New Chassidus Shiur

May 24th, 2010

The Entire Set of Shiur 3 covering everything Chassidus! Enjoy!

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INSIGHT FOR SHABBOS – Greeting the King

May 15th, 2009

 

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Participate in Bringing On Shabbos

Like every experience in the world, the quality of the awaited experience is directly dependent upon the amount of thought and preparation that was invested to make it happen. So too, our experience on Shabbos is directly dependent upon the amount of preparation that we invest in before Shabbos comes, to prepare for Shabbos.

Part of this preparation is the addition of "Tosfos Shabbos" that is a halachic requirement cited in Shulchan Aruch1  - we sanctify a little bit of Erev Shabbos to be like Shabbos, by accepting kedushas Shabbos upon ourselves even before the skiyah.

The Sidduro Shel Shabbos explains what our intent should be when we accept upon ourselves "Tosfos Shabbos". Along with the realization that the kedusha of Shabbos does not really have to do with us – it is a "gift" to us from Hashem2 – comes also our desire to give something "back" to Hashem. The way that we do this, is by "participating" in bringing on the kedusha of Shabbos, by us accepting the Shabbos upon ourselves even before its actual time of arrival. This allows us to show Hashem how much we love this mitzva3.

But there is yet another amazing chidush that the Siddoro Shel Shabbos points out.

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  1. Orach  Chaim, siman 261 – 2. See also INSIGHT FOR SHABBOS entitled "Tosfos Shabbos", posted March 27/09. ↩
  2. See Gemara Baitza 16a, where Shabbos is called a "matana". ↩
  3. Sidduro Shel Shabbos, Shoresh Harishon, anaf daled, aleh yud-alef. ↩
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