Zachor' and 'Shamor', respectively.
