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You think Shabbos pauses your work.

  • By Rabbi Landau
  • Duration: 38 seconds

Concepts: Receiving Shabbos

You think Shabbos pauses your work.

Rabbi Landau teaches You think Shabbos pauses your work.

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You think Shabbos pauses your work.
It does not.
Shabbos is a full buyout.

When Shabbos comes in, your entire week’s melacha is no longer yours.
That is melachtecha asuya, your work is considered done because Shabbos takes it out of your ownership.

Worry, pressure, and anxiety are removed.
But like any buyout, the seller has to let go.
If you keep controlling, deciding, and worrying, the sale becomes a voided deal

And when the sale collapses, everything returns to the seller.
That is Havdalah.
If you let go, you get back blessing.
If you do not, you get back your baggage.

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