Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #266 ー Each Shabbos, Leave Your Mitzrayim

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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.

from West Hempstead. We are coming off of Tisha B'Av. All of us need a Shabbos. A Shabbos of singing, of laughter, of love, of light. A Shabbos of joy, of happiness, a Shabbos of feeling whole. A Shabbos of feeling free. And this week's parsha has, again, the mitzvah, the obligation of Shabbos in it. Parsha is Va'etchanan, Shabbos nachamu. We return to the commandment in the Aseres Hadibros, the second time it appears. And this time, instead of zachor, instead of remember Shabbos, the positive commandments, we have shamor, safeguard, protect. Eshmorah Shabbos hakodesh, in order to sanctify it. V'zacharta, how do we do that? By remembering ki eved hayisa b'eretz Mitzrayim. Remember that we were once slave in Mitzrayim. V'yotzi'acha Hashem Elokecha misham, Hashem took us out with an outstretched hand, a strong hand, an outstretched arm. And therefore, al kein, Kadosh Baruch Hu obligates us la'asos es yom hashabbos. So, Shabbos correlates sometimes with creation, six days of creation, and sometimes with liberation, emancipation, with yitzi'as Mitzrayim. In our parsha, writes the Manachem Tzion Rabbi Nachman ben Tzion Zaks, k'dei l'rametz l'adam, k'asher umunim b'nishu'al ani b'nishu'al tzaros tzuroros, v'adam zachor she'eichan yachol l'kayem es hatzav, b'karos l'Shabbos oneg. Sometimes a person is down and out, you're suffering, you're struggling. A person is struggling financially. A person is lonely, desperately looking for their other half. A person is waiting for children to run through their home. A person is struggling, and you think to yourself, "How can I fulfill the Navi Yeshayahu tells us that all of Shabbos is supposed to be joy and

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1. 0:32from West Hempstead. We are coming off of Tisha B'Av. All of us need a Shabbos.…
2. 1:02Eshmorah Shabbos hakodesh, in order to sanctify it. V'zacharta, how do we do that? By remembering…
3. 1:33Manachem Tzion Rabbi Nachman ben Tzion Zaks, k'dei l'rametz l'adam, k'asher umunim b'nishu'al ani b'nishu'al tzaros…
4. 2:04pleasure and happiness, but I'm down with how can I sing how can I tell stories…
5. 3:07came a time Hashem brings salvation in a moment in a moment's notice that he was…
6. 3:38deny nature but we do recognize that whatever we're going through you are with me I…
7. 4:10Belim Mitzrayim, whoever enjoys Shabbat, they get a portion Belim Mitzrayim. Mitzrayim is like Mitzrayim. Mitzrayim…
8. 5:12have an easy life. Lo Shalavti, Lo Shakatati, Lo Nachati Ki Im Al Rogez. The Medrash…
9. 5:42represents. That's this Shabbat, Shabbat Nachamu. We're coming off of Tisha B'Av. We're sitting on the…
10. 6:13that Shabbos provides and brings. Immersing ourselves in Shabbos, the place of Yitzias Mitzrayim. Whatever's holding…

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