A Deeper Understanding of Shabbat: Tasting the World to Come - Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

[Music] imagine you in a tree and you look to the person sitting next to you and you ask him where are you going now imagine that person turns to in instructs his shoulders and says I don't you think he's crazy who goes on a train without knowing their destination but if he asked a lot of people life where are you going in life they might drug their shoulders they might say I don't know a couple weeks ago I was asked to give a speech so the way I usually give a speech is that there are two microphones up there on the podium and the person who introduces has one microphone and I come up and I use a second microphone but this time there was only one microphone and the guy asked me to come up he introduced me and instead of giving me the microphone he held on to the microphone and looked into the audience well before I tell you what he said let's let's build a couple questions when it comes to shop Asst there's a couple questions a couple fundamental questions about Chavez number one is that why you shot is so important Shawn this is one of the as Sarah said there Bruce when we think of the Assessor sediba so we think of some of the most fundamental and important to us the fact that I'm exist don't serve about the Zaara don't say a Shems name in vain why is Shabbos one of the finest arts libris matter fact Rashi says all 630 metals fit into the ten categories of the SSID Bruce and her Sally one actually shows how each one of the six hundred and thirty minutes those fit into those categories why Shabbos one of the core mitzvah of being Jewish and to take it a step further we think of being Jewish as being a shomer Shabbos Jew when you think of who's in the fold who's not on the fold we often say is he show me Shabbos shomer Shabbos Cassius and Tyrus Mustapha those are the big three but why Shabbos one of those three and the last one is that the punishment the ownership Shabbos is Heights Keela and according to most skill is the worst of the Doudna so space and before death penalty's so why Shabbos so intense so severe so fundamental the second question is that usually when it comes to as mine and time as mine is connected to something that you do on Rosh Hashanah we blow show fair and circus we shake ruler of an asteroid we sit in the sukkah and chronically like the menara on Pesach we eat matzah we have the Seder and shoeless we learnt art but Travis is all about mwahaha all the things like you're not supposed to do it's about stopping to do things what's going on why Shabbos not about doing something but about stopping to do things remember three is that often we think of Shabbos if you'd asked for on the streets what Travis about they say the Chaves is a day of rest a day where you stop working but if that's true then the reform movement has a good argument it's a lot more restful to drive to shore it's a lot more restful to cook and job is to throw our lights and if you think about it the Malacca for Shabbos if you stitch two stitches write two letters things which are not stressful which are not don't violate the concept of rest your hives Keela you hide Nisa what's going on what shop is really bad seems to be something more fundamental than just a day of rest and last but not least the gomera Braavos that means item of days said that Shabbos is mineral Inaba Sean this is a taste of Omaha but it says it's one-sixtieth of Olam haba question is where shoppers have to do with all haba and what's the shear what's the measurement of 160th let's start with that what's the connection between Shabbos and Allah mama the connection is that the week theta Shabbos is the same concept as Omaha sir this world to Omaha with the world to come om hazard this world's a place of becoming it's a place of growing it's a place of choosing of process of time of events of happenings om haba is the cessation of the creative process Omaha is where you exist as the person you become the nefesh a hymen there are I'll explain that all hop isn't a place where you get gifts and give rewards for everything you did in this world it's where you experience and exist as the person the consciousness you've become it's almost like then the sum of the self the contras estrous leaves the body and you exist as a person you've become you enjoy the missiles you've built but most importantly you exist and experience the ecstasy of everything you've become in this world that is the same concept as the week they in Chaves the weekly is where you built it's when you become it's where you grow it's process it's becoming Shabbos is the cessation of creative process it's where you stop the creative process and exist as the person that you've become that's why it's also to do what I'm sharpest Malaga welcomes to the same church as mala mouth has a creative emanation a creative energy a creative force that comes from Hashem melaka the 39 creative acts that we went out from the creative acts that we're done to create the Mishkan which were the same 39 creative acts session was to create the world Shabbos is stopping the creative process and existing as the person that you've become that's why on Shabbos Hashem said Jacque I I should've stopped the creative process this is also why the hollow hosel Shabbos are connected the challah kosovo Olam haba that's why the second Shabbos had comes the status of an object is frozen just like own hobbies where the status of you gets frozen in time that's why if something let's say there's something books on a table even if later after like a couple hours after shop it starts to look something falls off the table the table is still moxa since one Shabbos started it had the status of Moksa and this is also just share a personal idea we say middle on Shabbos and then turning even though we say mommy till during the week my question is why and there are many classic answers some academic answers but if you think about what does the word McGill mean Michael means to grow to enlarge to make bigger what does Migdal mean Milot means a building