The Olami Shabbat Table - June 25 with Rabbi Hajioff

okay everybody this is a very special moment for all of us this is the nation of the most incredible online program that's been out there the last couple of months and just the ability to get so many Jews from all over the country together like this and connect over something that makes us uniquely Jewish so normally we start off asking everybody where they're from I think we have a good idea of which cities are involved in this in this program so I thought of a one-minute talking point because as outreach rabbis we like meeting for coffee so in your chat box we would love to know are you a Starbucks person or are you a small coffee shop person because you get both types let's be honest I always just jump into a Starbucks because it's the coffee I know and they have them all over the place Kara Rosenthal is into the small coffee shops I feel like Houstonians are all into the small coffee has anybody tried the nitro group give me a thumbs up if you've tried the Starbucks nitro group anybody am I the only one okay well if a dunken only or by Lauren's had G off Dunkin Donuts kollel zoom nitro if you are this is not an ad for Starbucks if you're ever super low energy and you want energy for the day the week the month this this stuff is incredible okay amazing so as people are coming in we're just saying hi to all of you and we're gonna start our program very very shortly we want to thank you all for sticking with us all this time I feel like we became like a family like a virtual online family when you go into a program you never know how it's gonna go is it gonna jive is it gonna be awkward are we gonna succeed and you know what I realized time and again I'm always surprised that when it gets to Jewish people together and everybody's coming in a positive way you know it's all a question of where there's a will with there's a way if everybody comes into any Jewish program with a desire for it to succeed it's gonna work it's gonna succeed we were able thanks to rabbi roberts rabbi schmoly everybody give it up a Robertson schmoly from st. Louis and Detroit for spearheading this program I personally it's not that I was skeptical I was like it let's see how this goes you know there's this Yiddish slang term that's been going around called azumed excuse oomp is is basically this idea that you have like zum fatigue it's like after a whole day at work and like rabbi you really want me jumping on a screen again you're telling me like an hour of Judaism on a screen after a long day rabbi it's not what I want and we get that and so you've made an effort to come you came you showed up today is the finale and I don't know if our logistics coordinator could put some final countdown music or not but maybe we'll do that towards the end of the show okay like we always do every single week I am excited to present to you actually a new friends that I met over the last year or two from Detroit a spotlight student this week is our very own shelby miller of detroit who is with partners detroit young professionals please give her your ear everybody thank you so much alright hello everyone yes I had the pleasure of meeting rabbi Johnny and a bunch of people from Houston and Chicago on our recent travels before the lockdown and shutdown of everything so that was incredible but I was asked to speak a little bit about the experience of Shabbat table all in all and what its kind of meant to be a part of it um I will be honest I was a little skeptical in the beginning as Johnny said you know all right I spent all day on my computer for work now I have to do this and Detroit it's nine o'clock by the time we're done it's 10 you know we're tired but it honestly is the best decision I made during quarantine I have gained so much from it it's encouraged me to you know add little pieces of Shabbat and Judaism into my life a little more than I kind of had started to do and one thing that it really inspired me to do was try and bring Shabbat in and keep a full Shabbat at least like once a month but one thing that's really encouraged though is to definitely light the candles every Friday and you know say the prayers and just really enjoy what Shabbat is supposed to be about and I feel like this program really gave permission to kind of do Shabbat in whatever way satisfies your own soul and what it means to you and how you want to you know bring it into your own life and I think it's great to meet people that are at different steps in life and different levels of observance because you see that we're all the same and we all love to come together at the end of the week and it's just a matter of how we do it individually so it's been a really great experience and I'm really glad that you guys decided to make it a part of our corona quarantine thank you so much Shelby that was amazing and yeah round of applause for Shelby thank you so much we're so excited to have you with us once again okay so it's actually very very exciting it is my pleasure and distinct honor to announce and let you all know that we the rabbis were so excited about this entire program and the participation and the energy that we have behind your backs that's right we've been secretly plotting and planning this unbelievable wait for it Shabbat table Colorado Shabbat own everybody yes that is right we are looking God willing as soon as all this coronavirus passes and within reason when things settle down we are going to be launching a national Shabbat table exclusive young professionals Colorado Shabbat own everyone is invited and not just that each cities organization is going to be presenting special subsidies each city is going to have their own different setup for this Shabbat own to enable you to come with us