Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #137 - Get High on Hashem

a good nerve Shabbos good nerve Shabbos everyone we are here to turn Friday into area of a Shabbos this is no ordinary Friday every Friday is Arif Shabbos and this hour of Shabbos is wishing everyone a happy and healthy a holy PESA Shane you want to thank our generous series sponsor for turn Friday into Arab Shabbos men the ncport officials today's turn Friday of Shabbos is also sponsored by our dear friends Meryl and Jeremy Strauss in memory of Jeremy's Father Michael Strauss whose fifth year at site was last Sunday's and also by our dear friends Moshe thank you so much to our generous sponsors this week's Parsha parsha's Amor includes within it not only a list of the moadim not only do we learn about the different Jewish holidays but we also revisit Amit so we've seen so many times the mitza that we will observe tonight and tomorrow the Mitzvah of the whole day of Shabbos that we can't wait for that we love and that we embrace speak to the Jewish people tell my holidays that are called holy these are my holidays six days do week the seventh day you rest it is a consecrated holy day called Shabbos and Rashi here tells us what does Shabbos have to do with the moados why in the context of the holidays are you giving Hashem is the two separate things on the one end we have the holidays we look forward to and Purim we have rosh khodesh we have all these holidays that we look forward to that each have its own theme each have its own historical background today's passage Second Chance missed opportunity for those who couldn't participate in the first passage and they come to motion they say why should we lose out we want something Hashem responds with pasta those are the moados those are the those are the holidays what does that do with Shabbos Shabbos comes each and every week ready or not nothing special nothing unusual no new ritual it's just that shabbas that even though we know it's coming it sneaks up on us anyway Shabbos is wrote Shabbos is a habit Shabbos is a pattern Shabbos is predetermined Shabbos is predictable so why is it included why is Shabbos listed among or introducing the moados if you don't observe the holidays it's as if you neglected you violated Shabbos because But If You observe the holidays it's like You observe not only the holidays but you observe Shabbos what is the connection between the two so many address this and with it the secret of Shabbos we're about to celebrate and about to welcome we're going to transition from into the holy Shabbos so I want to share with you the slanat in the primary piece but in a secondary piece on this in osbase he says the following quotes from The Bear of Rome only quotes the following we say in our davening in Shabbos so even if it's not partialism or when you're listening to this even if it's not passage when you're listening to this we say in our diving a nation we are described as a nation of people we sanctify the seventh day all of us yes we are satisfied with Ango and we get pleasure from your good Hashem happens automatically unlike yantev that we control the Moon sanctifying the Moon the Jewish calendar and with it welcome young established is established count six days the seventh chapter six days the seventh of Shabbos there is no Israel Tata we are not from down here contributing all of its Holiness all of the energy comes from above so what does it mean in our Dominion when we say the words what does it mean that we are a people that sanctify the seventh day no we don't it happens when the Sun goes down on Friday ready or not here it comes and moreover he says why is satisfaction once you're satisfied you should enjoy so why does it say yes it should say sorry isan do you enjoy to the point of useful of being satisfied in the slum according quotes the following very beautiful idea he says to see the satisfaction we're talking about is that you're not filled with tri-colored gefilte fish you're not filled with three types of meat and two chickens and four kogels you're not filled because the fancy babkas that cost more than your house why are you full the sphere is from nephew your soul was hungry your soul was dehydrated your soul is parched about this when you're searching for meaning when you're hungry for purpose when you're hungry for connection when you're hungry to build meaning then you don't crave sugar you don't crave candy you don't crave color you don't crave physical Cravings you're satisfied with something simple you have to first satisfy with the moon you have to see and believe and feel there's a Hashem you have to know that you're here for a reason there's meaning and purpose in the world that Hashem is involved in your life that nothing happens by chance it's all carefully curated by above and when a person leans in with their Muna and lives with Hashem submits and surrenders to and feels his presence and with it the confidence to live life and the adventure we call life now now you have an appetite now you don't even need fancy things but now anything will satisfy because you've tapped into the Divine you've tapped into that which is so much greater and bigger you've tapped into the ribono Shalom himself so that which is so much bigger and he develops this beautiful idea racist collection so what is the introduction of the prerequisite the preface to all the holidays is Shabbos because Shabbos comes from above Hashem says wherever you're holding whatever you're up to however you feel don't worry I'm not waiting I'm not relying on you here's job is you don't have to create it you have to make it I'm bestowing it I'm shining it on you I'm giving it to you so once we feel the satisfaction of that connection to the Divine the confidence that all that happens for a reason the pleasure the ultimate pleasure of being connected to the source of all pleasure then we can engage and encounter the Yemen tell them so Shabbos is the entrance where Shabbos is the license Shabbos is the key that turns and opens up the secrets and the pleasures of yantif first we need Shabbos now we also have a ton of gunsham Israel now we can get high on God the owner comes from an Islam a good bottle of wine a delicious khala but the real onig is we're counting up to Shabbos as we're turning our Friday into air of Shabbos prepare those physical Pleasures definitely cook and set the table in the smell of the chicken soup in the khala and all the wonderful Delicacies of Shabbos but know the greatest timing of Shabbos is get ready for a 25 hour period of getting high on Hashem and God through telling stories and laughter through playing and sleeping and resting and reading and learning and singing and davening and talking to Hashem being disconnected from the distractions and to-do lists of the world and reconnecting to that which matters most Hashem and don't forget says Shabbos opens the entrance it's the macorah so we get all excited about it coming oh it's almost we're literally counting too they're different they mix things up there's some connection but don't take Shabbos for granted don't neglect Shabbos Shabbos is also ayanta Shabbos is the key the opening Shabbos is the entrance way to all of the yamuntoven it shines that light as this Anna galasha and when we get high on God when we find that satisfaction then then we can engage Hashem and encounter him through the yamantovan first thing we need is the amuna that Shabbos provides so as we are excited coming off of an initiative second chances of second opportunities every Shabbos is a new chance every Shabbos is the culmination of the week that was and it is the promise of the week that will be those are the two shabbases that's the shab so sorry to shmuro as we spoke about last week so wishing everyone a beautiful healthy holy pasta a beautiful healthy holy happy Shabbos kodash to tap into the bracha the source of Shabbos to spend 25 hours connecting and singing and laughing and loving Hashem and to the point that Aztec Hashem we should