Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 237:9

א"ל ריש גלותא לרב המנונא מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו נח, יג) ולקדוש ה' מכובד א"ל זה יוה"כ שאין בו לא אכילה ולא שתיה אמרה תורה כבדהו בכסות נקיה וכבדתו רב אמר להקדים ושמואל אמר לאחר אמרו ליה בני רב פפא בר אבא לרב פפא כגון אנן דשכיח לן בישרא וחמרא כל יומא במאי נישנייה אמר להו אי רגיליתו לאקדומי אחרוה אי רגיליתו לאחרוה אקדמוה רב ששת בקיטא מותיב להו לרבנן היכא דמטיא שימשא בסיתוא מותיב להו לרבנן היכא דמטיא טולא כי היכי דליקומו הייא ר' זירא

The emperor said to R. Joshua b. Hanania,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The emperor referred to is Hadrian, his contemporary, with whom he had much intercourse; cf. Gen. Rab. X, 3; Hul. 59b, 60a; Ber. 56a. ');">²⁹</span> 'Why has the Sabbath dish such a fragrant odour?' 'We have a certain seasoning,' replied he, 'called the Sabbath, which we put into it, and that gives it a fragrant odour.' 'Give us some of it,' asked he. 'To him who keeps the Sabbath,' retorted he, 'it is efficacious; but to him who does not keep the Sabbath it is of no use.' The Resh Galutha<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. P. 217, n. 7. ');">³⁰</span> asked R. Hamnuna: What is meant by the verse, [and thou shalt call …] the holy of the Lord honourable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LVIII, 13. ');">³¹</span> — This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'The holy of the Lord'. ');">³²</span> refers to the Day of Atonement, replied he, in which there is neither eating nor drinking, [hence] the Torah instructed, Honour it with clean [festive] garments. And thou shalt honour it:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. With reference to the Sabbath. ');">³³</span> Rab said: By fixing [it] earlier;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One honours the Sabbath by dining at an earlier hour than usual. ');">³⁴</span> Samuel maintained: By postponing [it].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To a later hour, as one eats then with a better appetite — this view would naturally commend itself to Samuel on medical grounds. ');">³⁵</span> The sons of R. Papa b. Abba asked R. Papa: We, for instance, who have meat and wine every day, how shall we mark a change? If you are accustomed to [dine] early,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: with reference to the midday meal. ');">³⁶</span> postpone it, if you are accustomed to [dine] late, have it earlier, answered he. R. Shesheth used to place his scholars in a place exposed to the sun in summer, and in a shady place in winter, so that they should arise quickly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was on the Sabbath. He himself was blind, and he did not wish them to stay too long in the Beth Hamidrash. ');">³⁷</span> R. Zera

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