okay especially pending this other announcement that I'd like to make and that is ladies and gentlemen introducing you to the 25-hour shabbat challenge okay what we've been doing for the last eight weeks nine weeks has been developing an appetite for Shabbat the beauty of Shabbat why Shabbat is important the different elements of Shabbat why we love show about why it's kept us Jewish etc etc it's tasty it's yummy it gives us an it gives our neshama a high all of that has been an inspiration for us to actually implement and attempt to increase please God our Shabbat observance and to give it a shot so there's two things that I'm excited to announce number one we are announcing the 25 hour Shabbat challenge where you will have the option either this week of joining this challenge or next about as well if it's too short notice for you what is the Shabbat challenge essentially we're asking yourself to challenge yourself to keep Shabbat if that means less or no driving cooking trying to do something that preserves within your family and in your home the spirit of connection the spirit of serenity that we are so looking for that growth oriented period of time that is so unique for the Jewish people so that is the 25 hour challenge I am going to post a link right now in the chat box it's a Google spreadsheet for you to click on and sign up we already have a whole bunch of people signed up and I'm excited please ladies and gentlemen give it up for the following individuals who have already signed up for the Shabbat challenge from Columbus everybody we have excuse me if I get the pronunciation wrong from commas we have Remi Orleans Michele broidy's Sam Cuba's Ronnie hi I'm Josh Shankar ricky shankar daniel silverstein haley Greenhut Angela Belen Rachel Gelf arbitrage Moscow Josh Chuck Scott Schottenstein Detroit Jason Ryder Danielle Brickner Corey lesson Shelby Miller Ryan Rosenberg may tell you Russia ami Isaac wolf Loren Goldstein and a Frankel Houston sorry ELISA Wender Elaine Esat so blue Allen esses Great Neck we have Yael Elia huzzah Rebecca suits DeVito Yahoo Danielle Ellie use other safaris representing Great Neck st. Louis we have Rose Greenblatt Jaime Hurwitz Ruben a Mon and finally in Vegas we have mini primo Ryan Sam Chuck Michael Nolan der Genevieve Elgg Richie Bailey Fulton Avery lab we want to extend our hats to all of you we know it's not easy it's not a simple thing to try something like this but it's gonna be amazing we want to know how it went afterwards and and I just want to give a very very quick recap and then we are immediately going to introduce our incredible incredible guest speaker so the last eight weeks have been amazing and we learn in life and in Judaism that if you don't digest and review what you've learned it doesn't become a part of you we want the Shabbat table to become a part of us and so I'm gonna give you a very very quick quick recap of everything we've done in eight weeks the first week we had Charlie our Ari who taught us all about the crossover that we need to be busy but then we also need to focus on just being in the moment the next week week two we had the famous or my Costco teaching us all about letting go letting go letting go and letting God letting God be a part of us how to have faith and not work on Shabbat week three we had our by Tendler emphasized the gift of Shabbat it's a gift we can't view it as a prohibition we can't view it as a restriction we have to view it as the most amazing opportunity for connection and for growth we then add Rebbetzin still Herman who was incredible and passionately told us all about candle lighting and how we create a lasting impression on who we are and for our future generations asking ourselves what do we want our children or our grandchildren to look like week five rabbi lady Burnham of Partners Detroit teaching us all about avoiding the physical not avoiding the physical world but rather elevating it to make it special think about the beautiful candles think about mahalo the delicious food it's all about taking the physical and elevating it on Shabbat week six mr. Gary Torgo taught us all about the power of Shabbat and shared some beautiful stories about its impact on people and how it enhanced his own life as a Jew week seven again we had mr. Charlie Harare teaching us all about kiddush he gave the analogy about the grape how the beauty Andy and the enhancement of the grape lies in school the great everything that we have to be great is within us sometimes we need to look inside ourselves to bring out that greatness and go the extra mile last week we had mrs. Tamar Livingstone teaching us all about kala which represents bread from heaven that we don't need to go overboard we don't even need to exhaust ourselves to be good enough we need to be happy with who we are ladies and gentlemen give it up for a very dear friend of mine who actually is the author of these two incredible books the future all about mushiya and jus got questions any everything and everything Judaism you have in this book I couldn't find the third one but it's probably I probably gave it to one of my young professionals it's the famous will Jew marry me for those of you that are dates minded and currently in that process a great way to enhance your marriage your dating without further ado why you professor and dear friend of Allah me rabbi Lawrence hajiyev hi guys Shalom Shalom Wow rubbish and what a beautiful reduction thank you and all of you congratulations on weeks and weeks of study you are all Shabbat experts there's not really much I can add just a little icing to the cake maybe the cherry on the icing on the cake that we're gonna look at this evening as we discuss the end of Shabbat it was I so nicely the end of your course on Shabbat