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In this Shiur
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Rabbi Silber explains why Selichos begins on Motzei Shabbos, quoting the Yosef Ometz's teaching that the happiest moment of the week is right after Shabbos ends, when a person feels fully spiritually satisfied. He reframes the entire lead-up to Rosh Hashana: while there's real fear and awe in being judged, the deeper current beneath these days is joy — the joy of reconnecting with a Father we quietly drift from all year. Preparation for the Yomim Noraim, he teaches, should be framed by simcha, not dread.
The happiest moment of the week isn't Shabbos itself, but the spiritual satisfaction that lingers right after it ends.
Fear and awe are real parts of preparing for Rosh Hashana, but the deeper current beneath these days is joy.
The days leading into Rosh Hashana are an opportunity to reconnect with Hashem after a year of quietly drifting away.
There's no greater joy than reforging a relationship that time and distraction have allowed to fade.
“On a deeper, more panoramic spiritual level, the feeling is joy.”
