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If You Can Fall, That Means You Can Jump
We know that Shabbos has an official start time, which is nightfall on Friday night, and a definitive end, when…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita July 1, 2026 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Prepare For Shabbos The Moment Shabbos Is Over!
When is the right time to start preparing for Shabbos? For many people the answer would range from Wednesday to…
B’yam Darkecha December 16, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Prepare Your Soul for Shabbos!
The primary method of making ourselves a vessel that is ready to receive the spiritual light of Shabbos is to…
B’yam Darkecha December 14, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Soul Pleasure
Shabbos is a day of oneg. What is oneg? A bad translation of “oneg Shabbos” would be the “pleasure” or…
B’yam Darkecha December 7, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Relationship of Kavod and Oneg Shabbos
There are two mitzvos d’Rabbanan, (mitzvos of rabbinic origin), that are somewhat similar when it comes to Shabbos. One is…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 30, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Shabbos During the Six Days of the Week
There is a contradiction in Shulchan Aruch. In one place the Shulchan Aruch writes that if one accepts Shabbos early,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 16, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Inner Light of Shabbos
One of melachos of Shabbos is ho’tzahah, carrying something from a reshus hayachid, a private domain, to a reshus harabim,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 9, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Root of Vitality
After Noach left the teivah, Hashem promised that He would never destroy the world again. The passuk says: “Yom v’laila…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 21, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Source of ‘Veryness
Chazal instituted that on each of the three meals on Shabbos, we establish the meal on lechem mishnah, two loaves…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 14, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Oneness of Shabbos
There are certain aveiros that a person needs to bring a korban chatas for if they do it unintentionally. If…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 7, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Shabbos Realignment
Chazal instituted that every week we read a different parshah—Bereishis, Noach, and so on and so forth. In this way,…
August 31, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Tosefes Shabbos Transition
We know that Shabbos has a very specific start and end time: it starts Friday night with nightfall, and ends…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 24, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Hashem’s Chossid
Chazal (Shabbos 111b) tell us a most amazing thing about Shabbos. The Gemara says that someone who keeps Shabbos properly,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 17, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Power of Chicken Soup
The Zohar Hakadosh teaches us that Shabbos is the source of all good things. This means everything from our livelihood…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 10, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Secret of Friday Night Davening
There is a debate in the gemara in Brochos as to whether the davening of Maariv is a chovah, an…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 23, 0204 The Inner Light of Shabbos
