Exchanging a greeting with a fellow Jew, a greeting of "Shabbat Shalom." Hearing the Hebrew sounds of the SH sound, like a whisper into my ear, a greeting of community, a mutual wish for one another to have peace, to feel the appearance of the Shekinah as two Jews come together to wish each other a Shabbat Shalom, a Sabbath of Peace, a wonderful Jewish Holy Day, Holiday, that comes once a week.
To be part of a whole, to feel a unity, to be near a Sanctuary, to have someone follow your lead, to have another fully accept you, to be in unison, to be in tune, to genuinely want someone else to have a day of good happenings, a day they can remember, a day when all creation stops, a day when all rest.
A day of sunshine or rain to conquer thirst, a day to lay down on a couch, a day to study Torah, a day to sing in tropes, a day to have joyousness, a day to rejoice, a day to praise HASHEM, a day of chanting, of connecting with other Jews: a day--of Shabbat Shalom.
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