The Besht arrived in a village for Shabbos. He witnessed an ordinary Jew celebrating the third meal with a Minyan of [ten] Jews and delicious food. The Besht asked him: “Why do you observe the third meal with such joyous fanfare.”

The Jew answered him: there is a saying – let my soul not expire among Gentiles. During the third meal when the additional soul¹ departs from me, I want it to expire among Jews.

I.F.

1. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/neshamah-yeterah

    

   Neshamah Yeterah, a popular belief that every Jew is given an additional soul from the entrance of each Sabbath until its termination.