Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #135 - More Shabbos Quantitatively and Qualitatively

it is not Friday today is not Friday it may say Friday on your calendar May say Friday on your outlook might say Friday on your phone might say Friday on your Google calendar but it's not Friday it is Arab Shabbos and we are here to turn our Friday into air of Shabbos big thank you to our generous sponsors menu it's important Fishman thank you as always to Mendy and sipora and here we go that is the siren it's time to turn on Friday into Arab Shabbos this is Shabbos the Shabbos is a great job it's quite literally it's no ordinary Shabbos it is Shabbos the great Shabbos every Shabbos is good though every Shabbos is great every Shabbos is pregnant with possibility for our greatness to become a great to spend a great time doing great things and Achieve greatness what is Shabbos the tour the tour of the great codifier of Jewish law quotes the customer called Chavez hagodo because the original PESA the Jewish people were instructed to take the god the deity of the Egyptians and to tie it to the bed post what day the 10th of Nissan it would remain there until they slaughtered it and until they were freed the carbon pesach was offered and the pesach celebration began but when did it begin what initiated it the Catalyst was when the Jewish people had the courage The Bravery the tenacity to take the god the deity of the Egyptians to tie it to a bedpost and when was that on the 10th of Nisan and when was the tenth of Nissan that very first year in mitzrayim in Egypt it was on a Shabbos since it was on a Shabbos we call it Shabbos the question of course that's obvious that should bother everybody is okay normally though we observe holidays based not on the day of the week that it fell but based on the day of the calendar that it fell so we should observe some form of a holiday that includes courage every year on the 10th of Nisan why do we observe it on the Shabbos before pesach pesach could be one or two days after Shabbos it could be almost the end of the week after Shabbos so it's not a function of what day on the calendar why would we in Institute a celebration we'd recognize this miracle based on a day of the week rather than based on a day of the calendar and there are many many answers which are given to this question but I think for our purposes and as we are leaning in and turning our Friday into Shabbos into Arab Shabbos is to remember the power of Shabbos I think the answer is a reminder that it wasn't a day of the week it wasn't a day of the calendar it wasn't a day uh simply the 10th of Nisan it was Shabbos Shabbos even while we were in mathura and Moshe went to Parow and he appealed Moshe said the Jewish people need some respite you're going to burn out your own slaves it's a mistake there'll be diminishing returns and he was able to negotiate out from Parow the power of Shabbos the Jewish people tasted it they experienced it they found refuge in it they knew how to interrupt a feeling of slavery and servitude and find the ability to rejuvenate to re-energize to recenter to recalibrate through the power of Shabbos Shabbos gives that energy Shabbos gives that Faith Shabbos gives that Focus Shabbos gives that courage Chavez gives that bravery it wasn't the 10th of Nissan that empowered the people to defy their oppressor it was the KOA it was the power of the Holy Shabbos the power of the Holy Shabbos the holy Israel the after of Rights he says in fact this notion of Shabbos agodo all Shabbat of the Year derive their Source their power or approach our attitude the transformation of Shabbos comes from Shabbos the attitude the experience the way we have those two shabasam will inform and inspire all the shabbases of the year so this is no ordinary Shabbos this is Shabbos and just like originally we found the fortitude We Found the courage and bravery to confront what we needed to to set ourselves free it was Shabbos that gave it to us Shabbos gives it to us now you know it's Friday and we think to ourselves if I were to ask you what's the next Jewish holiday there was a great friend a great mentor I had in our community Rabbi Friedman a blessed memory and he used to say what's the great what's the next Jewish holiday so I'd ask you that today Friday you'd say the next holiday next week pesach's coming up wrong it's the wrong answer the next Jewish holiday is not pissed off the next Jewish child day is Shabbos we can't allow our fervor we can't allow the frenzy of getting ready for pesach to have us forfeit the beauty of Shabbos don't just get through and get by on this Shabbos don't just get to the other side to get back to making pesach immerse ourselves experience the Shabbos Shabbos the Shabbos is pregnant with possibility the Shabbos has the energy of the original Shabba sagudal where we had the courage and The Bravery to confront our oppressor to set ourselves free to take their deity to tie it up but we can do it again what's holding you back what's your oppressor what are you enslaved to what is giving you a sense of feeling restricted how can we set ourselves free it's the power of Shabbos Shabbos will come if we want Redemption the Yoma we have to observe the Shabbos ago though we have to act and we have to be godo we have to be great we have to live with greatness so this Shabbos even though many are just serving the bare minimum getting by the house is already we're not talking about the gashmias the physical the food that is being served but our attitude our approach even if it's Shabba segodo even if you're giving a Shabbos still have to sing you still have to have three meal Aussie stuff to tap into the tap it into the Naila of Shabbos of arrival deriven of us so I want to wish everybody until after pesach I want to wish everyone a happy healthy and the holy Shabbos Shabbos may we in fact all push ourselves and grow to achieve Godless but we have that courage and that bravery to break free and to take the acts that we need to with resolve with tenacity to be able to determine our very future like we did then it was on the tenth of Nissan it wasn't the date on the calendar it was Shabbos that gave that KOA that's what we tap into with the Shabbos haggadel and we see greatness on the Shabbos set ourselves free wishing you a wonderful wonderful pesos and first an incredible showers is