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In the Friday night Zemirah staring with the words כל מקדש שביעי , the 3rd paragraph has the phrase:

המאחרין לצאת מן השבת וממהרין לבא - "Those who delay to leave the Shabbat and hurry to enter it

The order seems backwards. We sing this song Friday night at the start of Shabbat. Why are we first mentioning leaving Shabbat and then those who start it. Wouldn't a more appropriate phrase be:

הממהרין לבא לשבת ומאחרין לצאת - "Those who hurry to enter Shabbat and delay leaving it"?

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  • OK - mark as duplicat or shall I delete? Thanks. The other discussion does answer my question
    – DanF
    Jun 10, 2014 at 14:38
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    My understanding is that duplicate questions are left around so that future askers are likely to find their question already in one phrasing or the other (you aren't the first duplicate to that question already).
    – Yishai
    Jun 10, 2014 at 14:41
  • @Yishai, indeed. I love duplicates like this one: Besides the help to searchers that they provide, two documentations of the same astute observation is an inspiring demonstration of great minds thinking alike!
    – Isaac Moses ♦
    Jun 10, 2014 at 16:27

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