Hachana L'Shabbos

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore the avodah of Melave Malka not as a custom but as an act of love.

Drawing from Shulchan Aruch, Gemara, the Rizhiner Rebbe, and the Shlah HaKadosh, we learn that escorting the Shabbos Queen is not about leftovers or convenience, but about honoring the Presence that filled our homes for twenty-five hours. Melave Malka stands as its own seudah—mutzav artza, v’rosho magia ha’shamayma—rooted in the weekday yet reaching Heaven.

Through niggun, food, and consciousness, we discover how Motzei Shabbos becomes the bridge b...

Motzei Shabbos is often the most fragile moment of the week — when the light of Shabbos fades and old patterns rush back in. In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn a deceptively simple avodah that can transform the entire week ahead: folding.

Drawing from the Be’er Mayim Chaim, we learn that folding the tallis on Motzei Shabbos isn’t just a custom. It’s a spiritual practice. Just as a tallis is folded again and again until it rests properly, so too real shalom bayis is built throug...

Waves are loud. Waves do big things. They rise higher and higher… and then they crash. And the chiddush is: that's exactly  what Hashem praises. Not the person who “arrived,” but the person who keeps trying to rise מתוך געגועים והשתוקקות — even when it didn’t work yet.

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn the difference between “success” in the Western world (goal-oriented) and success in avodas Hashem: not that I made it.... but that I didn’t give up. And how real yearning (“כי זה כמה נכסוף נכספתי”) can’t just be in the head. It has to move you, even a little, into action… because davening is called avodah...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos we step back into the holy words of Yedid Nefesh and learn a line that is daring, almost chutzpadik, and yet it’s Torah-emes: “אל תתעלם” — Don’t ignore me.

How can a Jew speak like that to the Ribbono Shel Olam? Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra learn that this isn’t entitlement — it’s relationship. Like a child speaking to a parent, when the longing is real and the yearning is true, a Jew has the right to say: Abba… please don’t hide. Please don’t turn away.

We explore wh...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos we return to Yedid Nefesh and the words: “ירוץ עבדך כמו איל – May Your servant run like a deer.” Chazal tell us: “לעולם ירוץ אדם לדבר הלכה אפילו בשבת – a person should run to a dvar halacha even on Shabbos,” and yet the pasuk they bring says “אחרי ה’ ילכו – they will walk after Hashem.” So are we meant to walk… or to run?

With the help of the Chidushei HaRim, the Sochatchover Rebbe, the Klausenberger Rebbe, and the Piaseczna, we learn that inside every Jew lives a world of hidden kochos that usually stay asleep. A frail man who can’t carry a sefer suddenly lifts stones heavier than his own body in the camps. A mother fli...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn that there’s a difference between believing in Hashem and leaning on Hashem. It’s one thing to say “I have emunah.” It’s something else entirely to make the Ribbono shel Olam your mish’enet – the crutch you actually put your weight on when nothing in your life logically adds up.

Through a piercing Midrash about a wanderer who calls himself “ben beiso shel melech” and the fiery Torah of the Piaseczna Rebbe from inside the Warsaw Ghetto, we hear that it’s not suc...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos we linger in Mizmor L’David and reach the line that so many of us recite without understanding: שבטך ומשענתך המה ינחמוני “Shivtecha u’Mishantecha, hema yenachamuni.” How can a shevet (rod/whip) possibly console? Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevre of Shirat David learn that what feels like the blow often becomes the very mish’enet (staff) we lean on later.

We hear a searing, hope-filled story from the recent wedding of Rachel Goldberg and Aminadav Rotenberg where 11 children who buried a parent danced to מלך ממית ומחיה ומצמיח ישועה “Melech meimis u’mechayeh… u’matzmiach yeshuah,” and we meet the Shatzer Rav’s teaching that even when the world goes dar...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter Mizmor L’David (Tehillim 23) through the eyes of Rav Tzadok HaKohen (ר׳ צדוק הכהן) and discover why David HaMelech shifts from לשון נסתר (speaking about Hashem)—“יַרְבִּיצֵנִי… יְנַהֲלֵנִי… יַנְחֵנִי”—to לשון נוכח (speaking to Hashem)—“כִּי אַתָּה עִמָּדִי.”

