Someone new to Shabbat told me:

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Someone new to Shabbat told me:
“My stomach is tight. Butterflies. I feel restless.
Shabbat is supposed to be rest, so why does it feel like this?”

Here’s the truth.

Shabbat isn’t a switch.
It’s a relationship.

And every relationship begins the same way:
with intensity.
with awareness.
with nervous excitement.

That doesn’t mean something is wrong.
It means something is real.

At first, love feels charged.
Later, it matures.
And only then does it become restful.

That’s why we say:
מנוחת אהבה
a rest that comes from love.

If Shabbat feels intense right now,
relax.
That’s just the relationship settling in.

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Questions this teaching answers

• Why do I feel nervous and restless on Shabbos when I’m new to keeping it?