You are keeping Shabbat wrong and that is why it feels empty.

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You are keeping Shabbat wrong and that is why it feels empty.

A man came to me and said, Rabbi, I keep Shabbat. I do everything. But I do not feel anything.
I asked him what was happening.
He said, The whole week I am stressed. I fail. I feel guilty. And when Shabbat comes, I sit there thinking I am the same person who messed up all week.

Rabbi Sholom Landau explains that the Halacha says Kol melachto kaasuyah. All your work is done.
That means not only your business work, but also your guilt, your mistakes, and your shame.
Shabbat gives you a new soul, a clean soul. It does not remember Monday and it does not carry Thursday’s failures.

So stop dragging them into the day of rest.
Shabbat does not ask you to be holy before it arrives.
It tells you that today, you are holy.

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Questions this teaching answers

• Do I have to fix myself before I can feel holy on Shabbos?
• Why does Shabbos feel empty even though I keep all the laws?