Yaakov Shwekey’s Guitar Teacher Converted - Here’s The Story - The Music Of Shabbos

[music] It began with something small in ish, a feeling, something he couldn't explain. One morning, Yakushwi woke up with a strange desire. I want to learn guitar. Not for a concert, not for an album, just something inside pulling him. He couldn't even explain why. So he started searching, [music] asking around until someone mentioned a local musician in the neighborhood, a man by the name of Chase. The plan was simple. A few lessons, learn the basics, and just move on. >> But that's not what happened. We spent so many hours together playing, talking, laughing. And slowly slowly I realized this man was extremely special. There was such there was such depth. There was such sincerity. There was like a a searching soul. So one day point blank I asked him as we were talking, "Chase, are you Jewish? You have a Jewish nishama. You have such warmth." Chase paused. I think I am, but I'm not really sure. And that moment changed everything. We kept learning guitar. We kept going at it the chords. [music] We started talking about something a lot deeper. Judaism, meaning in life, soul purpose. And then I decided to invite him for shabas. Come Shabbat kesh to my house. And what he saw [music] he never seen in his life. A table glowing with light, families together, voices rising in song, warmth, peace, presence. Not once a year, every single week. The chaos of the world gone, the noise silent. Only Chavez. I watched his face glowing that night. He was transfixed. Vismeirus, the melodies, the warmth, the meaning, the joy. And then he said the words I'll never forget. He told me, "I don't just want this. I really need this. This is a necessity." And slowly, step by step, and shabas by shabas, chase came closer, closer to Tyra, closer to truth, closer to who he really was. Until one day, he made the decision that changed his life forever. The day became a gadic, I put down the guitar cuz I realized something that the guitar was never really the story. The music wasn't the mission. The mission was the nishama, the soul. My is really to bring [music] a soul and that was complete and in that moment a new understanding was born inside of me. Shabas is not just something we keep. Shabas is something we sing. We don't just live shabas. [music] We feel it. We dance it. We become it. Because the songs of shabas carry something eternal. They awaken the soul. They create connection. They build homes. They transform lives. And that [music] is how this journey began. The journey into the music of Shabas, the songs, the stories, the soul, not just melodies, but really the the meaning behind it. And not just mirus, but life. [music] This book is more than pages. It's part Shabas mirus, part stories, part journey. An invitation to experience Shabas through its music. To feel what Chase felt, to see what he saw. To hear what the soul hears when Shabas begins. To experience the power of the music of Chabas. [music and singing]