Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #140: The Payoff

foreign [Music] so excited to be together it's not Friday it is air of Shabbos and we are getting ready to welcome the Holiness the light the joy of Shabbos together I want to thank our generous sponsors for turn Friday into Shabbos Mindy and see foreign here comes that Shabbos and every week we need it every week when Shabbos comes it brings with it the healing and the bracha and the wholeness it brings with it all of the ingredients and all the medicine and all of the support and the strength that we need who could live without the holy Shabba Shabbos is simply the best and that's why in our dominant on Friday nights we refer to shambers as none other than this is the source of all blessing in our life if we lean in if we tap in if we experience if we truly invest in Shabbos we walk out changed and we walk out transformed and we walk got arrested and we walk out rejuvenated and we walk out on fire to be able to bring all the energy and all the light all the laughter and all the joy all the rest all the reading all the learning all the singing of Shabbos back into the week with us it doesn't happen by accident and it doesn't happen unintentionally and it doesn't happen if we do it mindlessly a person has to prepare there is no Holiness without preparation whatever are you saying at your Shabbos table this week what thought-provoking questions will you ask to stimulate conversation what stories have you set aside to tell that will inspire or that will challenge what book are you going to read what harus or Shear are you going to attend how will you ensure going into Shabbos that you will come out changed and different it doesn't happen on its own and when we do when we invest when we prepare then Shabbos is makor bracha it is the source of all the bracha in our life it's the ultimate in being present we turn off we disconnect from technology and to-do lists and tasks and we're fully connected to the people and to ourselves than to be fully present with yourself with Hashem our creator and with the people all around us that is the source that is the to be living that level of mindfulness that level of Consciousness Shabbos is in it the ultimate our partial partial has the birchas kohanim and whether you're listening to this that partial or not the lesson remains relevant and significant is the quintessential Paradigm brother we give our children Friday night come to the table it's one of the holiest and happiest moments of the week for me when the children come one by one doesn't matter how old they are they come sit on my lap put my hands on their head and we give them we give them a special bracha each one independent each one unique each one distinct each one reflecting on something special about their week and a hope and an aspiration and a bracha charge for their week ahead it's the bracha that we say on Arabian Kipper it's the bracha of that we give our children before their wedding it's the bracha of course smart and give every day all over the world in Israel they give every day and ashkenazm that we Merit and look forward to the gollum on the three holidays what's the connection between Shabbos which is the makor bracha the source of which includes the quintessential concludes Shalom it concludes should give us peace of Russian and test rights you are you hold the keys to blessing that which you give Braha to will be blessed you are the conduit you are the channel you are the instrument in the vehicle of Broach you have the power the kawach of Brock it was given to you and aframe gave it to Yakov yaakov gave it to the medrus says and from there it was given specifically to the kohanim This Promise of to be the conduit the channel the vehicle of bracha was given to the Quran to stand on the Durham and to be able to give that bracha to all of us some say in fact this is the source of the Minogue when you hear birhaska on him after his Hashem and you say it should be awesome we're referencing each of the of us that it came through them and ultimately ended up with the kohanam and the kohanam are the ones that conduit now of their bracha right says the ultimate is to return something to its roots to its source to connect it to its origin and this was the whole world got distracted the whole world gave into the pursuit of honor the whole world was following Temptation and desire and the whole world had envy and jealousy of one another and avrah mavino living in a world where people were disconnected from The Source the source of the world Hashem and the source of creation the purpose of the world are from reconnected the language of Baraka blessing comes from a channel a flow a conduit to connect something from the source and this is the media of the coin who brings us back to our source to the bracha and then he goes on this and he connects this is on him we call them the threefold bracha but really it's made up of six parts six seemingly separate bracos materially and protect us Hashem should give us the light of Torah and the Torah Torah life Total Living should give us Shane make us more beloved there are six brojos and then it concludes Hashem says those six specific bracas and concludes generically I Will Bless will bless him is the six parts of the six days of the week Hashem generically consolidating collecting them integrating them and giving us this generic complete so in order for the six specific parts to be able to for them to be able to rest for them to be able to be complete they find completion with Shabbos with Vania varchem so there's a connection in other words all the work of the week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday all the effort all the time all the week all of it whether it's earning the parnasa whether it's investing ourselves in dominating and learning getting up early making sure that we're pursuing our spiritual growth whether it's raising children whether it's the challenge of raising children all of it comes together all all of it finds its source all of it Finds Its fulfillment and purpose of Shabbos of Shabbos so why are we doing it all why are we working hard to bring parnasa why do we take care of our health to have energy why are we investing in being in a position to be learning and dominating why why why with our children our family all of it takes effort and work Shabbos is the payoff Shabbos is the payday Shabbos is the bracha Shabbos is so this you have the six parts of the bracha and they find the show rush in the vanish their root their connection their wholeness is what are you going to do to get ready put on some music put a dance in your step set the table put on your clothing shower and get ready put in that time that Shabbos doesn't just happen to you but you come into Shabbos prepared so that you can come out of Shabbos and all together different person wishing everyone a happy holy and a healthy amazing Shabbos oh yeah to all the brothers of a Holi and an amazing and a healthy Shabbos have a great Shabbos everybody