Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #180 - Let Shabbos Find You Ready and Waiting

good a of shabas may it be a good and a great air of shabas an a of chabas that brings BOS to yesu may we hear good news my brothers and sisters in Israel May the hostages come home May our soldiers have a sweeping Victory and return to their families our turn Friday to a of shabas is generously sponsored by men in memory of today is turned Friday into shabas is also dedicated to Su shamada by her husband Shimon on her 60th birthday a very very happy birthday may it be your best year yet it's not Friday it is AR shabas and that totally transforms the kind of day it is it's not just yet another day of the week and then it will be chabas we're already drawing the energy of chabas I wish we had our music we're in this period of SPH so we don't but we can already feel this energy in the air the music may not be playing outside but it's playing inside our hearts last week we spoke about the gamar and shab that says the Jewish people only kept two shabas immediately we would be redeemed we'd be free we shared so many insights what are the two chabas shabas shabas shab is that every shabas is made up of two parts sham we shared last time that every chabas is made up of the of different two parts there's this shabas then there's the next week so many different insights but I want to tell you a new insight this week this comes from the Beerman who put out a special little cont a special compendium about to shabas the notion of bringing in shabas early of holding on to shabas late and he quotes regarding this beautiful the of p in shabas who says what are these shabas what are the two shabas if only we would keep two chabas our lives would change the world would change the two shabas are referred to as the very same chabas what it means is the chabas that comes automatically when the sun sets when the stars come out it is shabas ready or not here it comes and there is the shabas that we accept that we receive that we take in early to shabas a little bit early you don't have to wait you don't have to wait till the last possible moment you don't have to use up all those 18 minutes but a person can take shabas in early instead of shabas waiting for you you can be ready and be waiting for shabas when Jewish people keep both parts of chabas we keep the shabas that happens automatically the shabas that comes ready or not but we also keep the shabas which is voluntary the shabas we bring in early the shabas that reflects our excitement our alacrity our Zeal our enthusiasm our energy for it those are the two shabas to shabas the extra shabas the additional part of chabas that to that two those two shabas on that same weekend there's to shabas and the regular shabas we sing in this those who delay in leaving chabas but those who rush into it coming you know you have a vacation you're already started a little bit early how many people do you email and you're getting their auto reply out of office a day before they go on vacation there's such excitement and Zeal there toph's vacation they're taking in a little bit early the auto reply is already on when you're excited about something you taking in early you can't wait to bring it in at the first possible moment the first possible opportunity and you hold on a little bit longer that that auto reply on the email that voicemail that says I'm away from the it's still sitting another day or two even when the person's back at work you're holding on we're bringing it early you delay you push off ending and you bring it in early we say in the those who taste it Merit life and we've studied together in this slot and turn Friday into shabas the notion the value the origin of to the idea of tasting the shabas food on a of chabas already eming absorbing ingesting the energy the kadha the sanctity of shabas already on a shabas if you taste the cougle if you taste the soup if you taste chabas you could already taste it you Merit a long life but explains what does it mean those who tab who add on to shabas who bring shabas early they Merit life inid if you honor the holy shabas you'll be rewarded with the Y shakul shabas if you can't get enough of chabas and you bring chabas in early and you're ready for chabas then you'll Merit a real chabas in the world to come this isn't just an idea this isn't just theoretical it's a whole movement of people who bring shabas in early whatever time shabas is take it in half an hour early take it in early let shabas find you ready and waiting instead instead of shabas waiting for you tophus additional added in energy and excitement take a little bit from the weekday and add it to the chabas and add it to the chabas where does this come from where is this notion of to shabas the origin of this idea that we add to the shabas on both ends we bring in an early and we delay and we leave a little bit on the on the other end where do we see this says on Friday they will prepare for shab is the language say of joy excitement as imense Joy when we bring in when we bring it in early we bring sh in early there are two sources for this Mitzvah of of to shabas primary source is a in in there at the end of we talk about the we talk about the different holidays and we also talk about shabus included in that so we mentioned we fast on the ninth we bring in the struggle the suffering the fast on the nth of TI but is the 10th of TI so why do we describe bringing it in on the nth of shabas on the nth of rather so the says the following the gar says when you take in yum a little bit early if yum were to start at 5:17 but you start yum at five o'clock at 4:45 you bring in your ker early so you took a little bit from the ninth and you already made it and observed as if it was the 10th it's to you're adding on and the final words of that same are and from these words may from evening to evening the G deres the justice is a mitvah to bring youer and early on the front end also there's a Mitzvah to add on the back end shabas and are also included in this obligation and that's what the writes in add on show excitement it's no less than a vacation it's no less than spending time with family it's no less than whatever event that you're going to that you leave early to get there because you can't wait because you're so excited because you want to be in your seat even before it starts because you delay and you hang out and you Savor and you stick around even after and the says therefore unlike the people who are running away you can't wait for shabas to end so if shabas is over at 7 o' they call Mar for 650 oh we can make pun exact it's sad it's tragic imagine you tell your children leave vacation's over pes's over be at the door suitcase packed ready to go first devel opportunity no Savor hold on lean in experience what are you rushing is the weekday so wonderful you can't wait for shabas to end is the weekday so wonderful you can't wait for shabas to end so therefore you're gonna dve in Mar while it's still shabas so pun you can make AB doll the first possible moment who who lives a life like that with something that you really love something that's precious something you cherish something you enjoy and therefore therefore we delay a minute two five three a moment something to reflect in fact so much says even just to delay a little out the one sentence just SHP out the one sentence you're holding on to shabas you're grasping on you're savoring just a little bit more just a little bit more so we'll develop this more in the next few weeks drawing from and others this no notion of to shabas taking chabas early be ready be ready there's no excuse we're in the summer months there's no excuse right now it's a long Friday it's a long Friday so whether you're making late chabas or early chabas whatever time you're making chabas it says a certain time on the calendar make a commitment you your family let's be ready let's be showered and dressed let's have the table set and the food warmed up let's be ready to go and use that time prepare the paraa use the time talk to family about how was your week use that time to learn say use that time to get ready your whole shabas will be transformed that when you're rushing and running and rushing in last minute how many minutes and we got to go to a little bit more the the Merit of to we'll talk about the next few weeks the tell us the who doesn't need blessing right now we all desperately need desperately need so let's observe let's observe not only the chabas that we have no choice in let's enjoy the voluntary chabas let's enjoy the let's bring it in early as well and in that Merit May indeed