your weeks together and I get to give you the end of Shabbat itself which of course you all know if you've ever been to a Shabbat on is Havdalah Havdalah the end process and maybe the thing you know what it's Abdullah any Shabbat she bucks all about kiddush and having the three meals and spending time with family and singing songs is that eat or go to class go to synagogue and I bow as I your honor whoever just like a little bit the endured a lasting a little bit answer your swash Everett on all of you weekend away and Shalom - Rob Diana things they and I fall into the same trap sometimes as well Halle has within it all the secrets you need to know about everything that should not encapsulate what are the things we sing I don't if you heard this already we sing on Friday night in synagogue is soft master but mashup kela I'll translate those words and I'll explain them to you the end of all action is the beginning of all thought that is something we sing in lahardee what is that expression talking about my friends something very very important you see Shabbat as you know comes at the end of the week a bill thing well it's time to be off but it's not a Shabbat off it's a Shabbat on excuse me for that one I apologize I'll be here all night enjoy the chicken it's a Shabbat on and so we don't go down if you like start off here on Sunday it goes down to Monday choose anything you get to Shabbat you like plot sing am I totally out of it that's all the way it is each day gets us a little bit closer to Shabbat because Shabbat is the end the apex of the week every other day leads up to that point that's why no day in the week has a name in Judaism Sunday's youngish on Monday is young Shanee day two and we have day three I'm Sheila she then release every day as a number until we get to the one day that is a name that Shabbat because it's the only name that has a the only day of the week that has an Hashanah shame is a name and those are the middle letters of the word neshama soul so every day of the week leads up to that point to that apex so that means the most important part of creation is the end of creation which is not mankind but it's actually Shabbat because Shabbat comes at the end as we show you know you leave to that point well in Shabbat itself following the same principle the end would be the most important part right makes sense and then we have Dulla as Shabbat goes as it leaves us we are able to capture something so important that actually pulls everything together because the end of all action we begin with the end in mind that's what we're saying we begin the week with the end in mind always think about Shabbat we're counting up to it and Shabbat is all then leading to that last moment that last vestige that is the kaduche to the holiness of Shabbat and we celebrate those last moments with very special Tori Mitzvahed and those mid spots have within them and the words we say all the different customs but the son words we all say that Ashkenazim or safar dim we put together into those final moments of Shabbat when we fulfill it let's have a look at those well first of all as well have the liven mean it means to have dill to separate we're separating something we're separating Shabbat that 25 hour challenge that we take every single week that your God willing we taking yourselves very soon and we are going to instill in those moments something that is gonna separate and yet help launch us into the next week because Shabbat actually technically speaking isn't really even the end of the week and the metaphor that I give you is actually visual metaphor if you can imagine it is the menorah the menorah as you know was the seven-branched candelabra that was in the Mishkan in the tabernacle and then the big diminish the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and it had three weights on one side three or another and there was one in the middle so that's seven altogether represented the seven days of the week well which one's Shabbat the middle one which is why the first three faced this way and the latter theory facing this way it should but is actually in the middle the three weeks were actually tilted in a little bit you have Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and then Shabbat was that middle candle everything leads to all Shabbat and it's actually laws that even have dolla that we say hopefully on message about Saturday night can actually set for three days out do see if you've got to say it because you're still channeling in you're still part of you're still piping in the power that is your butt into sunny Monday and even Tuesday so that's what hub dollars gonna do it's gonna separate and yet connect the three days that come after Shabbat as the three days before lead us into Shabbat itself hope you're all following let's have a look at some of the beautiful words the rabbi's put together over here he may behold early Schuette half that full of cud let me translate that to you behold God is good classic in zxy bencher you can't go wrong with is bad boy you can't go wrong every average rappers got a whole stack of these that's why we never take wedding benches right from weddings or like you know uh I got enough of these thank you so much still the classic still the classic behold god is my salvation I will have trust and not be afraid what a strange way to begin Havdalah god is my salvation I will not be afraid why am I afraid I just had Shabbat well shabbat over and shabbat is Shalom it is piece it is shall lame it is complete now we're leaving the protective barrier that's called Shabbat and we're moving into the workweek and it's scary especially if you have kids sunday is a scary time hey you know people think that sunday is a fun day just hang out nobody have