Pekudei 5782 – Make Shabbos Great Again

The Bottom Line

The Torah juxtaposes the issur of malachah on Shabbos, to working for six days beforehand to teach me important lessons. Number one, despite the popular belief that my efforts actively bring me parnassah, my parnassah actually comes to me as a brochah from Hashem. I learn this from the word te’aseh, the work may be done, which is passive. Number two, observing Shabbos properly (as the Ohr Hachaim writes) is the ultimate source of the bracha in my parnassah for the following week! So the best advice to enhance my parnassah, is to enhance my Shabbos observance! Incorporating these lessons in my shemiras Shabbos will not only enable me to keep the heilege Shabbos properly, but will also enhance the kiyum of the world literally, and my own spiritual and physical wellbeing. Ultimately, strengthening how I daven, learn and grow on Shabbos will create a true partnership with Hashem in the ma’aseh Bereishis on an ongoing basis. This is our part in לעשות את השבת , truly making
Shabbos great again!