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Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #235 - Creating Rest

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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[music] Good. Shabas everybody. Today's my shables. >> [chant] [music] >> Friday of Shabas. Today Shabas and we are turning our Friday into Shabas and we're doing so thanks for the generosity of our dear friends Meni and Fredo in memory of Rabbi Rabbi Lord Jonathan Saxen David. I want to build on something we said last week. Last week we spoke about Shabasa created something new when he created Shabas. I I thought Shabas is the end of creation. Shabas is the end of creation. It's the end of creation in terms of the 39 categories of creative labor. But he created something new that didn't exist. And what was the thing that didn't exist? Babas. When we stop, when we cease, when we're happy with what we have, that's when we have. That's when we have peace of mind. When we're running and chasing and doing, then we're never ever satisfied. We're never happy. We have no peace of mind. So, let's just continue that same. rested from all the work he did. That God created to do. What does that mean? That word everybody asks. We're all familiar with it. We say it. It's part of our kdish. It's part of our doning. But what does it mean? This is a combination. Turn Friday into aros shabas and a little kittish sitter snippet. What do you mean lassos? So the in theorus quotes the shalom who says the following. It can explain it in two

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  1. 0:00[music] Good. Shabas everybody. Today's my shables. >> [chant]…
  2. 0:30[music] >> Friday of Shabas. Today Shabas and we are turning our Friday into Shabas and…
  3. 1:00It's the end of creation in terms of the 39 categories of creative labor. But he…
  4. 2:01ways. Shabas six days of the week a Jew needs to be occupied and preoccupied with…
  5. 2:31comes, the payday theoras of when shabas comes I can lean in I can experience I…
  6. 3:34[snorts] puts themselves out on Shabas, we'll have what to eat on Shabas. So that don't…
  7. 4:13We get it wrong. We get it backwards. We think that Shabas is so we can…
  8. 4:45We get ready. What am I going to say? What story? What provocative question? What game…
  9. 5:52Even though we're refraining, we're resting from doing the So what's If Shabas is all about…
  10. 6:23the great reward for the effort that we put into the resting itself. On this Friday,…

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