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What is the deeper significance of Shabbat as a day of rest?
Rabbi Gurkow: Welcome to the Rabbi's one on one chat room, how can I help you today?
Mimi: what is the deeper meaning and importance of
Rabbi Gurkow: when you are engaged in a project you are not free to be yourself
Rabbi Gurkow: you have to apply yourself to the needs of the project right?
Mimi: right
Rabbi Gurkow: when
Mimi: yes
Rabbi Gurkow: so this creative energy that he projected forth was tailored according to the measure required by that which he created, right?
Mimi: right
Rabbi Gurkow: so this energy is by no means reflective of
Mimi: ok
Rabbi Gurkow: just like you are not being your true self when you are engaged with a project
Rabbi Gurkow: but when you finish the project and rest, you are free to revert to your true self right?
Mimi: right
Rabbi Gurkow: so when G-d finished the project of creation and rested he was free to revert to his true essence right?
Mimi: yeah
Rabbi Gurkow: so if we want to have a relationship with the essence of hashem we have to keep shabbos
Rabbi Gurkow: does that make sense?
Mimi: ok thank you very much
Rabbi Gurkow: your welcome and thank you for coming to ask
Rabbi Gurkow: now you know what is meant when you wish someone a good shabbos -- it means to have a good G-dly experience this shabbos
Mimi: Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Gurkow: and in that vein I wish you a good shabbos
Mimi: thank you
Rabbi Gurkow: your welcome
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