About Shabbat - Rabbi David Orlofsky

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

I was asked to speak about Chavez or Shabbat or the Sabbath I say Shabbos that's why I come from you know that's how we always say and and when you're getting into it no I I should give you a little back then I grew up in North America Long Island I know if anyone's here from Long Island yeah excellent so from North America Long Island and I was a nice suburban kid growing up in a in a family where we sort of did Friday night you know we had collar and wine night you know we had collar and wine and you know my father made kiddush that kind of thing and then we watched TV and you know and Saturday my parents went to work and you know when I started to keep Shabbos for me it was a very personal thing because I was alone I met the other two Jews in North Merrick and we would sometimes get together and do things but for the most part it was a very lonely shot very lonely Shabbos and when I came to Israel and I'm here now when I came to Israel and I'm here now 26 years the experience is completely different you know you'll see that when candle lighting time comes they blow a siren don't get nervous they always blow a siren and that's really reminiscent of the fact if you look out over there on the wall you'll see a little outcropping there used to be a giant staircase going up to the Temple Mount and when I say giant what I mean is when you go to the Kotel when you're standing at the Kotel you're in midair there's as much underneath the ground as there is above

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1. 0:30I was asked to speak about Chavez or Shabbat or the Sabbath I say Shabbos that's…
2. 4:05so I'm used to making Shabbos by myself you know I've had to do that for…
3. 7:39waves passing through playing beautiful music and hip-hop whatever the case happens to be and it's…
4. 11:15understand what's going on and so I want to try to if nothing else at the…
5. 14:49who by earthquake and who by pestilence I don't know what is pestilence never heard of…
6. 18:24married if to make sure you have the same goals in life anybody know where their…
7. 22:01this they walk around tasting here sniffing here you know and they start collecting plates you…
8. 25:37yeah that's golden it's been a pleasure and in Judaism we say it comes from only…
9. 29:10going where can you get away from and I go to the airport they have TVs…
10. 32:48Judaism is for one purpose to get us above the clouds to give us what the…

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