kids so then you go to the work week and we're dealing with so many struggles of Parana Samak you're living in all the challenges that come with it and so we put our salvation in God and we say I'm not afraid I know that Shabbat protects me for these 25 hours and that's one of the powers that Shabbat has it protects the Jewish people more than the Jewish people keeps your butt's Shabbat keeps the Jewish people and now we're leaving that safe space that that Haven of Shalom going in and we're saying don't be afraid because if you keep Shabbat Shabbat will be with you for the rest of the week as well and that's how we begin and indeed the Lord is my strength in my song and he'll become my salvation one of the aspects that are valid actually many people follow Havdalah with is a lie to the Prophet earlier Navi we invoke his name why we mention the name of Elijah the prophet well it's the same reason we invite Elijah the Prophet to our pacer Seder you see on Shabbat the Messiah cannot come however on Saturday night the Messiah can come why can't he come on Shabbat or even error of Shabbat because we're too busy we got to knee Mitzvahed and therefore Messiah cannot come on Shabbat itself as I said in my book the future vailable on amazon.com shameless plug and so now Shabbat is over we mentioned early on na vi's nature say come on we ready for the full salvation which is what Alam Papa the next world that the arrival of Messiah will begin and it's Elijah's the job Elijah's job to announce the arrival of the Messiah and so Shabbat goes out and now is like you know God you my salvation let's bring Elijah the Prophet lemon now so come in the Messiah as the prophet Isaiah tells us and now we be able to have the time that is all Shabbat because the next world allama bath is actually called or lunch should call a Shabbat the world that is all Shabbat one of the ways that we're able to even capture the next world to earn the next world is through Shabbat Shabbat is the Attar next whoa what does that mean that means in order to fully appreciate what the next world is a time where there's no work and there's no struggle and no competition you've got to keep Shabbat it's the gateway into the next world some say that if you don't keep at least one Shabbat you won't even be able to appreciate what the next world has to give you it will be a foreign agent and therefore one of the ways as it says the Gemara that it's sung about by many pop stars I think just one Shabbos will all be free Shabbat is the power to bring us into the next world and that transition from Shabbat into the workweek is representative of that transition phase that's my friend what Shabbat is bringing you it's bringing in to the next world okay so that's we talked about the salvation of God at this time and we put trust in God as it said and the Jews have value LaHood later all of a synthesis on Dakara now those four words to the initiate uninitiated may be purely for Saturday night for matzah Shabbat however my dear friends it's not true those four words are found in thee anybody know in the Megillah which one Gillett Esther and those are the words of celebration that the Jewish people announced after their salvation from the hands of officially rosh and Haman at the Purim story those four words are actually code words although they mean the juicer Draven's happiness joy and honor they represent for mitzvahs Shabbat the Jewish holidays tefillin and Britain Mila circumcision the mitzvot that hold us together and keep us going as the Jewish people and the time of Purim the Jews people were forbidden from celebrating those four key mitzvot and so we celebrate the ultimate celebration that allows us to even keep Shabbat which is one of those four so we have tremendous joy that comes to us that we've had the honor to keep Shabbat and of course to radiate its light into the next week okay so now the introductory words to have Dulla have been said in the different customs I said but the essence that I always spoke about it appears in every single of the laughs organism or safar dim and then we make three blessings my friends we make blessings on wine on spices and on flame on fire let's go through this for a moment on wine you've heard about kaboosh same thing kaduche is that thing when you make the blessing of a wine which by the way has to be a full cup Kaushal bracha male technical thing will you make Kadosh at on Shabbat or Jewish holiday or Abdullah or after wedding I just formed a wedding a corona wedding right on last Sunday the cup must be full to the brim because we want a cup of life and salvation in joy to be full and overflowing some people even have a custom to let it overflow just a little bit or just to appear above the rim so that's how you should fill your cup for have Allah well wine is always used as a transition as well it brings us into Shabbat and it takes us a virgin but it brings us into the new life of a baby we have wine at a Brit Milah and we drink wine as well at a wedding because this couple are now forming a new existence for themselves and as I'm sure you heard from previous speakers wine is transition it transitions us and it lifts us up right it talks about the greatness of the day and the greatness of the person a trabajar Ari mentioned I do it mr. Ari mentioned when you drink wine wine is that thing which you crush and Yunis comes out of you but why not is also something that lifts us up right it lifts us up when you drink wine if and I say yeah and the wine comes in yes sir Sud the secrets come out the joy in the in earnest of the person not too much why not too much comes out but a little bit of wine is gonna help to lift us up to celebrate so that is the power of wine wine always represents the transition of one