Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #218 - Observe Two Shabboses This Week

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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.

we're still mourning the students of Rabbi Akiva. We couldn't behave. We couldn't get along. We couldn't respect one another. But it's almost like Ba'omer, for those who keep the first Sefira. We're almost there, back to turn Friday into Arab Shabbos, going back to the music, back to Kol Nidre, back to the uplifting, stirring melodies in our home, because it's one way to get ready for Shabbos. But we have to make the music ourselves, in these days that we can't listen to music, in these days that we're mourning and grieving, in these days that we're trying to be inspired, to be bigger and to be better. The music has to be in our hearts and in our souls. In our parsha, the Torah tells us, "Ish imav v'aviv tira'u." That a man has to have a healthy awe and fear of their mother and father. "V'es Shabbosai tishmoru." And observe their Shabbos. As Rashi quotes Chazal, what's the connection? What's the juxtaposition? Why do we compare observing Shabbos with honoring or having awe and fear of parents? Because even though we must have awe and fear and respect and deference towards parents, that we should not listen to them if they say violate Shabbos. There are boundaries and borders. There is a hierarchy. Yes, we observe and listen to

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1. 0:30we're still mourning the students of Rabbi Akiva. We couldn't behave. We couldn't get along. We…
2. 1:00tells us, "Ish imav v'aviv tira'u." That a man has to have a healthy awe and…
3. 2:03honoring our parents? And I'll tell you how it's going to help us turn our Friday…
4. 3:03can say, you know why I do it or keep it? Not because God said, not…
5. 4:03that going into Shabbos is about the mindfulness and meaning that we give it. You can…
6. 5:03to you and to hear you and feel you talking to me. I want to sing…
7. 5:34then we have es Shabbos Tishmoru, to observe the Shabbos. Why is it the plural? Shabbos…
8. 6:36Those are the two categories of Shabbos as well. We have the Shabbos of the aseres…
9. 7:36Shabbos, ready or not, here it comes. When the sun goes down on Friday, it is…
10. 8:37waiting for her. Don't catch her waiting for you. It should be a Shabbat sosai, a…

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