FESTIVALS AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR: Shabbat The custom of washing in hot water in preparation for Shabbat is tikkun habrit. The same is true of the practice of reading over the weekly Torah portion twice in the Hebrew and once in the Aramaic Targum (Likutey Moharan I, 19:5).
מוֹעֲדֵי ה' – שַׁבָּת
א. רְחִיצַת חַמִּין בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת הוּא בְּחִינַת תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית, וְכֵן קְרִיאַת הַפָּרָשָׁה שְׁנַיִם מִקְרָא וְאֶחָד תַּרְגּוּם הוּא גַּם כֵּן בְּחִינַת תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית: (לק"א סי' י"ט אות ה')
FESTIVALS AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR: Shabbat
The custom of washing in hot water in preparation for Shabbat is tikkun habrit. The same is true of the practice of reading over the weekly Torah portion twice in the Hebrew and once in the Aramaic Targum (Likutey Moharan I, 19:5).