Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #67 - God's Playlist

[Music] everybody i have great news for you and the great news is shabbos is coming shabbos is on its way yeah yeah i want to thank our generous turn friday into arab shab as sponsors for the emendancy for the fishman freight on memory of jonathan sacks today's turn friday into arab shabbos is also sponsoring this host of shoshana leia basalisa to find her shidduch speedily she'll be dancing at her wedding find her by shared her happiness her joy thank you so much for joining us return friday into arab shabbos there comes that siren it's almost shabbos all right dear friends we continue our study of beyond richard morgenstern who is helping been helping us get ready and turn friday into erev shabbos that friday is not any ordinary day of the week but friday the energy the feeling the flavors the smell the aroma the tastes the attitude the table the cl everything everything exudes shabbos we're counting down to attackless myself all six days we're working so hard because of shabbos shabbos we're not resting up for the week the week we work in order to get to the heilig of the holy the holy shabbat shabbas is we refer to it in our dhavaning it is the source of all the blessing is shabbos if you neglect shabbos if you count down for shabbas to end instead of for it to begin then you're neglecting a blessing in life how many around us how much of the world would give anything to have the self-control the discipline to have the ritual to disconnect from the data disconnect from the news disconnect from the sadness disconnect from the challenges and we have that gift hashem reached into his storehouse and he took out the greatest gift sacred that reflects the connection the intimacy between us and him called shabbas shabbas no technology no to-do list no responsibilities no travel no shabbos shabbos allows us to re-engage with ourselves to remind us who we are and to reinforce those relationships within our lives our relationship in adam the people around us our family our friends relationship in we spoke about last week to once again invest in the relationship with the best friend of our soul and lastly and arguably most importantly the relationship in adam asmo the relationship we have with ourselves shabbos more than any other day of the week whether you're going for a walk but you can't be listening to anything or scrolling or reading or typing anything whether you're making your way to asham zakhar or shul but you're spending time only with your own thoughts when else do we do that the relationship and the investment in being adam atmo the relationship we have with ourselves that's one of the ideas of what it means to have an ism we have this extra this expanded soul on shabbos because we are more with ourselves our soul is alive because our soul has a voice our soul has a mindfulness a presence a consciousness our soul exists it's not competing with the noise of the world the pollution of the world our soul is able to express itself to ourselves atmo between us and ourselves so back to richard and shabbos the full edition i don't think is yet out this is the uh the small little pamphlet as a taste of what is to come so we are here on yomashishi the sixth day friday arab shabbos perekdal and kabbalah shabbas and we last week began that when shabbas begins the kedusha shabbos it elevates us it lifts us we're not the same people we leave our vaccadekapanam our weekday face our weekday tension our weekday angst our weekday clothing our weekday china and shabbos is regal it's holy it's royal and we reflect we look we walk in with those angels who escort us home our spiritual bodyguards and we look different so how is it we achieve it there are two parts we began this last week the more awareness we have of god the more god-centric we are the more our antenna is picking up those signal the wi-fi is a stronger connection to hashem so the more the godly soul within us is awakened and we look radiant and we look royal and we look regal we look calm we look tranquil we look peaceful we have a big smile and we have a happiness that comes with shabbos now if you're about the chaos and you're miserable about the rabbi you're miserable about the guests you're miserable about if you're miserable about everything then the angels turn around they don't want to come home and be with you if they find the bed's not made and we say this inshallah the beautiful rebel that's recited afterwards those who say it between shalom alexander if the angels escort us home and they find that happiness that joy that smile that positivity they find a room of godly souls who are on fire of neshamas that are elevated and expanded then the angels escort us home with a smile but if they come home and they find that we're miserable and fabulous and we're angry and we're frustrated we're resentful and we're gossiping we're slandering or criticizing we're negative say i'm out here like vladimir what do they want to be there for nobody would want to be there so what elevates us we have to put on not just shabbos clothing we have to put on a shabbos attitude and a shabbos mentality that i'm taking away the goof the body the pursuit of the pleasure of the body and my soul my soul is more connected my soul has a direct connection a greater more intense connection a hyper uber intense connection a wi-fi connection so we're able to bet perceive and better pick up his signal and better connect and therefore better act