Is Shabbos Over Yet? | Rabbi Moshe Levy

We say every Friday night in you look at the ten commandments. The first time says the second time it discusses the ten commandments. If you stop and think for a second, what's the difference? When I'm about to turn on the light and I remember, oh Shabbat, is that keeping Shabbat or remembering Shabbat? Well, they both. When I'm making kush, is that remembering Shabbat or keeping the Shabbat? Sort of both. What's the difference? What does it mean? They were set as one. So, I saw a beautiful idea. What does it mean? When you go on Tuesday to buy yourself a nice outfit and you say, "Oh, this is for Shabbat." That's remembering that Shabbat's coming up. When you go shopping on a Thursday and you buy the dips and you buy the and you go on Friday and you buy the fish and you buy whatever it might be, that's keeping Shabbat even though it's during the week. They were set as one to teach us that they have equal opportunity, equal value. Even if you're remembering the Shabbat on a Sunday and you're buying something in honor of Shabbat, you're constantly remembering Shabbat. Hashem says, "I got this Shabbat, I'll cover the bills." And therefore, the TA tells us that when it comes to Shabbat and Tamu Torah, whatever amount of money Hashem and Rash you're meant to make, that's not included. He'll cover the bills. Imagine if you will, my father says, "I'm going to come visit you in London." Okay? He flies from America, he comes. all the comes. We go all out and we have amazing roasts and kibajin and cholant and kugle and everything you could possibly imagine. Delicious whiskey, the best of the best meats and foods. When he's about to leave, he takes out his wallet and says, "Moshe, here you go." He said, "No, no, please. I know you don't always spend that much. And you're a rabbi. You don't necessarily have a budget to go all out. You did this in my honor. I'm going to cover the bill." Hashem says the same thing. You did all this in my honor. I got this. You go on a Sunday to buy an outfit for Shabbat. Hashem says, "That's not included." And what it is that you spent that I decided you're going to make, you spent that for me? I'm going to cover the bill. But what if the day my father's meant to leave his flight is at 10:00 p.m. At 10:00 a.m. I'm like, "Um, what time's your flight? You sure you're all packed up?" "Yeah, got plenty of time." Okay. Few hours later, maybe we should put your suitcase by the door. Yeah. Okay. What time? Maybe we should get the the Uber ready for now. How's my father going to feel? He's not going to feel very welcome. He's not going to feel very honored. If when it comes to Shabbat, what time does Shabbat end? Can we get ready already now? We start preparing for afterwards. You're doing and you're saying, "Oh, I one of the calendars said that Shabbat ends at 6:45, not 6:448." So, Hashem's not going to cover the bill. Shabbat, we stop and appreciate how lucky we are that we have this day to spend with our friends, with our family. We stop and appreciate how lucky we are. Hashem put into our calendar a day just to enjoy, just to spend with family and with not just our physical father, but our father in make sure you understand how lucky you are. When I look at people who don't keep Shabbat, my heart breaks. I feel bad for them. They don't have the gift of Shabba.