Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #206 - The Power of Tosefes Shabbos

[Music] a good a of shabas to everyone today is my Friday today is AR shabas and we are here to turn our Friday into AR shabas generously sponsored by many Fishman memory Jan Ben I normally don't read emails as part of turn Friday into of shabas even though at the amuna she I read emails regularly but I got an email that had to do with this she that I was so appreciative of and that really inspired and touched me and I want to share it with you because maybe it will motivate and Inspire others someone writes to me turn Friday to shabas has changed my chabas Shear number 180 discussing to shabas the fact that we start early and hold on to it a little bit late we add on to chabas has changed the way I begin and end chabas I have seen tremendous and even more professionally since I implemented the additional five minutes after shabas ends to recite habah in the of what you've done for me and my family may continue to bless you in your in all aspects of your life so this individual heard that shabas that said don't run to make abdalah don't run back to your technology and your phone hold on a little bit longer don't you want to hold on to your vacation don't you want want to hold on to your night out don't you want to hold on to that special dinner don't you want to hold on to those special moments so if shabas we're most in tune with ourselves and connected with others and with Hashem why would we want to hold on hold on just a little bit longer so we encourage people to se shabas bring chabas in a little bit early in fact women light candles 18 minutes early not when sh not at Sunset immediately when chabas is starting in even earlier than that and men too are encouraged to a little bit early and aabal shabas have in mind to Mel shabas to receive shabas to shabas and hold on to it on the other end as well don't run I mentioned couple years ago I took upon myself that I will not look at my phone until after making havdala it used to be that I finish Mar grab the phone off my desk look at it on my way home by the time we made abdal I already looked and caught up and knew was aggravated by or excited by but knew everything going on and I said no no hold on even if you even if you hold on who wouldn't want to hold on to the beauty the blessing if shabas is the m if shabas is the source of all blessing hold on to that blessing lean into that blessing grab on to that blessing as long as possible and this letter writer this author of this email says that I received so much braa by holding on to the m professionally I've grown by not running back to that phone by holding on a little bit longer and not needing to make abdala right away so if you haven't yet consider taking upon yourself you don't have to use up every minute of the 18 minutes you don't have to be late to you don't have to to light candles the last possible moment and you don't have to make havdalah at the first possible moment hold on linger linger and Savor Savor the holy chabas to shabas to shabas is a idea that first appears with Yumer the idea of expanding Yumer and there's a big M has we shown him debate among our medal commentaries that what is to shabas the ability to expand chabas when is it when is it biblical on AR shabas on Mo shabas both or only or neither maybe only Yer it's a big debate but in any case there is a beauty there's a deep meaning there's a positivity so I want to spend some time a beautiful sa I got called R the shabas has a peric on to shabas and It quotes and calls from all over and I want to share with you some ideas that might Inspire us to be ready early and to bring chabas in early and to hold on to shabas a little bit longer and a little bit late and to not be running back to that world of technology and to-dos and tasks and tensions but to hold on to the serenity the Peace of chabas a little bit longer we say in Kesh the Torah tells us that we have the ability to observe shabas but not just to observe we can make says that that which we add from the mundane or profane from the weak into shabas Hashem is willing to call it chabas I mean think about it for a minute Hashem is the one the God Almighty is the one who determines and dictates the sanctity of time so who are we to decide that even if the sun sets now and three stars come out then ah we're going to define the day a little bit differently we're going to start the day a little bit early we're going to hold on to the day a little bit late we could Define the day a little bit differently who says who says you could Define a day differently you know who says Hashem says says the gave us the keys he gave us the tools he gave us the ability to expand shabas to extend you can take a few minutes from Friday can take a few minutes from Saturday night which is really Sunday and you can turn them transform them into shabus who gave us that power who gave us the tools who gave us that right none other than Hashem himself in those words we have the ability to make shabas to transform chabas to elevate chabas and that is not only transforming to shabas but that ultimately actually transforms us transforms us the says is established shabas is set counts six days in the seventh of shabas it happens on the calendar it happens automatically but we have an idea we have a concept that you can add says the says that if we observe shabas we are forgiven for mistakes for sins for shortcomings that embracing and leaning in and loving shabas we can repair and we can redeem from other mistakes and shortcomings even even terrible terrible heinous mistakes that cha that ordinary repentance doesn't repair for toab does that that not shabas itself it's not just the observance of shabas which repairs and redeems the mistakes and the sins but it's what we transform from Friday and Saturday night Sunday it's what we take from and makees and says the that's the same as even the Friday you don't have to keep shabas Mo shabas you don't have to keep chabas when we extend when we expand when we add when we transform into shabas then we're that energy that effort that willingness to sanctify ourselves even with that which is permiss I would has such a return that we are forgiven so there's a beauty there's a magnificence there's an invitation and it changes us and it changes time and we're ability to extend and just like the one who wrote that email to me I wish you and me and all of us in this in the Merit of adding onto chabas of bringing in a little early and holding on to it a little bit longer that in fact we can have Mak we can tap into that source of blessing of bra and that we can grow professionally in each and every way sh should be a shabas that brings us yesu enough [Music]