Yaakov Shwekey shares what’s behind his new project “The Music of Shabbos” 🎶

Behind this book is basically >> [music] >> my parents recently passed away and I realized what is the legacy that a parent leaves over >> [music] >> to their child. It's the Simcha being a Jew and Shabbos they say is the Makara Bracha. It's the blessing of everything. This is Judaism [music] to be the Simcha and once we connect to that, once we connect to the Zemiros and we connect to singing on Shabbos, [music] so many different stories in the book. I say in the beginning an introduction of how all we want for our children [music] is to be happy, to be happy Jews. And the way we can do that is knowing a little bit behind of what [music] we sing and how we live. That was really the impetus, the the inspiration to this book. The Radak says by the way that is the Avoda of Shabbos, the whole point of the Shabbos [music] meals is to sing songs. And if we don't do that, and we don't connect to it, then [music] we're not just lacking the blessing that there is in Shabbos. In this book I tried to have an all-encompassing [music] book, not just a Zemiros book, not just a compilation of songs which there is in here. There's Pizmonim, there is the main [music] Shabbos songs, but also behind what are we saying, what are we doing, what are we saying? Korban Olah V'Eil Mayim, why do we do that Friday [music] night? What's the story behind the blessing of Shabbos? So many different it's an all-encompassing book. >> What a celebration for the sole blessing and I going through the journey of writing the safer and now seeing it actually being printed. Can't wait for people to elevate the Shabbos table with this beautiful book. Thank you Hashem for this beautiful moment.