Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #71 - Shabbos is the Next Holiday

a big thank you as always to our generous sponsors mandy and sepura fishman we sponsor third friday into arab shabbos for exclusive kaiofka fredo in memory of rabbi lord jonathan sachs of jacob and arya thank you so much for your generosity it is there of shabbos shabbos is coming this is no ordinary shabbos this is a special shabbos this is the shabbos of shabbat shiva and here comes the siren there it is shabbos is coming so let's spend a few minutes turning friday into arab shabbas together this is no ordinary shabbos i mentioned it is shabbos shiva the name itself tells us this is an extraordinary shabbos a special shabbos these shabasam have these names not just as indicators not just as a way of marking our calendar but it tells us it tells us the theme it tells us the essence of the shabbos the shabbos is pregnant with the possibility of chuva last week we spoke about the same letters in shafta to return beauchess shame or guilt seeing the shiftless adam our mortality our lowliness and shabbos which is our greatness the opportunity to draw close to connect with hashem so this is the shabbos of shiva and it begins by taking shabba seriously shabbos shiva this shabbos let's go home this shabbos let's return this shabbos let's go back maybe the whole last year we've distanced we've strayed maybe there's been a divide between us and the almighty maybe we're frustrated we're disappointed we're angry maybe we're just distracted maybe we just are languishing we don't have enough energy or strength but shabbos shiva shabbas gives us the energy shabbos gives us the momentum shabbas gives us the runway shabbos gives us the encouragement shabbos shiva shabbos is what enables us to return and to come home that's our mission that's our want that's our desire simply to come home we come home by taking shabbos seriously we take our shabbos shiva we do chuva in our attitude towards shabbos in our attitude towards friday so today you know there are exactly seven days between rosh hashanah and yom kippur and each of those days corresponds with that day of the whole year so if friday we turn friday into air of shabbos if today we're ready early if today our home is transformed from friday into arab shabbos in the flavor the smell the sight the sounds we're playing arab shabba's music and our table is set and we're getting ready and we are prepared and shabbos finds us waiting not the opposite way around then we are we atone we repair for whatever neglect or whatever disrespect we showed shabbos the entire year so our whole attitude time is slipping away it's almost time depending where you are in the world maybe the early shabbos is coming very quickly but we have an attitude if we if we have an opportunity if we change our attitude and if we capture the moment shabbos shiva our process of cuba begins with our attitude toward shabbos what kind of conversations will we have at our table this miros that will sing what uh what attitude will we have to the people around us in shul what will be our punctuality with the nyan that we attend how will we use our time and how will we rest and rejuvenate not only physically but spiritually and emotionally as well shabbos shiva it's a shabbos of return shabbos is pregnant with possibility the shabbos is an incredible invitation and opportunity and i share with you from shore and the iraqi head of the basement of nasa and he says the following we find ourselves in these 10 days these auspicious days these days which are predisposed to return to repair to being able to elevate and transform is the first chambers of the year it's the beginning everything follows the beginning it's a new slate it's wiped clean it's a new opportunity it's a fresh start this is a great shabbos it finds itself in the middle of these days of chuva vietnam it encompasses everything of the coming week shabbos prepares us empowers us shabbos enables us for everything coming that week what's coming in the week ahead well this show is coming for many of us it's a drusher you're all invited 9pm mote shabbas you can find it on our youtube channel if you subscribe you'll be notified in real time you can find it on our website you can find the source sheets there join us 9pm we'll talk about how habits determine our future it's at 9 00 pm so for rabbis what's the shabbos the shabbos is getting ready either on shabbos or mozai shabbos for shabba shubha but it also next week is yom kippur we know that the energy of all the days of the week what informed and what inspired and what directed and what set the trajectory of those days of the week the shabbos prior what did we do on that shop as before who were we on that shabbos before how did we spend our time that shabbos before what were our goals and our ambitions and our dreams and our aspirations that shabbos before what did we capture and take out with us from the shabbas before the shabbos before is critical as the engine that drives the coming week so this coming week has within the holy young kipper and therefore this shabbos the shabbos of shiva is so critically important in order you think that it's going to happen when you walk and stumble and trip into your kipper we're getting ready for yom kippur already the shabbos we find in the holy has implicit intrinsic within it shabbos is the ultimate holiday of simcha friedman who will dedicate the shadow shiva russia to tomorrow night he always used to love to say to his grandchildren he'd say to me say to others he'd say what's the next jewish holiday randomly the middle of the week he'd say what's the next jewish holiday and people would say sukkas it's hanukkah it's purim it's a shabbos he'd always say no it's shabbos shabbos is a jewish holiday shabbos is a holiday that it has within it all the themes of all the holidays what does the pretatic rather of the kippur is about repair yum kippur is about purging and getting a clean slate shabbos and that's something which shabbos is about because ghazal tells us the gemara tells us even somebody who's worshipped idols even somebody who's saturated in idolatry even somebody is so contaminated in idolatry if they observe shabbos mokhlan low kolavonosos shabas has the opportunity to start again reset reboot fresh start new week new beginning new opportunity so what we're going to get out of yum kipper next week we could already get out of the shabbos but which one is holier and which one has a greater opportunity to find and earn forgiveness yom kippur that we wait for once a year or shabbos you know when it comes to desecrating god's name somebody who did hashem yom kippur you could request atonement but you don't have full atonement from your kipper that's how terrible when you make a vacuum of god's name when you desecrate god's name when you drive people further away from god when we're discourteous and unkind and insensitive and when we push people away from wanting to connect to god it's unforgivable it's unforgivable can atone even for that which yom kippur can't wow what a power so yes we'll gear up for yom kippur and yes we'll listen to jerusha's and watch videos and read posts and send text messages and we'll wear white and we'll say the master will be angelic when we'll fast yes next week we'll gear up for yom kippur but do you know in each and every shabbos do you know that tonight and tomorrow mochum though no matter what level of idolatry how far we strayed shabbos itself can reboot shabbos can restart shabbos can of tone implicit within shabbos are the themes of all the holidays every week the next big holiday is shabbos and so shabbos has this power particularly the shabbos of shabbat shiva so let's spend it let's take advantage of it let's not sleepwalk through it shabbos this holy holy shabbos again sings miros get lost in song it is the the voice of nourishes the neshama read stories have provocative thought-provoking conversations don't talk about people talk about ideas don't talk about corona talk about covered shabbos and yum kippur don't talk about talk about things that elevate and enrich and uplift talk about holy sleep rest absolutely we need it particularly those giving did i mention the shabba shubhadrasha 9 pm tomorrow night definitely rest those who need it but don't sleep for the sake of sleep sleep for the sake of a shallow shoulders which is going to change you forever an epic shallow shoulders of the first shabbos of the year arrive at the riven the end of shabbos right before god decided to create the world which we just marked last week when he made that decision is the most auspicious time it's rival derived in rotten shabbat it's one of his most amenable most open most accessible most eager to listen and answer art filos so the holy shabbas were about to enter turn this friday into heir of shabbos and retroactively it will be like you did it all year long it's the first air of shabbos of the year be ready turn on that music and set that table and don't only wash your body wash your soul get ready the covered shabbos kodesh until next time my dear friends stay happy stay healthy and stay holy shabbas kurdish the holy shabbos [Music] you're if called watching on youtube simply hit subscribe and you'll be notified in real time every time we go live including shadow shuba tomorrow night 9 p.m have a restless shabbos the holy shabbos a forgiving and atoning shabbos a restful and rebooting shabbos and please god see you next week