Shabbat Shalom

Shabbat Shalom!

Ki eshm'rah Shabbat E-l yishm'reni Ot hi l'olmei ad beino uveini
Just as I keep Shabbat, G-d will keep me. It is a symbol for all eternity between Him and me.

Shabbat Shalom! - Seventh Gateway

Shabbat Shalom!

There are seven gates to the soul-- two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, and a mouth. The Creator blessed the seventh day of the week and sanctified it.

It is therefore fitting that the mouth-- which is the seventh gateway-- give praise, through song, prayer and Torah learning all through the day.  [Rabbi Moshe Azulai]

Good Shabbos!

An artist cannot be continually wielding his brush.

He must stop at times in his painting to freshen his vision of the object,

the meaning of which he wishes to express on his canvas.

Living is also an art...

The Shabbat represents

those moments when we pause in our burshwork

to renew our vision of the object.

(Kaplan, The Meaning of G-d)