Thursday Night Dvar Torah
Shabbos…shabbos…shabbos…why is it shabbos is me”en olam habba? Why is it considered a gift from hashem? Whats so special about not working, or davening more…? The noam elimelech writes that when betzalel built the mishkan he needed to be a big “kabbalist”. Why? He answers with the famous ramban that the mishkan is domeh to the world. And that the way hashem created the world was with all gasgmius, but b/c we needed a hacha timtza to get to ruchnius and be left with gashmius he gave us shabbos. So to by betzalel the mishkan couldent be all gashmius so he needed to be a “kabbalist” to instill (wtvr that means) kedusha in the mishkan. In the sefer hayitzirah it is written that the world was created with 39 peulos of tevah, 39 laws of what hishtadlus we have to do on this world. On shabbos it is assur to do any of these, even the slightest thing for fear of the gashmius infringing. We learn more, daven more, b/c on shabbos we no longer have the sor mera then aseh tov just the aseh tov.
B/c just like in olam habba all we need to do is learn, and not have to worry about the gashmius so to on shabbos hashem gives us a day of dviekus of davening and learning and not have to worry about the peulos of this world. If were not feeling shabbos its b/c were involved with weekday matters. Sports, bussiness, or anything which is nisht shabbos geret. The more we let go of these matters the more we will feel shabbos, b/c it truley is gift. And it would be a shame to ignore a gift that comes aroung everyweek, and the gift which is also domeh to the purpose of life. A guten shabbos!
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