Rules Make The Game | Rabbi Yoni Rosenfeld

I want to ask a question Rabbi Sai Bashabas. Why are there so many rules? Why so many rules? It's so restrictive. It's meant to be the happiest day of the week. Hashabas Shabas is meant to be a delight. Yet all Shabas is you can't do this, you can't do this, you can't do this, you can't do that. Why are there so many rules to Shabas? Surely these restrictions prevent us from enjoying it. I want to share Marshall. It's now in the 2026 World Cup. Billions of people are watching the football in America. There's one boy in school who sees all his friends talking about the World Cup. All his friends are talking about the football and he doesn't know anything about it. He goes up to one of his friends and he said, "Everyone's talking about football. Can you show me what this is all about?" His friend says, "No problem. There's a game later this afternoon and I've got a spare ticket. I'm going to take you to a game. He says, "Thank you so much. He's so excited." They're in the car. They're driving to the stadium. Whilst they're driving, the boy that doesn't know too much about football says, "Maybe you can tell me how the game works." His friend says, "No problem. Great idea. Let me tell you." There's 11 players on each side. You're told what to wear. You can't choose what to wear. You are not allowed to touch the ball with your hand. If you do, it's a penalty to the other side. Now, there's a grid. The ball cannot leave the grid. If it leaves the grid to the east or the west of the pitch, it's a throw on. If it's a north or the south, then it depends. It could be a corner. It could be a goal kick. Now, there is actually one person who can use his hands, but only one on each side. But even when he can use his hands, he can only use his hands inside a certain box. If it's outside a certain box, he cannot use his hands. Now, if you foul, it depends where the foul is. If it's outside a box, it's a free kick. If it's inside a box, it's a penalty. And then he explains to him the offside trap, the of And the guy says, "Forget it. These rules are ridiculous. No one can possibly enjoy a game with so many restrictions. Take me out of here. I'm not going to watch the football." What's the Nimshi saying? He thinks that the rules break the game. What he doesn't realize is the rules don't break the game. The rules make the game. If we were to understand and appreciate what Shabas is, Shabas, the rules are there for us to enjoy. They make the game. Have you ever wondered why on every single esra is exactly the same? It doesn't change on shabas. Every single esra changes. Why says the because on shabas do you know what we're celebrating? Three shabas. We're celebrating on Friday night the shabas of myious when he stopped on the seventh day and rested. That's why on Friday night we say we're celebrating Shabas when Hashem stopped from creating the world. Hashem rested Shabas day. What are we celebrating the shabas of matra when we got the was on shabas that's why in ding we say mo was so happy when he came down he gave us thera and we celebrate the shabas of when one day will be to a day that's why we say in we're going into the future that's why we have three sudas on shabas that's why the gar tells Anyone that has three sidas is saved from three things from and from the rules and restrictions are not there to take away our freedom. On the contrary, they're there to give us the most enjoyable day of the week.