time into another and that's times of joy on Pesach Seder we're doing four cups of wine is a fifth cup of wine that will be drunk when Messiah comes we call that a cup of Elijah cuz the light is going to announce the arrival of the Messiah of Messiah okay so that's the wine blessing and you obviously know that very clear definite as we said every Jewish holiday in Shabbat and Brit Milah and weddings that blessing is said then we just say rather unusual we make a blessing over spices and these are spices that are you traditionally for smelling and so people will use a cloves or cinnamon right they'll use something some plant that has a very great fragrance that we make the blessing our berry minae this some my son usually don't you make blessings of a spices and here we do that so I'll actually tell you a couple of very interesting things that many people under are not aware of in order to do that we have to look back at what we say actually it's part of the kid Russia Shabbat morning but it comes from the Torah when we say Vachon Reuben a throughout the Shabbat and the Jewish people have to guard the Shabbat last sort of Shabbat to make the Shabbat the dura Tom for generations Brit Olam a constant promise forever Britta's a is a promise by new baby nice job it's a secret between me and the Jewish people says God the other nations don't have Shabbat that's why they keep our different days Hashem fashioned it that way but the Jewish people are the only ones that keep it on Saturday itself Oh Tito lamb it's a sign that will be for the Jewish people forever just like a sign outside of store tells us what's inside the store this sign of the Jewish people there's one sign that stands outside the Jewish people as a nation it's Shabbat is what represents us it's also Brittany lent to fill in but Shabbat is our sign the sign comes down there's no store right if you see a sign that's put down outside a store you know the stores lying business so - if Shabbat ever goes away for the Jewish people which it never will we know the Jewish people are out of business which we never will be and so we always have that sign with us King shave my massage table - my Bartlett's because God pitted the world in six days bristle in the sentence you know how Vives Shabbat now look at the last word Vienna fash way enough hush she translated as and he rested on that day via nefesh she rested the worthy enough Usher's the Gemara something quite fascinating is actually two words stuck together oi nefesh you can make the word vine a fash to also read if you play around the vowels as a nefesh what is what oh you mean hello you're Jewish all right something Bad's happened nafech my soul strange we welcome to Shabbat with vena fuch our soul has been lifted and then at the editor but we say oi nefesh my soul has now been put into a bad circumstance why because shibata's left us and the extra soul that we arrived with on Friday night and then we added to on Shabbat morning in our to fill it in rusev or at Kadesh the extra soul the neshamah you say route or neshama atera has been well that was given to us on shall we get an expanded extra so some says an extra salt some like rushy says an expanded soul has now been taken away is Saturday night all right I feel terrible so how do we lift up our spirits we smell nice spices they invigorate us just like a person who's faints we give her a smelling salt - so - on mossy sure but the extra soul has left us and what are we gonna do we are going to breathe something in type of smell I tell you one little Kabbalistic idea is your last class I'm gonna throw it in for you we know that Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden CIND in a number of ways they saw the fruit on the tree they heard God's voice they touched telling them not eat from it they touched and they tasted but there's one sense that was never affected because it was never used we are not totally smelled the fruit so the sense of smell is the purest sense that we have and actually the one that is linked the most to memory that's why when you smell some things the smell takes you right back finally I had to go visit my school many is after I left my high school my yeshiva to speak over there and I smell you know the old smell of the school and I went straight back to the principal's office where I spent most of my yeshiva days smell is what actually connects us directly to the past the olfactory system as it's called so too when we smell we get reinvigorated and lifts up our souls and then we are a nephesh om my soul don't worry smell this it'll lift you up to a much better place and then finally make our final blessing and that was our penultimate one before the last over flames over fire now the fire we use for Abdullah is different from every other fire that we light on a yard site on the anniversary of death we light one candle because the camera presents the soul of the deceased and so there's one candle one week when Shabbat comes in as you know you like to 1k show more walking naked za hor one for garnish a but one for remembering Shabbat we God right represents all of the negative mitzvot if the God not to bring the negative Mitzvahed and then the positive miss spots are these Ajo to remember you remember by doing things but they're separate they're distinct and they held apart so you have two candles as Shabbat comes in and they are held apart at the end of Shabbat you do something unusual we lighten a VUCA a multi wikked flame to is sufficient but fancy canons of two three or four and we like a multi wycked flame which you could buy in sput or any Jewish store always have candles to live but they're multi whipped why is that because as Shabbat come in my my two souls are separate I'm held apart I'm shy