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The weekday and Shabbos feel like two completely different worlds.
One is busy, physical, and demanding.
The other is calm, spiritual, and elevated.
So where do they meet?
In this week’s Turn Friday Into Erev Shabbos, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg shares a powerful insight from Rav Avraham Schorr:
There is a bridge between the physical and the spiritual — and it’s called Tosefes Shabbos.
Just like the body and soul are opposites — yet somehow connected — Shabbos and the weekday also need a point of connection. The Rama calls this connection a “peleh” — a wonder. How can something physical hold something spiritual?
The answer: we build the bridge ourselves.
When we bring Shabbos in early…
When we prepare ahead of time…
When we’re ready before Shabbos begins…
We create a moment where weekday transforms into holiness.
That moment is Tosefes Shabbos.
And it works both ways.
We don’t just bring Shabbos in early —
we also hold onto it longer. We delay leaving it. We linger. We show that Shabbos matters.
This Erev Shabbos, don’t rush to the finish line.
Be waiting at the starting line.
Bring Shabbos in early.
Hold onto it late.
And build the bridge between your week…
and your Shabbos.
About this video
“Don’t Let Shabbos Start Late | Turn Friday into Erev Shabbos #255” is a video from Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, published on April 17, 2026 and available to watch on VideoVinkel. The total runtime is 4:57. It has been viewed 279 times so far. Press play above to stream the full video right here, or open the original on YouTube.
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