No Holiness Without Preparation | Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #256

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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.

t e a m. Friday, today is not Friday as we say. Today is erev Shabbos. Our parsha Kedoshim, two parshas, Acharei Mos Kedoshim. What does it mean Kedoshim? Kedusha, live a life of holiness. And there are all kinds of answers, the Ramban, Rashi, interpretation, separate, apart, different. But there's another definition of Kedoshim that I think has relevance for us as we're getting ready, as we're getting excited, as we're counting up for Shabbos. And that is the Mesillas Yesharim says, "Be simply Kedoshim ki Kedusha ani." "V'havdal eschem." The Rebbe, the Rebbe of Shmuel Menachem Nickelsburg, understood, he teitch Kedoshim tiyu ki Kedusha ani, Kedoshim milashon hachana. The word holy or sacred comes from readiness, preparation. Holiness and sanctity is not something you stumble upon. You don't simply fall into it. A person has to get ready. A person has to prepare. A person has to adjust. A person has to get in a mindset and put themselves in a space and a place. She'atit tamid muchan umzuman um lashros hakadosha. We have to be a vessel in order to receive that sanctity and that holiness. You know, someone can give you the greatest gift in the world, all this money, all these jewels, but if you have nothing to collect it, nothing to hold it, you walk away empty-handed. Shabbos comes, Hashem, it's his greatest gift he gives us. We're in the middle of this technology challenge. We're 5 days in. And baruch Hashem, close to 2,300 people taking part in it. Every day a little challenge for 30 days, just 30 days. And we're trying to reestablish our relationship with our phones and with our technology. We're trying to step back and stop being addicted so that there's space for all

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1. 0:33t e a m. Friday, today is not Friday as we say. Today is erev Shabbos.…
2. 1:03teitch Kedoshim tiyu ki Kedusha ani, Kedoshim milashon hachana. The word holy or sacred comes from…
3. 1:33sanctity and that holiness. You know, someone can give you the greatest gift in the world,…
4. 2:03this blessing that there is all around us, including the holy and the sacred Shabbos. Shabbos…
5. 2:33I'm not ready for it. A person has to be in a place to get ready.…
6. 3:03Shmuel? Kedosh Baruch muchan umzuman tamid lashros aleichem hakadosha. Hashem is always waiting. He's ready. He…
7. 3:33upon us. He has gifts he wants to grant us and give us. But we have…
8. 4:03ready and in the mood we don't have, so we have to work even harder. But…
9. 4:34set aside which shiur you want to go to? Are you prepared coming into the Shabbos?…

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