Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #110 - True Menucha

[Music] foreign [Music] shoot that already today is not Friday maybe it is on the secular calendar on our calendar the Jewish calendar tonight today is air of Shabbos and we have been learning we have been studying Morgenstern on his new safer I know I'm sham is the beauty the sweetness the deliciousness of Shabbos we left off last time by talking about the fact that Shabbos is not simply the absence of work we don't simply withdraw all that to do and all that we have to do but rather it is revelation there's a light of Hashem which is able to shine through that's the ultimate oneg there are so many Pleasures that are involved in Shabbos and there's so much preparation that goes into the pleasures of Shabbos from shopping and cooking and cleaning and setting a table from the clothing the Wardrobe of the fashion there is so much external owning that goes in so much we imbibe we eat we drink we rest we enjoy and that owning is beautiful and we look forward to and countdown to Shabbos for it to enjoy it there's nothing wrong with that there's absolutely something right with that but in the hierarchy and the prioritizing of the different levels of owning of pleasure those aren't the highest levels the highest shabbacy owning Shabbos the greatest owning the greatest pleasure the greatest joy of Shabbos is not of the body of the flesh but is the joy of the soul is feeling unencumbered no static no background noise that we're able to get the signal directly from Hashem were able to feel his presence there is no one and nothing but him we're able to practice a level of the vehicles and Bittle we could attach ourselves and cling to him we could nullify ourselves to him we can realize that as much as we are enjoying and nourishing and nurturing and pampering and indulging the body and Shabbos something we look forward to and long for and often pay for the whole following week but as much as we are enjoying the owner of Shabbos the highest onag the real and most authentic onig the most lasting onega is when we actually carve that space to feel the presence of Hashem to be uplifted by singing by his Mirrors by a Tish by an onig to share the return where we're not competing nothing's buzzing or beeping or taking us away to be engrossed in conversations where we lose all sense of time and the clock that is the onig to feel him to be in love with him to feel connected to him directly with him and through the people around us that light that illumination that Revelation there is no one and there's nothing but him that is what we're trying to do everything else is to promote them everything else is to be conducive to that so whatever we're making whatever food we're enjoying whatever schluff we're taking whatever game we're playing all of that is to clear our mind and carve that space so that we can feel the presence of Hashem that's what the light of Shabbos is directed towards bow to elevate and to enrich and to ascend in our connection and our faith in him to reattach ourselves to our anchor to come back to where we came from to the source of it all all Shabbos long we drift there are winds and there are waves and they take us out and they make us think that that's important or that matters or we have to get that all week long there are waves and there are winds that confuse us and that bring chaos to our lives there are things we have to get done there's an income we have to earn there are to do use we have to take care of Shabbos comes and we can drop that anchor we can return to our source we can practice vacas and Bittle and come back home to him connected to him that's the ultimate of Shabbos so sadly and tragically so many not you and me hopefully Friday returning Friday into if Shabbos but we all need to work on the fact that we invest time and resource and energy into the external of Shabbos into the physical material Omega Shabbos like I said the menu and the cooking and the cleaning and the shopping the preparing and the setting up and the Delicacies but all of that is to promote the most authentic connection the greatest one egg which is so to go through all the external but not to experience the internal it'd be like spending all this money on a wedding on a simcha having the finest and the best of the food and the music and the decor but aren't really in love and don't really spend any time don't really communicate their connection and don't really feel a bond what was it all there for you don't get married as an excuse to have a wedding you have a wedding to be able to feel the marriage Shabbos all of that wedding our decor and our food and the music of our zimiros it's all there to make us fall in love to feel connected for that romance that energy that electricity that is the Manuka of shabbacy Rights is what we say in our darling Hashem May your children namely us may we see and recognize and know from you comes not the pillow or the mattress top Manuka is not the REM sleep manuka's not the passing out after the challenge on the couch or in bed of course that's Manuka but the highest comes from you the Serenity and the peace of mind and the confidence and the clarity that you are in our lives that everything is for a reason and what matters and what counts through that most authentic Manuka through the most genuine Manuka through the Manuka which is about you not about the physical that's how we sanctify your name is it is it's when our soul is at peace so many people's soul is suffering our souls are anxious and Scattered and broken and divided our souls are struggling we know you're there we feel your presence it's not competing foreign as I said we spend so much time on the minutia and the details of the laws we spend so much time on the cooking and the serving and the cleaning but do we spend enough time investing leaning in to the relationship taking those deep breaths feeling his presence reconnecting with him feeling the serenity the Tranquility the peace that comes from knowing he's in charge from submitting and surrendering to him from practicing Vegas with him that is the mission that is the goal well this week I had a meeting with somebody in a park sitting outside that was the place they chose and we met and it was an important heartfelt and I'm grateful for that conversation the whole time we were having it there was a lawnmower some equipment that was unbelievably loud so while we were meeting in the setting was Serene but the noise that background noise made us both scream and lean in and listen and created a sort of tension a static throughout our conversation and towards the end finally finally whoever was operating that equipment finally shut it down turned it off and with the noise and all of a sudden you went from this hum this noise now we can hear each other now we can have a conversation and there's a relief there's a relief there's a Serenity there's Tranquility that comes with that quiet finally finally and I thought to myself that's what Shabbos is all week long is a background noise all week long they're static all week long to speak to and hear Hashem speaking to us we have to scream over the noise of work and to do and Technology then Shabbos comes Friday we like candles come Shabbos Kabbalah Shabbos we turn it off there goes the static there goes the noise there's a oh what a relief to my ears but what a relief to my soul now that's not enough because in that quiet you could sit there staring and you're not communicating you're not actually spending the quality time the noise is what creates that opportunity so Shabbos doesn't automatically lead to a closeness with Hashem shambas gets rid of and purges the noise it sets the stage and gives the opportunity so that we can have that quiet so that we can have that conversation so that we can have that conversation it doesn't happen automatically we need to then invest ourselves to be able to do that and then to take from Shabbos to bring that the whole week you know we can have that Serenity and that peace and that revelation of Hashem you could turn off the noise and the law lawnmower even during the week but we often don't so we save up on Shabbos we build up on Shabbos we take and we carry it from Shabbos and then it carries us for the entire week ahead we should be Merit to lean into not only the physical Manuka the schluff and the Delicacies and the Beverages and the drinks and enjoy each other's company but when we lean into the Serenity and peace of mind of knowing Hashem is in our life to feel his presence to have the happiest the holiest and the healthiest Shabbos Hashem together have a fantastic Shabbos foreign [Music]