The teaching is piercing and tender: most of us turn to אַתָּה (You) only in the גֵּיא צַלְמָוֶת (valley of shadow), but the avodah is to live in אַתָּה even on the green pastures.

We sing the נוסח (melody) for Mizmor L’David that Reb Shlomo Carlebach composed at his mother’s levayah, and we learn how תְּפִלָּה תָּמִיד (constant prayer) keeps us awake to the מְנַהֵג לַבִּירָה (One who runs the “castle,” i.e., the world)—so we don’t need painful wake-ups. From a Chassid who broke his hand yet whispered “בִּנְאוֹת דֶּשֶׁא…”, to the line “עם ה׳...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter the niggun of “ה׳ רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר” and ask a very simple, very brave question: am I still wrestling with life, or am I letting the Shepherd lead?

Together we learn that Shalosh Seudos is an עת רצון to be led: to discover what we truly want, to cry for it, and to begin living it now. From the Slonimer and the mefarshim on Tehillim 23, and from the image of ra’aya meheimna (Moshe the “faithful shepherd”), we hear that leaders don’t just inspire. They plant אמונה until following Hashem beco...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos — The Shabbos between Yom Kippur and Sukkot — we breathe in the freshness after Ne’ilah and learn how to land with gentleness. 

Join Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David in learning from the Slonimer Rebbe: this Shabbos holds two lights at once— יום השביעי that carries the love and cleansing of Yom Kippur, and תחילה למקראי קודש that calls out the joy of Sukkot. 

From Rav Kook we receive the avodah of these days: to re-educate our return to olam hazeh with קדושה—less סבלנות (gritting teeth) and more הַמתנה (patient waiting as a gift).

Together we explore:
• Why this Shabbos...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos—The Importance of a Real Third Meal—we sing our way into the year with ונאמר לפניו שירה חדשה and remember that Torah itself is a song: learning must stay fresh—אסור להזדקן—ever new.

Then we turn to the hidden jewel of Shabbos: Seudah Shlishit, the ne’ilah of every Shabbos. With the Bnei Yissaschar (in the name of R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov), we learn that at late-afternoon רצון דרצונות the original will to create the world resurfaces—יש מאין energy enters the air. That’s why tefillah there can open gates “beyond nature.” The Chafetz Chaim’s story of a father crying Tehillim at Seudah Shlishit—and the shidduch...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos—The Last Shabbos of 5785—Rav Shlomo Katz invites us to step out of autopilot and enter Shabbos as something utterly new. From the Baal Shem Tov’s teaching that on this Shabbos Hashem Himself blesses Tishrei—and through it the entire coming year—to the Shem MiShmuel and Avnei Nezer on “אם תשיב משבת רגלך”, we learn how to lay down our hergel (habit) and receive a heart that’s awake today—“היום אם בקולו תשמעו.”

Together we explore:
 • Why each Shabbos is its own world—no “tashlumin next week,” only now.
• Shalom between guf and neshamah—how the candles, Kiddush, and even our eating can...

In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos, we enter the quiet glow of Friday night and the tefillah of “מגן אבות בדברו—מחיה מתים במאמרו.” Together we sing Shomer Yisrael and ונאמר לפניו שירה חדשה, then learn how Shabbos revives what feels lifeless—sometimes not by miracles, but by a word, a smile, or real listening.

Through the Beit Avraham of Slonim, the Shevet Musar, the Maharal, and Chazal’s line “טוב המלבין שיניים לחברו יותר ממשקהו חלב,” we discover that to revive the living often means to speak gently and to hear deeply. The Kotzker reminds us: techiyat hameitim for those already alive is the hardest, and holiest, work.

Don’t wait for a “שינוי צורה”; offer chizuk before someone breaks. This Shabbos, our avodah is simple a...

