Why Do We Stand During Kiddush on Friday Night? - Rabbi Nachum Chaimowitz

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you want my holy to his brothers and sisters we have the most amazing religion the total religion gives us meaning it gives meaning for life its meaning that everyone the world is looking for he was so lucky to be at or a Jew each and every week for one entire day we cease from doing any work as a set retiree the seventh day is Sabbath to our Shem your God you shall not do any work you your son your daughter your slave your maidservant your animal and your comfort within your gates why for in six days Hashem made the heavens and the earth this sea and everything in them and he rested on the seventh day the reason that we rest is because God originally rested when he created the world but why why just because when the Creator created the world he rested do we have to rest today is Zohar the holy Torah book that reveals the secrets of Torah tells us when the Sabbath comes in all are crowned with new souls to bless God's presence with shining faces the reason we rest on the Sabbath and not because of something that happened long ago it's because of something that's taking place right now every week as the Sabbath enters there are awesome waves of spiritual energy that are coming down to the world throughout the day of Sabbath we don't see them but we can feel them they're an expression of God's presence that descends to dwell among us on this day and so out of deference to God's presence that we feel we abstain

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1. 0:00you want my holy to his brothers and sisters we have the most amazing religion the…
2. 0:32in six days Hashem made the heavens and the earth this sea and everything in them…
3. 1:03reason we rest on the Sabbath and not because of something that happened long ago it's…
4. 1:36from doing any bulleted work because what God has given us is the greatest opportunity of…
5. 2:06kiddush there are a number of types of different commandments some commandments are called ordinances some…
6. 2:37proclamation which is the Mitzvah of kiddush what it really is is a testimony as the…
7. 3:09say the kiddush because when you give testimony when you stand in court to give testimony…
8. 3:42we do God's will we give over this message to all the world's inhabitants we're waiting…

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