Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #169 - Immerse in the Holiness of Shabbos

[Music] good Arab shabas today is not Friday no matter what your calend are might say not Friday today is a of shabas we are turning our Friday into a of shabas want to thank our generous sponsors of turn Friday fish memory it taste the shabas is the pleasantness of is on fire so grateful so we're joining together to turn our Friday into AR shabas and I want to share with you a beautiful teaching of Dr mayor Dr Who was in boka recently and who wonderful on our par truma though whenever you're listening to this whenever you're watching this it doesn't have to be relevant to this para it is relevant each and every week Tor tells us tells us make for me a mikash and I will dwell in them we shift from the singular to the plural it's not just an edifice a building but it's us Hashem dwells in each and every one of us the attitude and the mentality and the approach that we bring we are the vehicle we are that living that vibrant that Dynamic that walking mikash we give Hashem we say in ch those who love who are waiting and longing for the building of the base if you're waiting and longing for the building of the then then you're entitled to rejoice in shabas so already we see from the pon we see from the author of this Z that there's a connection between the B and chabas what the bash is in space is what chabas is in time we're able to tap into and immerse ourselves in sanctity when we walk into the mikdash and we immerse ourselves in sanctity when we walk into when we truly experience shabas and RR here in this beautiful piece in his new sa La he elaborates and he shares 13 parallels we don't have time for them all but 13 similarities 13 parallels between the Bas of mikdash and chabas and it help can help us turn our Friday into AR shabas because we're counting down we're counting up to chabas we're counting up to going into the B mikash imagine I told you today's not Friday today is the day you're walking into the bash W the prep the preparation we'd make the anticipation that we would have the excitement that we'd feel we're walking into the B mikdash that place of Holiness and sanctity the place of connection to Hashem wow we'd be so excited we couldn't be occupied with anything else we wouldn't be distracted we'd be fully invested and involved fully anticipating and preparing to walk into the B mikdash well that's what chabas is when we turn our Friday into Arab chabas we are turning Friday into getting ready to walk into the mikdash called chabas and here are 13 parallels number one we'll go through them somewhat quickly number one where do we learn what's forbidden on chabas where do we learn the 39 categories of creative labor whatever was considered creative labor to build that Mish on the physical Ed of Holiness is what's considered creative labor that we refrain and abstain from in order to experience Holiness in time number two the purpose of we're forgiven we atone we repair we do a reset and we get to start again and the same is true with shabas shabas shabas tells us person who D on Friday night and says we are accompanied by Angels shabas is like the it atones for us these angels declare we are forgiven it is atoned for we can repair the mistakes we've done for the week so when we turn Friday into AR of shabas we walk into that sacred sanctity of shabas in time then we also atone for whatever mistakes we made the week before number three the lighting of a Min the B Mish had a minur a candal Abra it illuminated the world and on Friday night we transition into shabas by lighting the chabas candles the AR based on S is quoted in the that there is a mitvah of the husband when there is a husband to prepare and Kindle the candles so they'll easily light and they're ready to go when when there is a wife to light the candles says that's the we say Friday night there are three causes for a woman to pass away during child birth her why don't we just say and why deres from here we don't say we say we say so we should say n for it to be fully parallel why do we say because you see that she is the one who lights the candles but the husband's the one who sets them up from them and where do we learn this from we learn from the B mikdash that a zar even a non- coing could set up and prepare the candles can set up and prepare the candle so the shabas candles Friday night the attitude it's we're turning our Friday into air of shabas the attitude that we bring we're going to light the shabas candles is this is a b mikdash our home is transformed to a place and a vehicle and instrument of sanctity and just like the B mikdash there were candles burning tmid the candala the manura was Illuminating we light those shabas candles and we illuminate we dispel the darkness with light and we bring shom we bring peace into our home and the same parallel that applied within the the Mish applies within our home our home is a mikash our home is a miniature mishan and mikdash and shabas is in time with the B mikash was in space so we saw three so far number one where we learned the L number two kapar shabas can bring forgiveness and atonement when we reflect on the week and we want to come back number three light the lights the Candelabra the manura number four sh of four legs the says that just like the had a there was a table it was a place of hospitality so to the just like the has to have four legs we have all kinds of fancy tables and a base in the middle and I'm not saying it's a but theistically had a concept that the has to physically resemble the of the B mikdash at our in our homes our sh what do we talk about what do we sing who do we host do are we generous just like the was a place of generosity and it was a place of abundance so to within our homes is the sh that place of abundance is it that place of generosity is it the place of generosity we'll pick up with it next week but there are 13 parallels between the bikash and chabas relevant not only for truma but relevant for each and every shabas of Our Lives if we want to transform our home into a mikdash it's on shabas we enter and immerse ourselves in the sanctity of shabas we disconnect from the world and connect to what matters and that's why there are all these parallels between them because shabas is that connection to mikdash we should all be Z to connect to the holy mikdash to be feel elevated and enriched and heightened and holy should should be a shabas of shabas of a shabas of Peace the shabas of Victory should be a shabas of B's only good news