Yaakov Avinu Asked To Reveal
יעקב אל בניו
And He Did
The world’s endgame:
1-Shechina disappearance
2-Emuna challenge
3-שמעו בני יעקב
Who is ישראל אביכם?
He’s broadcasting brochos
תדיר כאשר תריד
Hot Shower Before Shabbos
That shower requires a Lurianic kavana
Think ‘שלהבת = שבת לה
Why not warm up by a fireplace?
Why not hot soup, or food?
The third and fourth letter of the Torah
Are אש
Surrounded by ברי“ת
Yaakov Avinu is אש
Yosef HaTzadik is שלהבת
אש is internal
שלהבת leaps and bounds
Yosef brings Yaakov
To the great outdoors
קבלת שבת
Shabbos Shalom
Chanuka Climaxes With זאת
Which appears once in shemoneh esreh
Find it and formulate
Why Chazal chose to enrich
That brocho
With the high-beams
Of Chanuka
Avraham Avinu
Is already a fully fledged prophet
Has been coronated king of the world
And has converted it to monotheism
His earns an letter addition
Only years later
A letter that doesn’t appear in any of his children or grandchildren
Until Yehuda comes along
Ask Hashem
To help you understand
And ask how you too can earn that letter addition
Even if you’re lucky enough
To have it already in your name
Shabbos Shalom
The Raven Doesn’t Do It
He’s slated for a different mission
About 1500 years later
Makes sense, right?
Your mission
If you choose to accept it
Is to fly around tonight
Asking for a satisfactory answer
Torah is meant to be understood
Especially Rashi on the parsha
Misunderstanding
Is the mabul itself
Shabbos Shalom
Why Eat On Shabbos Kodesh?
“ודע שעיקר כבוד שבת היא האכילה”
Keep ulterior motives to a minimum
Hashem wants us to integrate eternity
Infinitize our human condition
The נפש יתירה of Shabbos comes in
When we say באי כלה three times
באי כלה=באכילה
Some say it only twice
They might also eat bread at only two שבת meals
And possibly make light of daily maariv responsibilities
Third meal and maariv correspond to Yaakov Avinu
“ובכן תן כבוד לעמך” does too
We honor Hashem by going the extra mile
“והקדישו את קדוש יעקב”
ס“א refers to absolute constriction
א”ס refers to אין סוף
“היום“ is repeated three times in one posuk
Requiring three Shabbos meals
יעק“ב
שבת בראשית שלום
Tonight In Your Sukkas Shalom
You might be inspired to invite the Ushpizin Kadishin
Why not, right?
Well, if you invite them, they all come
Each meal you invite them to
And if you’re hosting people in need
They bless you with all they’ve got
If it’s just friends and family
Nobody in need
The Ushpizin rain down curses
Yes, curses
If you’re the baal habayis
And you want Ushpizin benefits
You’ve got two options:
1-Invite at least one needy person each time
2-Sponsor a meal for the needy with your local tzedaka each time
Otherwise
Don’t invite the Ushpizin
חג שמח
One Who Experiences Shechina Revelation
Must remove his shoes
That’s us on Yom Kippur
Like Moshe Rabenu at the burning bush and Har Sinai
Like all who’d enter the Beis Hamikdash
Shabbos is holier than Yom Kippur
Therefore, instead of Shabbos shoes
We should have none
The Zohar says one day
We’ll wear shoes on Yom Kippur
The way we do on Purim
That’s what we we have
To look forward to
Kedushas Purim
Is less than kedushas Rosh Chodesh
Barely kadosh at all
The Nazis ordered Jews to remove their shoes
Before they died על קידוש השם
The climactic revelation of Yom Kippur
נעילה
Implies donning shoes
Which are prohibited
On שבת שבתון
גמר חתימה טובה
Rosh Hashana
Yitzchok Avinu’s day
According to the Zohar
Rabbi Nachman claims Hashem gave it to him as a gift
At the expense of Yitzchok Avinu?
Yitzchok is the merkava of midas ha’din
Rabbi Nachman is ben Simcha
“Yitzchok” means, “he will laugh”
When?
“Nachman” means, “one who is מנחם”
From what?
Every Yom Tov celebrates a miracle
Of our salvation
Rosh Hashana is called Yom Tov
For which miraculous salvation?
Shabbos Shalom
Pay Your Employee Today
ביומו תתן שכרו
The Arizal teaches the roshei tevos here are שבת and בשת
Based on this he instructs:
1-Not to daven mincha until the employee was paid
Even if it means encroaching upon שקיעה
2-One should be מתבייש
Due to the תוספת קדושה that comes with שבת
3-One should receive that קדושה
On יום הששי before שקיעה
That’s Torah Vav
Shabbos Shalom