My Feel Good Shiur

I was asked to be one of the speakers at or shul's Women's Shiur on the second Day of Shavuot. We were each supposed to pick one of the Ten Commandments to speak about. I wanted an easy one, so I picked Shabbat. Actually, I picked the easy side of Shabbat, the "Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it".

As I started researching this, I found that most of the mitzvot in this category are things we already do, which made this a real hit with the ladies. Shopping for Shabbat is part of the mitzva; we all do that. We clean our houses, set the table, change to Shabbat clothes; all taken care of.

It's even part of this mitzva to speak differently on Shabbat. Now, one angle on that is that since it is a mitzva for husband's and wives to be affectionate with each other on Shabbat, it is forbidden to fight with one's spouse on Shabbat or even on Friday afternoon! The other half of speaking differently is that we say "Shabbat Shalom" or "Good Shabbos" instead of our usual greetings. This is actually an observance of the mitzva of "Remembering Shabbat".

Don't you feel like you got that one for free?