Rav Shlomo Katz explores the depth and beauty of this popular Shabbos niggun, composed by Rav Aharon Hakoen of Karlin zy"a
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In this week’s Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz reminds us that Elul תשפ"ה is not a repeat of last year—it is brand new. Together we enter into the niggun of ונאמר לפניו שירה חדשה, the song of renewal, and the tefillot that prepare us for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Through the words of the Ibn Ezra and the teachings of Rav Biderman, the Shla Hakadosh, and the Ba'al Shem Tov, we learn that true life is found not only in feeling inspired, but in choosing to stay alive even through ניסיונות (challenges) that seem to make no sense. Torah and mitzvot done with חיות, with freshness and v...

Friends, in this powerful shiur, we journey deeply into the beautiful zemer, "Kah Ribon," exploring the heartfelt call from Hashem to rebuild the Beit Hamikdash within each of us. Together, we uncover profound teachings from Rav Birmann, the Belzer Rebbe, the Mei HaShiloach (Izhbitzer Rebbe), and other holy sources that illuminate how every act of holiness we choose shapes the Divine sanctuary in heaven. Imagine Hashem Himself longing for your next moment of kedushah, waiting with infinite love and patience for us to make space for Him in our hearts. Take this deep Torah, carry its sweetness and truth...

As we conclude the Kah Ribon series, Rav Shlomo Katz takes us deep into the hauntingly beautiful stanza למקדשך תוב ולקדש קדשים -  exploring what it truly means to become a Mishkan, a sanctuary, for Hashem.

Drawing from the Ohr HaChaim, the Ramchal, and the Akedat Yitzchak, this shiur uncovers the profound teaching that God's dwelling is not limited to a structure. It resides within the soul of every Jew. We revisit Shlomo HaMelech's dedication of the Beit HaMikdash and his hidden fear: that the external grandeur of the Mikdash might make us forget to build the inner sanctuary within.

Are we making spac...

“I Know It’s You, Hashem.”
In one of the most heart-piercing shiurim of the year, Rav Shlomo dives into the stirring words of the Modzitz niggun:
“וְאַפֵּיק יַעַס עַמָּךְ מִגּוֹ גָּלוּתָא, עַמָּךְ דִּי בְּכֵי אֶת מִכְּלַל אוּמַיָּא” 
“Take the wrath from Your people, Hashem… Your people who cry out from among the nations.”

Through tears, song, and Torah, Rav Shlomo invites us to see through the terrifying masks of exile, fear, and suffering, and to recognize that it’s all still our loving Father beneath the lion’s skin.

Whether you’re afraid, confused, inspired, or just holding on — this shiur gives language and melody to the soul’s deepest plea.

In this Shiur:

- A chilling parable ab...

What if every struggle, every detour, every moment in your life was really just a hidden encounter with God?

In this week's shiur on Kah Ribon, Rav Shlomo Katz dives into the soul of the verse לו יחיה גבר שנין אלפין לא יעל גבורתך בחושבניה—uncovering a radical teaching from the Vorker Rebbe, the Magaleh Amukos, Rav Baruch of Mezhibuzh, and Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin. It's not just that Hashem’s might is beyond calculation. It's that when we choose to see the Aleph, the אלופו של עולם, the Master of the World, in every moment, even the harshest judgments melt away.

This is the difference between exile and redemption. One small letter—Aleph...

Based on the teachings of R' Meilech Biderman, we get a glimpse into the mitzvah of lighting the Shabbos Candles being the gate opener that can really only be done by women.

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Based on the teachings of Rav Biderman, we learn in this class what lies at stake at the Shabbos Table.
It's much deeper than we think.

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Based on Rav Biderman's teachings, we delve deep into the powerful moment when the niggun appears at the Shabbos table, and it;'s long lasting effect on the soul.

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Learning on Shabbos is a different world.
Rav Biderman drives home this concept through some incredible teachings and stories of the tzaddikim.

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Based on Rav Biderman's teachings, cholent plays a very important role in the life of a believing Jew.

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Based on the teachings of Rav Biderman shlit'a, we looked into what lied beneath the light that comes down when Rosh Chodesh falls out on shabbos

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Rav Biderman points out what lies within the last Shabbos of the year

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Based on the teachings of Rav Biderman shli'ta, we learned the deeper meaning of eating fish on Shabbos and what consciousness it brings to the believing Jew.