Mervis a heart I'm two different beings but when shall but leaves us finally we've managed to intertwine our fires our souls into one thing and so Havdalah is actually the culmination of how you brush up ruts in with two separate flames that is the secret one of the secrets of the multi wicked candle which projects so much light which is gonna light up the rest of our weeks and then we finish off with the final blessing God who separates the holy from the mundane Kodesh the whole the weekday is good whole whole meals weekday but it also means sand why would word for sand be the same as the word for weekday because each sand granules sand has no power it's only when it's bunched together that it has Valley right you could step on it you could walk on it but each grain doesn't do too much so the days of the week are just little bits of sand that are scattered throughout the weeks months years and decades but Shabbat is Kadosh it is holy it is the most holy it's what keeps the Jewish holy as well I'm of the been all of Hasek so we took our separation and that's gonna be what I want to leave you with the idea of separation right babe Orla ho chef between lights and documents Bayes rule omim between the Jewish people and the other nations veiny Amish me and the seventh day from the rest of the week we saw a shaman Marvel bein kodesh the whole blessed are You Hashem who separates the holy from the mundane they are separate but Hashem gave us the power to intertwine those flames and to connect them via Havdalah to the rest of the week and so my friends that the end of Shabbat what you entered into with wine you eggs it with wine where you do separate flames now connected you are a connected being what you came in with a sad and depressed state right hard week has now been hold together with beautiful shifter but and now you move into the rest of the week by invigorating yourself with fire and with wine and with beautiful smelling spices friends you've had may weeks to appreciate the beauty of Shabbat you can talk about Shabbat ad nauseam but until you do it you're not gonna get it and there is no greater gift when you're a single person sure that's good yeah but when you God willing have a family you have children it becomes kodesh Kadosh in the Holy of Holies literally it becomes the holiest of your workweek because the rest of week you can't see your family and your kids but now you're able to pull it together and spend precious time together with your family and my blessing to you my dear friends as if you don't mind if I you don't make calling a call to action is that take on if not all of Shabbat immediately it's okay start small every week every month just do a little bit more have the love is such an easy but beautiful and precious Mitzvah that'll help you take those modes of Shabbat and propel them into the other six days of the week I know you go from here into breakout groups is that correct rabbi's rabbis in here yes yes so an idea what can we separate ourselves from that can help bring us more holiness in our lives one question you can ponder what do we need to separate ourselves or multiple in holiness and what air of Our Lives can we illuminate in order to illuminate the rest of the week okay what power of Shabbat allows us to do that friends it's been a pleasure and honor a joy I'll just throw my email into the chat so if you want to be in touch with questions thoughts comments heckles to hear from you Thank You Robbie Guzan and the other rabbis and thank you for listening gratulations Mazel Tov take on the challenge my friend it's the gateway into Olam haba the place that God willing we all want to get to very very soon thank you all thank you so much for my off that was amazing as always we really really enjoyed enjoyed that okay so before we actually break out into the breakout rooms I would like to make another new announcement and it is very very exciting so first of all we are reminding you that you have the option of signing up this Shabbat or next rabat for the 25 hour shabbat challenge we're asking yourself to ears we're asking you to push and challenge yourself to try to keep Shabbat to the best of your ability and we've also described earlier how we are planning God willing when this whole coronavirus thing blows over a national Colorado Shabbat on with all of us together ladies and gentlemen we didn't want to end with Shabbat table we built something beautiful together we became a family a special growth oriented family and it is our distinct pleasure I'm speaking on behalf of all the rabbis here that we are thrilled to announce a brand new program that is going to begin next week Thursday same time same link instead of being called Shabbat table it's going to be called Shabbat Abel and the idea is very simple we've spent weeks and weeks getting inspired about Shabbat and why it's important and now we want to learn about the practical practice of Shabbat what does it mean what does it mean to keep Shabbat what am i doing on Shabbat and why am i doing it specifically what does it look like how does it practically and specifically enhance my life so you can expect a phone call or a text or an email or all of the above from your rabbis this coming week because we are excited and super hyped pun intended to bring to you Shabbat Abel which we are also calling Shabbat table 2.0 so ladies and gentleman that's very very exciting join us for the breakout rooms and after the breakout rooms we have some special songs and Shabbat music in store for you and I'm gonna ask our logistics coordinator to take it away in the breakout rooms you're gonna be discussing the question there are by had Jeff left us with which is what can we separate ourselves from that will bring holiness into our lives