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What revolutionary shift occurred in understanding Shabbos (שבת) after the Chet HaEgel? The new conception revealed that Shabbos isn't about resting in our world to testify to creation, but about living in His world of Ein Od Milvado. This explains why the entire community must gather together - only a complete entity can exist in Hashem (ה׳)'s reality.
This shiur explores the profound transformation in the meaning of Shabbos (שבת) revealed in Parshas Vayakhel, following the Chet HaEgel (sin of the Golden Calf). The Rav explains that until this point, Shabbos was understood as resting in our world to testify that Hashem (ה׳) created the world in six days. However, after receiving the second Luchos, we receive a revolutionary understanding: Shabbos is not about resting in our world, but about living in His world. The Rav develops this concept through the Ramban (רמב"ן)'s explanation that Hashem rested from two things on Shabbos: bereah (creating ex nihilo) and asiyah (forming from existing matter). When Hashem ceased creating, the world returned to its original state of Ein Od Milvado - there is nothing besides Him. On Shabbos, we experience this reality where we can exist within His being, a taste of Olam Haba.
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