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Based on Rav Biderman's teachings, we learn the importance of making sure that everything we do for Shabbos is really for Shabbos, and not for ourselves.

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Rav Biderman teaches us how easy it is to convince ourselves that certain types of anger over kedusha may be holy. Nothing can be further from the truth, especially when it comes to preparing for Shabbos.

Every Friday night, we stand in shul, and sing the words 'ביני ובין בני ישראל אות היא לעולם'.
What is the meaning of this אות, of this sign that we are referring to?

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Sometimes, all we need is one incredible footnote from Rav Biderman.

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Based on the teachings of Rav Biderman.

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Based on Rav Biderman, we entered the world of understanding how valuable the precious gift of Shabbos truly is.

As Shabbos ends, the first words I say are that I'm not scared. I'm not scared of going into the week. I'm not afraid of facing the hiddenness, concealment, or darkness. Where does this confidence comes from?

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What is the concept of having Emunas Tzaddikim?
Why is Shaleshudes the time to invite this consciousness into our lives

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An island of Yishuv Hada'at, Simchat Halev and so much more is waiting or us on Shabbos. What do we do to make sure we take advantage of it?

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The Zemer Chai Hashem Uvaruch Tzuri contains within it a tremendous amount of strength and direction, guided by David Hamelech himself.

What did the double portion of Manna coming down on Friday bring to the world? What does it continue to bring to our lives?

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The real battle vs. Greece is more simple than we think.
December 8, 2023

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What is it that we are trying to do when approaching the Shabbos table?
December 1, 2023

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On the yarzeit of Rebbe Avraham Dov of Avaritch, we learn about the greatest gift one receives when davening for it on Shabbos.

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Why is Shabbat Shalom the key blessing for the day of rest?
Based on the teachings of R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter shlit'a.

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Based on one of the shiva calls we made yesterday, we discovered what kind of a Shabbos table today's children are looking for.

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Making sure that you have a short inspiring story for the Shabbos table may very well be the 'thing' that lights the spark in our children's hearts.

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It could be that all our children need for their hearts to open to Hashem is one good niggun at the Shabbos table.

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Singing holy words needs holy melodies. What exactly defines holiness when it comes to music?

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Based on the teachings of R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we learn the piece of Zohar we say on Friday night.

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What lies beneath the meaning of Hashem Echad?
What significance does the Echad have to do with Shabbos?

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If it wasn't for Shabbos, humankind would be under the assumption that it's possible to be separate forever.

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The Inside Story of Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbos

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Understanding the deeper meaning behind the words:
ימין ושמאל תפרוצי
ואת ה׳ תעריצי
על יד איש בן פרצי
ונשמחה ונגילה

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The power and inner meaning of these three words

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Feeling chocked? Feeling swamped by the weekday?
Based on the teachings of Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we studied the chapter of Tehilim one says before Mincha of Erev Shabbos.

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Everything about our Shabbos could be on. The davening, the learning, the food, and the shluff. But if my mouth isn't synced with the depths of Shabbos, I may lose out on all the light.

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The Hebrew word for world is עולם, which is connected to the world העלם, concealed, hidden. On Shabbos, I have an opportunity to break through this concealment. How so?

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Our speech is so telling. The words and tone that come out of our mouths create the atmosphere we live in. On Shabbos, this avoda is of utmost importance.

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Place the love you have in your heart, but just make sure to feel it.
How?
Shabbos.

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Based on the teachings of Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we learn how Shabbos provides for us the opportunity to sense Ahavat Hashem in the most applicable way.

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Our Erev Shabbos Chabura in Shirat David, finishing the 8th chapter in Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter's יום מחמדים

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What enables my Shabbos to be blissful?
It's not only refraining from 'work' as we know it, but rather things that may be permissible, but standing the way of tasting your Olam Haba

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On Shabbos I am reunited with Hashem's decision to create the world. That includes me, Hashem's decision to create me. Hashem chose to crate the world and to crate me because of his love and compassion. This is what's waiting for us when we tap into the menucha of Shabbos.

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On Shabbos everything is being replugged into the charger. how exactly does this manifest?

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As much as I may filled with holy adrenaline and desires, there is a time I must rest. The question is, what is the point of that rest?

