Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #153 - Early Shabbos for Our Soldiers

[Music] this Friday is not an ordinary Friday we're turning it into shabas as we always do but of course our hearts are all broken we're all focused on ER isra the land of Israel Medina Israel the people of Israel are precious soldiers turning this Friday into AR of chabas in their merid in their they sit on our hearts as we ask Hashem to protect hasem protect and bring back our soldiers let them be successful in their mission and their effort let them come home let them come home safely we're here to turn Friday into shabas every we do every week I got an Incredible video from a soldier in the field who heard about turn Friday into our shabas and sent a message to me in our community that he is getting ready for shabas it maybe a shabas at War maybe a shabas in battle it may be a shabas in which he has to to purge an evil enemy but every Friday we have to turn into shabas wherever we are or however we find ourselves battling the wars internally or externally internal enemies external enemies we have to turn that Friday into a shab it's one of the things that we can do for our brothers and sisters in Israel for these precious soldiers for those who are hurting so badly For Those whom we want to bring home safely captives the soldiers who we want to be successful in their mission one of the nice ideas on the chabas of barus of new beginnings and a fresh start and a chabas that we read about shabas about the introduction of shabas to the world tells us there is a Mitzvah to accept and receive shabas early bring in chabas early this is one Friday turn it into not only Arab shabas turn Arab shabas into shabas even earlier than usual do it in the Merit of peace and safety and serenity do it for the there isah how do we honor it that you sit seriously and you're ready to welcome shabas the way you grow out to to greet the King used to gather with their students on and they would dress themselves up they would Adorn themselves they would they would be and they would say and that's our mission bring in chabas early go from the weekday with its terrible news and to the shabas with the hope and the promise of Peace of the Shalom of chabas not because we are willfully ignorant not because we are trying to escape from the reality of what's going on but because we need to tap into the don't let shabas be waiting for you you should be waiting for shabas shabas the way that we observe shabas the way we Safeguard shabas the way we go into shabas is that we are waiting for shabas it's not waiting for us we're ready we're M shabas early and that's why there's a universal Jewish custom some light the candles 20 minutes before Sunset others 30 minutes Y is the custom the siren sounds the siren not the siren of negativity the siren of fear the siren of danger the siren of threats but the siren of chabas in yam goes off 40 minutes before Before Sunset there is a very deep inion a very beautiful powerful idea a very holy practice of bringing chabas in early as a form of prayer one of the things little things little little gestures we can do that has a big positive result that we can do in the Merit of the people that we love and we're so devoted to is bring in this shabas early get ready early be set early let your table be set early like candles early get to Sho early add on from the weekday add chabas onto the weekday extra early don't let it be the ordinary amount of time 18 minutes before sh don't let it be within the 18 minutes add on in our community we're accepting shabas early even though you can light candles later we are accepting chabas early with tum even beforehand a communal acceptance of to shabas of adding on chabas how does it help why does to shabas work because we sing tonight in our daving that shabas is m braah chabas is the source of blessing the source of Braha if you want Braha if you want the flow of Braha if you want light not Darkness if you want the Holiness of chabas not the travails of the weekday then m shabas mam accept shabas receive chabas early take in chabas early be ready don't just turn Friday to Arab shabas turn Arab shabas into shabas when we say we sing we say sh how many Jews in Israel how many soldiers on the front line are standing on the border who can't be in SHO who can't accept and receive shabas who won't be around their family shabas table and we can we have to accept shabas not only for ourselves the time we would for ourselves we have to accept shabas for those who can't early add on early accept it for others be in the spiritual miluim add on extra shabas extra shabas by doing it even early you don't come to sh normally come to sh you go to a convenient local minion come to the sh unite your voices as a community let's DAV let's rock our Sho let's transform our cabala shabas wherever you are wherever you are don't do what's comfortable or convenient be together with Community because only through unity and Community compounded with the BR of shabas can maybe as AA we hope for and wish for and ask for Hashem to shower us with incredible incredible to greet let's go that is the source of all so let's go let's turn Friday into Arab shabas and Arab shabas into shabas let's go let's greet chabas let's go out and make it happen let's bring it in early let's do it early in this of those who will struggle maybe to do at all or to do it in their normal way that they ordinarily do it that they ordinarily do it it's a big school of himself quotes that a gave all theas to shab he Consolidated the it's the m and the sooner that we can tap into it the earlier we can welcome it the more of it that we can collect and we need so desperately right now he said that if you want salvation if we want then accept upon ourselves shabas early shabas extra shabas more shabas shabas is the we say on shabas shab there is a strength that comes from chabas there is a healing a that comes from chabas the promise whoever adds from then we're added life we need life to prolong life to heal life to recover those captive lives we need to be wres already a long time ago if we add on from then that is a scho for so as complicated as difficult you're running in from work you're not fully ready the table's not yet set the food is not fully cooked this week this week accept upon yourself among the small gestures and the little things that we can do accept and receive chabas early be most shabas onto the weekday let's receive that M let's tap into it come with me come with me wherever you are to your convene and congregate and be part of community collaborate and experience the unity and raise your voice in a cabala shabas that will bring with it the M watch over our holy precious soldiers our brothers and sisters in Israel let us make havala to the Triumph and victory to the Safety and Security to the healing of CLA [Music] have a restful shabas a peaceful shabas [Music] sh