a tower the weekdays is Magdalene the week is will you build and create yourself Shabbos is mingle shop this is where you enjoy and experience the building you've created and this is also I in the Torah every single time you mention Shabbos it always mentions the six days of the week first and the question why every single time look every single time I mentions Travis I mentions the first six days a week why because the six days of the week create samba Shabbos is an independent entity think about all other times a day is based on the earth spinning on its axis a month is based on the moon revolving around the earth a years the earth revolving around the Sun what what's a week there's no physiological phenomena that we measure a week by a week is seven days but what's the seventh day there's no objective phenomena we measure that by which is why if you land up in a desert and you lose track of time the Chimera says that you start counting six days these are the hottest in terms of which they become Shabbos but you count six days and then you have Shabbos it's not the objective show this is your shops but that's because Shabbos can be counted based on your own creation of six days because Shabbos is the result of what you build during the six days and just one more idea why does the Maharana ask why is shot as seven why is it seven days and to take a step further why is the entire world built off of sevens seven days in a week seven lights in the spectrum of light seven notes in the musical scale the chef Amin him why there are morale explains that we live in a three-dimensional world but three-dimensional really means six time engines because you have right and left you have forward and backwards you have up and down that's six seven is that which connects the pieces it's the center so I shout this is the center of the week it's also why Shabbos is literally its sandwiches the week but also the Gemara says that you can make Abdullah until Tuesday why Kishan basis' not only the book ends of the week but it's also the center of the week so Shabbos is from Wednesday until Tuesday as well which is why you can make Abdullah until Tuesday now the morrow also explains that this is also why the eighth is that which transcends seven seven is the natural world but Shabbos is the seven that connects the pieces of the physical world to the eighth who am a laminate Abba do I always represents transcendence you have Bruce Lua on the eighth day Hanukkah was eight days and it was eight days with a miracle of what miracle of chemin chemin is a sanguinis shmona faith which is why the word sevilla full is seven but a fish chemin chai mean fat that which extends beyond the bound samus is that which connects the physical to the spiritual is that what connects the finite to the infinite and that's why sharpest is the time we focus on destination is the Taste of the haba but unlike Omaha beware you exist eternally as who you are Shabbos you get to come back down to the weak and then build more it's a taste of destination but then come back into this world and build but we have to focus on what our destination is see so many people they're working and then they're sleeping and they're eating and they're working they're sleeping eating but what is their life what is our life about we have weekends and vacations together I need you to go back to have days where we just what are we doing I mean ask an athlete what his goal is and he'll tell you exactly what his goal is exactly how he's building a lifestyle around getting to that goal has a certain workout regimen a certain diet sleeping a certain amount ask a businessman where they'll have meetings every single week every single month to determine exactly where their goal is and if they're on track to achieve their goal but what about what's really important in life who you are as a person your marriage your family who are you becoming in life life Shabbos is a time to think about destination because if you think about it as the Ebenezer says the past is long the future is not here yet and the present is constantly fading away into the past so who are we think really if you think about it your memories your memories are reflect all of that which you've actually seen both in your life your memories are the aspect of you that you've become and Shabbos is a time where you have to really sit and think Who am I who have I become what I might becoming in life and there are really three aspects of Shabbos one is to enjoy everything you've built enjoy who you are remember - it's a time to really reflect and say but what can I do better what what really needs work what realing is focused if this is good what about that if that's good what about this and the next step is to recalibrate to say okay how am I going to become better how I'm gonna come down from this taste of Omaha with this taste of destination to then become so much more so why shy but so fundamental because its represents endpoints why is Shabbos about stopping to do Inka Chavez's about the cessation of creative activity is a taste of oh how about you experience who you are so you can be inspired to come back down so we can become even more and it's not just a day of rest today of stopping the cessation of creative activity of Malaga and that's why shout stated oh mama I know that most of you are still wondering wait a second what about that story the story when you were up on the stage what happened and it's itching you in the back of your mind like you left that out well yeah that's something called a set up and a set up without a punchline is nothing you have to have a destination or for something that's happening to have meaning and all of us have a setup in life all of us have our own life experiences our own personal gifts our own personal challenges and that is your starting points but unless you have a punch on unless you have a destination unless you have a goal it's not gonna go anywhere and what we need to do in life is we need to think Who am I where am I going with my life and what am i doing at the time I have left in my life [Music] [Applause]