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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the joy and significance of Shabbos, including a zmiros performance and poem.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
and welcome everybody to tonight's special Gathering Ino now you must be wondering what in the world are these fine gentlemen doing here it's not before PES it's not before it's not before suus it's not before Kan it's not before por when we always have a special party before all the holidays so what's the holiday's no holiday coming up the holiday's no holiday coming up the answer is tonight is our fifth night that I'm discussing shabas and they always tell shabas is the most holy of all the holidays so I thought to myself this is not fair if all the holidays have a special party shabas which is the master and the and the and the outstanding holiday of all holidays shabas should be left out it's not fair so therefore I asked our not fair so therefore I asked our wonderful performers here our artists in singing and playing that they should come and make chabas that's the name we called it tonight they of pleasure and joy God sits together with every Jewish Family at the shabas table and therefore since shabas is day of Joy fig our lasto on chabas would be very appropriate to bring out the joy of shabas sing some of bring out the joy of shabas sing some of the chabas songs and get some insight into them and I'm sorry to say that I don't know what happened but the gloss sheet is about half empty that many things that are supposed to be are not here I don't know what happened but we'll fill it in anyway with our words the first expression on this sheet was supposed to be oh one second it's number five look at that number five it's here we're
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- 0:00and welcome everybody to tonight's special Gathering Ino now you must be wondering what in the…
- 6:54[Music] [Applause] of [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]…
- 13:15shabas don't worry so he came back to the person they told him I asked this…
- 19:33I'm sure you realize and know the custom for woman to cover over her eyes at…
- 25:43notice it but the light starts from one place and it travels very quickly travels faster…
- 32:09but we turn around to the door of the sh as if a guest is coming…
- 38:51is go [Music]…
- 47:29[Music] oh [Music]…
- 54:16an auspicious time for a mother to pray that God grant her good children to follow…
- 1:00:28when God created the world and he rested that was the first shabas second chabas the…
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