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Life during the week is loud.

We run from task to task, responsibility to responsibility. There are bills to pay, calls to return, errands to run, deadlines to meet. The weekday world pulls us into constant motion — and often away from who we truly are.

So how do we rediscover our real selves?

In this week’s Turn Friday Into Erev Shabbos, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg shares a profound teaching from Rav Kook about the true purpose of Shabbos. The weekday world, Rav Kook explains, makes it difficult to actualize the best version of ourselves. The noise, the pressure, and the endless responsibilities can obscure the deeper spiritual light within us.

But once a week, everything changes.

Shabbos introduces margin.
Shabbos introduces quiet.
Shabbos introduces space.

It is the moment when we shake off the burdens of the week and reconnect to the deepest part of who we are. The running stops. The noise fades. The soul breathes again.

Shabbos is not simply a day of rest from work.
Shabbos is the most authentic version of life.

More than the Jewish people have kept Shabbos, Shabbos has kept the Jewish people.

This week, the challenge is simple:

Don’t let Shabbos arrive suddenly.
Begin the transition on Friday.

Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos by slowing down, creating space, and preparing your heart to enter the sanctuary of time that Shabbos provides.

Because the entire week is not the destination.

Shabbos is the destination.