Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #207 - No More Oy Vey

[Music] today is not Friday today is AR of shabas we're turning our Friday into AR of shabas and our series is generously sponsored by men memory Jonathan you're are so grateful to the fisherman for their generosity I want to learn a peace with you raita has begun a shabas releasing D Tor specifically about chabas and he's a beautiful idea a beautiful essay this week that I want to share with you that helps turn off Friday into a shabas as we get ready we count up with excitement with energy with enthusiasm shabas is not a time to relax to let down shabas is not a time to escape or turn off shabas is a time to gear up and to reconnect to what matters most to re invent ourselves to reestablish our relationships to reconnect with hem it says the P says that when Friday comes the once shabas comes of the is the source of we have an expanded we have an extra we have a more finely attuned we've spoken about it so many times that our soul is not competing with our body our soul is not distracted by this world our soul is reconnected to what matters most and it's therefore it's you know we say in ourish that sh sorry commemorates creation but it's also it also commemorates The Exodus what does it have to do with the Exodus thousands of years ago what does it have to do with leaving slavery when were we ever enslaved so as well as the med Raba tells us on our para that in fact in MIT in Egypt under the servitude in that slavery mosha went to parro and made a very compelling argument he said you know if you work these slaves seven days a week you have diminishing returns you're going to burn them out they won't be able to do anything for you give them a day one day off one day break one day of rest and Par was convinced par was persuaded and the Jewish people observed chabas we had a day of rest even in MIT even in MIT you know that's why shabas is for us all week long we're enslaved by our work by our do by our task by our technology all week long we feel like we're enslaved by this world shabas comes and liberates us emancipates us it frees us we're not competing with the body the soul can be expanded the soul is in the sh which is Rabbi say shab if a person expires a person passes away on shabas it's a positive Omen a positive sign how is it ever positive to pass away so said the it doesn't mean a person passes away physically they die on air of shabas it means that theam it means that a person is able to transcend the body the soul is able to escape the body all week long we're tempted we're seduced all week long we're distracted by the body the Temptation the yearning the earning of the body come shabas we destroy where may miss the body now we're a soul a soul on fire a soul attuned a soul with an EXT extended a soul ready to pick up the signal of the light of shabas and the body is not creating static in that signal the body is not creating an obstacle or interfering in picking up that signal the soul is greater than the body the soul is who we are we are a soul that has a body we're not a body that has a soul come shabas and we are reminded we remember we live we feel that sense of soulfulness when a person is able to live the when the soul is expanded we get rid of the of the of the ne the ne is of it gets rid of that sense of the news the stock market Work O life there's so many things that we're tempted to say o and what it means the neish has come shabas we get rid of the O so all week long we're cing and moaning and groaning and all week long we're distracted all week long we're fighting and struggling and all week long we're overcoming and persevering and here's the message we're turning our Friday into AR of chabas how because we're getting rid of the O there's no o on chabas shabas is a taste ofh shabas were complete shabas were whole shabas we happy shabas we on fire all of our problems all of our challenges they'll be waiting there after havdalah when we go back into the week they'll all be there the news the stock market the sports the to-do the tasks the email the WhatsApp they'll all be there whatever challenges we have personally collectively they'll all be there but when shabas starts oh when chabas Enders of the there's no we get rid of the there's no more there's no o all there is is chabas the serenity the Tranquility the happiness the wholeness for 25 hours we escape we are liberated we emancipated we're freed from the shackles the servitude of worry of anxiety of this world for 25 hours we have the Bliss the serenity the Peace of Mind The Joy the happiness we have to accept and receive with the sense of Joy described as a great gift says I have a great gift for you waiting in my Storehouse and it's called why is it called a a great gift is there a gift which isn't great says this is The Ultimate Gift the greatest gift that we could get is shabas so when you get a great gift you know when you just had khaka we gave out gifts to the kids there's a smile ear to ear a smile on their face when you heard you get a gift when you got a gift all there is is so this is the effort this is the job this is the don't accept shabas stale and old and tired and angry and frustrated so before you light the candles tonight on your way to before you sing take a deep breath and choose to be turn up the corners of your of your lips put a smile on your face and make a conscious effort be mindful and intentional to be let go let go of the worry let go of the concern let go of the distraction let go of the things that are shackling let go of the things that are holding us back let go of the things that are servitude and put a smile on your face and go into shabas go into chabas with a joy with a joy play music that'll make you happy put a skip in your step have some to that's delicious that's going to put a smile on your face come into sh and light those candles be intentional to do it with a sense of Sim turn our Friday into air of shabas by having it be a day [Music]