Receiving Shabbos — as Rabbi Landau teaches it
By Rabbi Shalom Landau.
Rabbi Landau teaches that a person can keep every rule of Shabbos and still miss Shabbos: no phone, no car, no work, and twenty-five hours of waiting for it to end. Shamor says what to guard. Zachor asks whether Shabbos entered you. He also teaches that the rules are what protect the peace, the way thorns protect a rose, and that the silence of Shabbos shows you what you are becoming. The same stop — the work is not the source — is what he hears in the sukkah.
Source verses
חוקותיה במרה נצטוו כשושנים סוגה בו ינוחו בן עם בת
אסתכל באורייתא וברא עלמא
מֵעֵין עוֹלָם הַבָּא
יוֹם שַׁבָּת מְנוּחָה
לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע
שׁוּבִי נַפְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָיְכִי
זכר ליציאת מצרים
וַיִּנָּפַשׁ
מְנוּחַת אַהֲבָה וּנְדָבָה
מעין עולם הבא
לעבדו ולשמרו
ששת ימים תעשה מלאכה
ששת ימים תעשה מלאכתך
כל המענג את השבת נותנים לו נחלה בלי מצרים
מנוחת אהבה
לישב בשלוה
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד וְעָשִׂיתָ כָּל מְלַאכְתֶּךָ
וְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת
יברכך ה׳ וישמרך
צדקה משמרת את ההון
וישבת ביום השביעי מכל מלאכתו
נחלה בלי מצרים
Quoted from the captions of the teachings below.
The takeaway
Shabbos is not only what you stop. It is who you are when the noise stops, and what you carry out of it.
Teachings
- Stop doing Shabbat wrong. That’s why it feels empty. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- God does not need another version of someone else. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- You can keep every rule of Shabbos and still miss Shabbos. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos without rules is not freedom. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- What’s happening to the IQ of our youth? — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos removes the noise. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Sukkos and Shabbos teach the same truth in two different ways. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Everything today is measured, optimized, and monetized. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Every hour is an auction. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The world teaches you to measure your worth by what you produce. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos doesn’t create the discomfort. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Egypt was not only a place. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos is not just rest. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- If Shabbos feels difficult... that's okay. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos isn't a pause. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Why does your Shabbat feel empty? — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- 🔁 RELOAD: One of our favorite Shabbos messages. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- God does not need you to be someone else. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The Creator of the universe asked us to keep Shabbat long before Trump, any politician, government, or public figure ever mentioned it. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- If Shabbat feels like hell to you — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos isn’t a day off. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Most people spend their whole lives chasing peace. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The world didn’t start when you showed up. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- We live in a world where everything — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- What's going on with the IQ of our youth? — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- People fight wars over holy land, — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Adopt a family this Purim → Rivnitz.com/Purim — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- You think working hard is what makes you money? — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- ✨Become part of the mission → https://rivnitz.com/donate — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- ✨Become a spreader of light → https://rivnitz.com/light — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- People think the Sabbath is about rules. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- What’s the most powerful force in the universe? — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbat isn’t always calm at first. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Someone new to Shabbat told me: — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The laws of Shabbos are fixed. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Egypt wasn’t just a place. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Your problem isn’t Shabbos. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos isn’t when your problems disappear. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbos shines brightest when the week beneath it has meaning. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Preserve Your Blessings Now 🙏 https://rivnitz.com/donate — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- You think Shabbos pauses your work. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- You are keeping Shabbat wrong and that is why it feels empty. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The world didn’t reveal God. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- When Shabbos enters, the war ends. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- We think Shabbos is special. — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shammai and Hillel both loved Shabbat, but in very different ways! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- People think Shabbat is just rules, don’t do this, don’t do that. But that’s only the surface! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbes isn’t just a day of rest, it’s the life force of the universe! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Most people think Shabbos is like a paycheck! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- Shabbat is the ONLY time you truly live! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- The Rivnitzer Rebbe loved every Jew, exactly as they were! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram
- No child wants to sit at a Shabbos table where they feel judged! — Watch the original video · Watch on Instagram