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Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #147: Shabbos and Teshuva

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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say last hour of Shabbos I was in you with my children and you shalayan for minutes even leading up to the siren that announces time to light the candles where we were the neighborhood we were in Ramada school there were speakers that were playing zimiros that sit outside on the porch and listen to those speakers that were playing zamiros and hear that siren as the sun was setting you feel the kadusha the sanctity of Shabbos that literally descends on the holiest city the holiest day of the week and awakens the holy spark the holy spirit that is inside each and everyone has the power of Shabbos that nishama that is on fire it is expanded is more plugged in it is more present it is a bigger dreamer and believer in who we are and who we can be in no time do we need Shabbos more than in the month of elul that we are getting ready to prepare ourselves cleanse ourselves transform ourselves for the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the day of chuva BOCES and Shabbos of the same letters it's a day we have the capacity to feel a sense of shame to feel remorse to feel regret to plan and dream and Aspire and have ambition for a better

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  2. 1:04that is on fire it is expanded is more plugged in it is more present it…
  3. 2:06Shabbos is even more important than ever the posix says on the day of your joy…
  4. 2:37be happy enjoy Sanchez as those who receive the Torah just like the Torah gave us…
  5. 4:01forward to it and see it as defining time with Hashem time with our family and…
  6. 5:35with this appetite and I asked for my maholas what is it how do you run…
  7. 6:09there's the laws of Shabbos the 39 categories of creative labor all the restrictions of muktsa…
  8. 7:11technology all that occupies us all Shabba all week Shabbos we get a break Shabbos we…
  9. 7:44when Shabbos comes it has to find it's ready it has to find us prepared and…
  10. 8:46there is preparing and physically there is getting ready and physically there is leaning into the…

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