I’ll try to explain but I really don’t mean to be condescending okay? And it’s also kind of hard to put these ideas in to words. I’m just saying what I’ve learnt when I wanted to find out why I never appreciated Shabbos before. Shabbos is taking everything away so that you are your pure unadulterated self. It’s the one day that you are forced to be yourself without hiding and without distractions. The silence of Shabbos is its beauty. If you can sit in the silence comfortably that shows that you are happy and satisfied being yourself. If you find the silence boring, unbearable, or sad then you’re not comfortable where you are and with where you are headed-you can’t handle the silence of confrontation. You know you are worth more than you are now. Shabbos is sort of like a mirror. It doesn’t lie. What you see in it is who you really are. Breaking Shabbos is like breaking the mirror- you’re afraid to see yourself and to face the horrible realization of not being all you can be.
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