Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #270 - First Shabbos of the Year

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> Good morning Shabbos. Today is not our Shabbos. Today is Friday and we're turning our Friday into erev Shabbos, the first one of the brand new year. A very special very holy Shabbos, the Shabbos of Teshuvah. Otherwise known as Shabbos Teshuvah. The term for the the Jewish people would only observe two Shabboses, immediately would be redeemed. And through the years we've shared so many interpretations. Are the two Shabboses Chazon and Shabbos Nachamu? Are the two Shabboses two aspects of the same Shabbos, shomer and zachor? Or maybe the two Shabboses are Shabbos Teshuvah and Shabbos Hagadol. Shabbos Teshuvah, if we would just keep Shabbos Teshuvah, we would just understand the power of the first Shabbos of the year. Everything goes after the beginning. We set the tone. We get it started. We set the stage. Everything follows the beginning. So, what will your beginning look like? Is your table set? Is the Shabbos music playing? Is there calm, peace, serenity, tranquility in the home? Is everyone getting ready and will you be ready early? Will Shabbos find you waiting for her? Or will she find you scrambling and running and she's waiting for you? Everything follows the first. Everything follows the beginning. This is the first Shabbos of the year. We're also told that Sadiq can say there's exactly seven days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which is the length of a week because each day of that I say it's me too. Each day of those 7 days in

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1. 0:00[music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> Good morning Shabbos. Today is not our Shabbos. Today is…
2. 1:02the Jewish people would only observe two Shabboses, immediately would be redeemed. And through the years…
3. 1:32beginning. So, what will your beginning look like? Is your table set? Is the Shabbos music…
4. 2:03between correspond with that day of the whole year. And we have the ability to be…
5. 2:34Shabbos can be entirely different. We know that Shabbos generally, not only of Shabbos Shuva, Shabbos…
6. 3:36His'oreri His'oreri, awaken awaken, is talking about Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur. His'oreri His'oreri is…
7. 4:07the 10 days of repentance, which include within them a Shabbos. It's the song we're singing,…
8. 4:38always comes and it gives us the invitation, the opportunity for that fresh start. So, the…
9. 5:09avinu malkeinu, no vidui, no slichos. We don't need it on Shabbos because Shabbos is in…
10. 5:40takah of teshuvah, a Shabbos of growth and breakthrough, a Shabbos of healing and rest, a…

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