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Shabbat's Transformative Power: One Meal Changes Everything

37 views · Mar 25, 2026

Rabbi Shlomo Farhi

A life-changing Shabbat meal experience and its impact on connection and tradition.

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What is this? They never saw Shabbat in their life. They come to the Shabbat table, they see a whole family sitting around the table, again, no phones, everyone's talking, they're washing, they're complimenting each other. I remember I had someone once come to my house, he saw Shabbat for the first time. The guy was so blown away by what Shabbat was. He's looking at the Shabbat table with the family around it.

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  1. 0:00What is this? They never saw Shabbat in their life. They come to the Shabbat table,…
  2. 0:31the family around it. He says, "How do I get this? Tell me what I need…
  3. 1:03cuz he saw one Shabbat meal. Had the guy seen 50 Shabbat meals and then walked…

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