Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #149: Be a Partner With Hashem

some of us are getting ready and counting up to the last Shabbos of the Year by next Friday night it's already Rosh Hashanah this is the very last Shabbos of the year and we are turning this last Friday into our last era of Shabbos of the Year tremendous thank you to our General sponsors my name is [Music] and the last Shabbos of the year is very very significant this last Shabbos of the Year where our attitude what we bring to this era of Shabbos is it a Friday is it just another weekday are we occupied and preoccupied with all the vakadika weekday things or is it already tasting and smelling and singing and dancing and washing and preparing and transforming turning Friday into Eric Shabbos the last air of Shabbos of the year and if we bring an attitude that it's not Friday to our Shabbos we can atone and transform for all the Shabbos that came before and go into a Rosh Hashanah next Air of Shabbos next are Rosh Hashanah understanding what it's all about there's no better time because the Sheamus says the easiest time to do chuva commercials a person who makes mistakes who feels distanced who feels driven away who feels disconnected from Hashem from the Jewish people from their family from themselves how can such a person come close to true but they feel far away you know so much of chuva is about it's about the desire is our desire is our ambition is our want is our wish are our dreams in the right place even before we bring them to fruition even before we realize them what are our hopes so when do we think when do we have the space to dream when do we have aspiration and ambition is therefore called Shabbos we spoke about last week and it's right before Hashem created the world on motorcycle Shabbos elul is right before roshkosh tishray Rosh Hashanah when Hashem decided to create not the world but he created Humanity Russia kind of sponsored the sixth day of creation when Hashem created human beings when Hashem created people really creation the first day began the end of elul so already now its creation Hashem is making the decision to create so there's a correlation between elul and tishray and between the time of Shabbos when he will create the world so this is the acerato in the IMEI razon and it's a time to think about our Zone what's our will what's our want what's our wish what are our Shi ethos who do we want to be and how can we picture ourselves and Shabbos is the space to do it and that's why that's why Shabbos is an ace Johnson that's when we feel on fire we sing and we lose ourselves and we find ourselves our truest selves and that's why we started says we come out of a Shabbos Shabbos shabba's letters osios chuva and BOCES Shabbos when we feel the capacity for shame we transform we cleanse shabbats we sing and we laugh and we read and we learn Shabbos we spend time with those around us and Shabbos is the energy that drives that empowers that chuva and that's why we take Shabbos and we build on it so that mote Shabbos We Begin we launch says you heard from the ravac College of bells the reason we say Sleek list the first time on mozai Shabbos is based on the gemara test says anyone who davins says Friday night Mala vacasive British we become a partner with Hashem in creation if you say Hulu if we recall and recount that Hashem created the world we say that on a Friday night we offer the testimony we pay witness and homage that Hashem created the world we become his partner in creation so what does that mean so it says when it comes to Partners the door is always open when it comes to Partners hopefully they get along and they cooperate and they collaborate and the doors open if someone really is a partner a healthy marriage a healthy Business Partnership a healthy Arrangement there's partnership where you say I care what you think I care what you want my door is always open I'm listening you have an opinion so we go from Shabbos where we renew and re-establish that partnership that should fuss in creation we give meaning and we give purpose to Creation shamba says the whole reason and purpose of creation leads to Shabbos the time we spend what we do in that time who we're with who we host who we invite who we love Allah on the end of the day of rest we come so why because when we're a shoot-off when we earn the partnership a person may partner can a parent have from a child cause and says amazing news I made partner made partner entitled to come to the partner meeting entitled to express an opinion among the partners entitled to a vote among the partners Shabbos we make partner every Shabbos we make partner with if we turn Friday into Arab Shabbos if we bring the right mentality and mindfulness into Shabbos we become partner a main partner so Moze Shabbos we celebrate making partner and having being entitled to a Daya by starting slichos then says if you act opposite the Partnership if you compromise the partnership the partnership is dissolved can I get a for us so a person has to go into silicos this Shabbos counts so much because the shambas what entitles us to ask to demand to request being forgiven to have a day to have an opinion to be at the partner meeting is to be a partner we can't dissolve our partnership we can't forfeit or lose our right to that partnership so this Shabbos counts it's so important so important make it home in time from work be ready in the house to light the candles get the shul for this not on time get there early have music playing and if you don't normally cleanse go to the mikvo wash be mindful when you're getting dressed when you're getting a haircut when you're shaving when you're cutting your nails it's all the cover Chavez kadish it's all Shabbos such as tackles Masa British it's all Shabbos which is the makor bracha the source of obraja to lean in to disconnect and to reconnect to what matters to feel a healthy bushes a shame for what we did wrong but the pledge and to dream and the acerat zone and the Rival derive in the rottenos in the Emirates on the days of ratson to make our Raton conform with his ratson and to walk into Shabbos that's why the Emirates the option of rabbit says that this Shabbos is known as Shabbos because every Shabbos we can repair for the days of the week but this last zombies of the year we can not only repair for the days of the week this last Shabbos of the year we can repair for the whole year so that's why because this last Shabbos we go into sochevra be strong be focused be mindful to be energized let's turn this last Friday of the year into the last air of Shabbos of the Year let's turn the Shabbos the year in the holiest Shabbos of the year and with it bring all the energy we need to into slichos wishing everyone a beautiful holy a happy a healthy incredible Shabbos foreign