Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #157 - Having Everything

[Music] may it be a good a of shabas for us all as we turn our Friday into a of shabas it should be a shabas that brings Yeshua shabas that we hear about a sweeping victory of the Jewish people of the people of Eternity will prevail want to thank our generous sponsors men Fishman for sponsoring Friday shabas memory we just observed our Fridays are now a little bit shorter we've changed the clock we're beginning to have less time which just means we need to be even more in control even more in charge even more out front and planning and ready to turn our Friday into our air of shabas and to get ready for the holy shabas so what is Holy shabas all about I want to share with you an idea that comes from R shita based on our our para includes that hasm blessed aam with everything what does it mean to be blessed with everything what's everything peace Serenity good health happiness Prosperity children we know what everything is we know the things that we want bras for what does it mean to be blessed with everything and what is the word s add s s could have just said Hashem blessed AB with everything what does the word s come to add and he tells us it comes to add the M tells us elzar that elzar was part of ab's blessing and what is it about how elzar lived that was a for ab as well in describing who elzar is the P says elzar is H he's M he rules over he has Dominion he has control over everything under him all of aam's assets his household and all of his life as well what does this mean that elazar is the greatest praise you could offer for elzar is hamos was blessed with B he had everything and elzar is M he's blessed with everything what is this Cole and say Co is the mid ofos hisus means the capacity to say I have enough I am complete I am happy I have what I need I have what I deserve I have what is meant for me hisus the Mida of hisus the Mida of satisfaction the Mida of feeling enough the me mid of not always craving and needing and running after more and more and more this is the looked around and his life wasn't always easy he had challenges and struggles and yet he saw hasem everywhere and he felt B Hashem and that b comes right after SAR U's death his life partner his other half arguably his better half SAR dies and that's when AB says b despite not having Sor he still feels he has everything the mid of his toos where does do Theos come from it comes from elzar you see when we have ainon over our possessions when we own our possessions instead of our possessions owning us then we have the mid of hak of elzar and he learned this of course from his master from was a m he owned everything it didn't own him does the food own us we running after it does the envy and the jealousy the material possessions to the experiences to the pleasures of this world to our drives and Ambitions and Fantasies and wants do they own us or do we own them H elzar's quality was hisus he owned it all it didn't own him and when do we feel this here's the kicker as a b is gatria shabas as a is the gatria of chabas when is it that we can feel this all week long we conquer all week long we have drive all week long we we acquire all week long we manipulate and control nature all week long we do business all week long we achieve and accomplish and shabas comes shabas comes the mid of hisus we go into shabas we come to we let our candles at home we say with shabas Hashem I'm good Hashem I have everything whatever Shas I'm going to go back to trying to acquire and add and do and Achieve but for now I'm M I'm in control of everything I have I own it it doesn't own me that's the mid ofus that's what it means to be MOS and S is gatria shabas so I would say to you that K does not have everything we're missing precious soldiers we're missing 240 who are still being held hostage we're missing the people 1,400 who were taken from us unjustly abruptly murdered we don't have everything and yet that should make all of us look at what we have and feel even more complete to turn our Friday into Arab shabas by saying I have a roof over my head I'm not sleeping in Gaza I'm not sleeping in the north under a tree I'm not sleeping on the ground I have Safety and Security I have a roof over my head I have the same people that head count in my home as we had on October 6th I have today around my table for chabas then you know what whatever I'm struggling whatever I'm missing whatever I'm worrying whatever I'm short but the mid of being M let me own everything I have let it not own me it's not that I need the latest Shakur board or wine or scotch or delicacy whatever I have is what I meant to have we turn Friday into AR chabas by growing and working on the Mida of hisus by feeling what I have is what I need what I have is enough is gatria shabas all week long more and more shabas enough enough and especially as we think of our brothers and sisters in Israel and what they're missing we could look around even more at what we have and feel hasem has blessed each and every one of us B it is enough for us to lean into and to experience the beauty the serenity the sanctity of shabas it should be a shabas of Peace A shabas of Love A shabas of Triumph shabas of success by the time we make we should celebrate