godly shabbos we should be even kinder more courteous more patient more humble more modest than the whole rest of the week the rest of the week we're in conquer mode the kishua go conquer the world go work take on the world control it conquer it study it understand it evaluate it manipulate it go conquer the world we're conquering but shabbos shabbat peace shabbos we're one with the nature natural world around us shabbos we refrain and abstain from the 39 categories of creative labor why because we're at peace with the world around us so our our very complexion our very demeanor should reflect when we're at peace let go let go let the muscles go coming into shabbos there are some exercises we should do before shabbat some like to exercise before shabbos in anticipation of all the eating they're going to do but not just the physical exercise there are facial exercises relax your muscles relax you know even right now those who are watching are listening take a moment take a deep breath and try to have a mindfulness and awareness are you tense are your shoulders up here take a deep breath and let your shoulders down your face squeezed and relax the muscles of your face there's a different way we can enter into shabbos because the person who lives with the moon and vegas if we're tapped and tied into hashem if we are clinging to him and we feel his presence if we recognize his role in our life we're able to disconnect no worry no fear no anxiety no data no statistics no projections projections we're able to simply be with him if we let go and let hashem which is what we're meant to do when we walk into shabbos when we enter shabbos together then it should be reflected in our very demeanor in the second part says is not only our inner godly spirit connecting to its source god right re-tying the umbilical cord so to say for shabbos every shabbos every shabbos the umbilical cord connects back to hashem but it means also not just for us personally individually it means our connection for the whole world hashem that we can look around at that world you know all week long we drive and even that which we have to walk as i said before we got our headphones on our airpods in we're scrolling we're typing we're texting we're listening so you don't even know you don't even hear you don't hear the birds chirping and you don't see the branches and the leaf swaying and you don't notice if you live in boca you don't see the iguanas and the ducks and the butterflies and the frogs and you don't see the fish you don't notice you don't notice what's right before your very eye that hashem is everywhere that hashem is expressing himself everywhere he is coordinating everything he is visible he's accessible but what happens on shabbos shabbos there's nothing to scroll there's nothing to type there's nothing to listen to now you go for a walk now you go for a walk and you know the way the sunlight comes through the sprinkler and all of a sudden you see a rainbow you say wow it's gorgeous that's beautiful at prison that's hashem as or hashem so um that we can succeed more we can feel more i said beyonce controls everything he is the source of everything he's intimately involved in everything he has providence and dominion over everything he is everywhere he is everything so all week long we're too busy we're too distracted there's too many things competing for our attention there's so much noise that we don't hear hashem's playlist hashem's got the most beautiful playlist in the world most beautiful playlist when you walk on shabbos listen to that playlist listen to the breeze listen to the birds chirping listen to the crickets listen to the listen to whatever sounds are being produced and there is a symphony there's a playlist of god all around us and on shabbos is the only time we're disconnected we're allowed to we've we've shared before the yerushalmi says that righteous they live by the righteous they live with the attitude of shabbos the whole week long the whole week long you could live with shabbos the whole week long but for most of us the whole week longer of the capsule we're conquering we're conquering we're advancing progress conquer shabbos is the only time we're disconnected no noise no pollution we're able to listen to the playlist of hashem so therefore the recognition of hashem we see these two things we remember there's a god there's a god there's a creator he created us he loves us he's involved with us he's there for us and we have gratitude to him that's and to remember how great he is how omnipresent he is how outstanding he is and that is of course coming from him um but there is a second and to hear the second part our second job our second mission when you're going to walk to the shelf or when you're going for that walk on shabbos or a voluntary walk around the lake when you are spending time with loved ones or sitting by yourself in conversation finally with yourself there is a second attitude a second goal for shabbos please god we'll pick it up next week until then the cupboard shabbos stay happy stay healthy and stay holy a good narrative shabbos thank you to our sponsors again if you'd like to sponsor a future episode of turf friday into arab shabbos then please view us online.org sponsor brsonline.org sponsor the greatest gift it's ours special for us whatever's left of friday don't have friday turn whatever's left of friday into erev shabbas [Music] everybody here comes the siren get ready 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