Thursday, February 29, 2024

Fwd: Make Shabbat Great



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Date: Thu, Feb 29, 2024, 3:39 PM
Subject: Make Shabbat Great
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Parshat Tisa - \ February 29, 2024 \ 20 Adar I, 5784

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Dear Friend,


An insight by the Rebbe on parshat Tisa, selected from our Daily Wisdom, by Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky.




Enhancing the Sabbath


The Israelites shall guard the Sabbath, establishing

the Sabbath throughout their generations

as an everlasting covenant. (Ex. 31:16)


The phraseology of this verse implies that there are two dimensions

of the Sabbath: one that we are intended to "guard" (or "protect")

and another that we are intended to "establish" (or "make").


The Sabbath is intrinsically holy, inasmuch as G-d sanctified it

when He created the world. Our task with respect to this intrinsic

holiness is simply to "protect" it, that is, be careful not to counteract

or sabotage it. This we do by not performing forbidden types of

work, and, more subtly, by aligning our demeanor with the holy

character of the day.


Beyond this, however, we can also infuse additional holiness

into the Sabbath, over and above its own, intrinsic holiness. We do

this by studying the Torah, praying, or performing acts of kindness

to a greater extent or more intensely than usual. In this way, we also "make" the Sabbath holier than it is in and of itself.


--Daily Wisdom Volume 3


May G-d grant our people a decisive victory in Israel,


Gut Shabbos,

Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman

Kehot Publication Society


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