Chaim posted a Dvar Torah!

[Chai]

I could not be happier!
Thank you Chaim!
And a thanks for Dr Dan who always asked for them in the ask JTF.

[Dr. Dan]

I love the dvar Torahs especially since I don't go to shul on shabbat.

[muman613]

I love the dvar Torahs especially since I don't go to shul on shabbat.

You should go... It is very good to daven in a minyan... Unless you need to drive of course... Then it is better to stay at home and daven {but invite others to daven with you}.

[Dr. Dan]

You should go... It is very good to daven in a minyan... Unless you need to drive of course... Then it is better to stay at home and daven {but invite others to daven with you}.

That's the problem.  I would have to drive

[muman613]

That's the problem.  I would have to drive

Dr Dan, one minor suggestion... It is respectful to spell Shabbat with a capital S. I know that sometimes I am a stickler for correct spelling and punctuation but it is a Jewish idea that Shabbat too is a name of Hashem, and as such it should be respected.

It is fitting that when I did a web search for this topic I came across a shuir given by the Holy Shlomo Carlebach. Just this week was the yartzeit of Rabbi Carlebachs death. I will post the end of the shuir here:


http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/carlebach-shabbos/

G-d created the world in six days and on Shabbos He rested. What a sad translation! On Shabbos G-d gave the world a soul. On Shabbos G-d created a world of souls, of depth, of tasting that which is most real.

Shabbos invites all those who need new energy, all those who have been broken by the world of the six days, who need the world of Shabbos to make their brokenness whole again.

Shabbos invites all those who have so far only felt the pain of life and are crying for the joy, the bliss, the unbelievable heavenliness of being alive in a world created by G-d.

Shabbos invites all those who are tired of walking slowly, who only cover a spiritual inch per lifetime on their journeys. Shabbos invites all those who have traveled through the valleys of sadness, of waiting and waiting all the time. Shabbos is to get to the top of the mountain in one second, and there discover even higher mountains that we may have never ever seen before.

Shabbos invites all those who know, who experienced so much sweetness, so much holiness in life, but it’s clear to them this cannot be all G-d wants to give them. Isn’t G-d infinite? Isn’t life infinite? Shabbos is the name of G-d.

Will you accept the invitation of Shabbos?


Here too :

http://torahsearch.com/page.cfm/1355

You may be wondering: what is going on here? I too wondered; here is what I came up with. The Zohar and the Sfas Emes view a name as connoting the essence of what it is naming. In that perspective, the Sfas Emes quotes another passage in the Zohar which tells us that "Shabbos" is a name of HaShem. Similarly, HaShem is also called "Shalom" (peace, harmony, completeness). So, when the Zohar tells us that Korach separated himself from "Shalom" and from "Shabbos", we realize how far Korach's rebellion went. The written Torah tells us only that Korach contested Moshe Rabbeinu's leadership. The Oral tradition -- including the Zohar -- lets us read between the lines. There we learn that Korach was also wrecking the unity and harmony of the cosmos.[

[Chai]

That's the problem.  I would have to drive

That means you can sleep in!
LOLz

[muman613]

That means you can sleep in!
LOLz

I don't know if my situation is unique, but I believe Chabad may also do this... The minyan I daven with is run by a Jewish college in the area and as a result they have rooms that people can stay in on Friday evening in order to avoid having to drive on Shabbat. They also do this on the Yom Tovim so we can have a proper observant minyan for services. I know two other Chabad Rabbis who have service in their homes and they often have rooms which people can stay for the Shabbat. I have many great stories of Shabbatons in Chabad Rabbis homes....