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Menucha is not only to feel rested, it is to reconnect to the type of prophecy that exists within every one of us. How so? Join us in today's learning, based on the teachings of Rebbe Ya'akov Meir Shechter.

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What type of rest do we yearn for when Shabbos comes?
Could this type of rest take place in the middle of the week?

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Based on the teachings of Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, what type of work are we talking about during the week, and what type of rest are we talking about when it comes to Shabbos?

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The Simcha at the Shabbos table doesn't always come easy. But when there is an opening for simcha and love, some of the greatest tikkunim can take place.

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Why don't I scream out in agony and pain to Hashem on Shabbos? Because the place I reach through the simcha and kavod of Shabbos reaches even higher.

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Based on the teachings of R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter, the kappara which a real Shabbos Kodesh brings is something to pay more attention to.

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The tshuvah one can experience on Shabbos is from another world. To understand this, one needs to delve deeper into what the tshuvah of Shabbos is all about and how it differs from the rest of the week.

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A deeper look into the concept of Oneg Shabbos, the true pleasure and delight of what Shabbos brings to the world.

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We never know what is waiting for us on the other side of a Nisayon. But if you listen closely, you can hear the Berdichever Angels cheering us on.

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With the help of Reb Tzadok, The Netivot shalom and Rav Kook, we delve into the gentle and beautiful Shabbos which is in between Yom Kippur and Succos.

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Based on the teachings of R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we discuss what happens to the one who just doesn't feel Shabbos, and what happens to those that aren't aware they are supposed to be feeling anything int he first place.

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How does one do whatever they can to stay away from falling into sadness?
We are always looking for intense methods for this, but sometimes, the mosr simple methods are most effective.

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A wonderful approach to showing our children how precious Shabbos is.

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An inner glimpse into the language used to describe the laws of Shabbos

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How does one take an honest look at the 25 hours of Shabbos?

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Once I am in tune with the bliss of every moment of Shabbos, every corner of the house and every corner of my soul become Shabbosdik.

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Shabbos is the root of creation. If I sweeten things in their root, the branches provide all the shades of sweetness and beauty the world longs for.

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Thanks to a triggering comment in the middle of our learning, we refocused on the learning we have been doing, in a very significant way.

Shabbos is a flow of Tshuvah. Since the concept of Tshuvah was created before creation of the world, Shabbos opens the gates for us to not be confined by time and space.

Based on the teachings of Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we finished the chapter discussing how to bring Shabbos into our weekdays.

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Based on the teachings of R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we learned the deeper meaning of an אות. In that context, we discover an aspect of the pnimiyus of Tefilin.

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How do I reach a place where my actual thoughts are naturally different on Shabbos?

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Anger is the headquarters of impurity in this world. The closer we are to Shabbos, the more hectic and nerve-racking Fridays are. The closer we are to Yom Shekulo Shabbos, the more chaotic this world is.

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Not only are the unique moments which only take place on Shabbos special and exalted, but the things we do every day, like waking up, learning and saying brachas have the ability to bring down a great deal of holiness into our lives. Sometimes, it's actually those things that touch children the most.

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Why is the learning on Shabbos morning from another world?

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The gates that are open during Kiddush are difficult to put into words, but what do you do when the last thing you feel around your shabbos table is calm and serenity of the moment?

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When we begin davening קבלת שבת, there is a very unique invitation for King David himself. time to open up the envelope.

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From the Ba'al Shem Tov to R' Eliyahu Lopian, from the Chasam Sofer to the Chafetz chaim - we learned about moments which take place right as shabbos comes in. What is it exactly that comes down then?

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Based on the teachings of Reb Tzvi Meir Silverberg, we learn about the opportunity that is available to us each Friday afternoon.

Based on the teachings of Reb Tzvi Meir Silberberg, we began to discuss how one sets his eyes on Shabbos, and the importance of lifting one's gaze toward the opportunities that come flowing down through a proper prep for shabbos.

Based on the teachings of Reb Tzvi Meir Silberberg, we began to discuss how one sets his eyes on Shabbos, and the importance of lifting one's gaze toward the opportunities that come flowing down through a proper prep for shabbos.