Welcome to daily בטחון . As we know, one of the sources are אמונה and בטחון is שבת . And as we mentioned last week, since next year ראש השנה is going to be on a שבת , we need our שבת of this year to be on our best behavior. So, בלי נדר , every Friday's class will be something about שבת with השם 's help. I'd like to share with you something very interesting that I just learned this week. We all know that we stand up Friday night by קידוש, ספרדי custom, and we sit שבת morning. Now, what is the reason for the difference?So there's three different reasons brought down as to why we stand Friday night by קידוש . The more popular one, which I was aware of, is because you're staying testimony. When you say קידוש , you're testifying that God created the world in six days and rests on the seventh. And witnesses stand when they say testimony. That is Friday night קידוש , as we're making the testimony as we go into שבת . שבת day קידוש does not talk about, doesn't say ויכלו השמים והארץ , we just say מזמור לדוד . We don't talk about creation. As an aside, the חיד"א says that it's brought down that on Friday night your sins are forgiven as you walk home from שול . And he says the reason is, I'm about to testify, witnesses has to be כשר witnesses to testify, so therefore, in order to allow the Jewish people to testify, God forgives their sins.Reason number two is a fascinating reason the של"ה הקדוש brings down, which is that at a wedding, we stand up under the חופה out of respect for the bride. And since שבת is a bride, בואי כלה , enter bride, we stand out of respect for the bride, as we do by the חופה . Those that are under the חופה stand in Israel, many have the custom, at least in the ספרדי world, that everyone's standing, anyone at the ceremony. Some say that in חוץ לארץ , where our weddings are on a platform and we stand up, that's considered its own domain and therefore one is not considered part of the חופה necessarily. But if you're under the חופה , you have to stand out of respect for the bride. And so too Friday night, as the bride is entering, as the as the as the marriage is happening, we stand by קידוש .Again, beautiful thoughts to realize you're at a wedding Friday night. Reason number three is שבת , God is the king. And out of respect for the king we stand. That's why we bring God in when we are standing up, out of respect for the king. Three fascinating reasons to appreciate Friday night when you're standing, why you're standing.Another important thing to understand about קידוש is it says that when you make קידוש , you're considered a partner with God in creation. Question is, how do you become a partner in God with creation? What are you doing to partner up? You didn't create the world. Rabbi עדס explains with a beautiful משל that I've said in the past. We have four brothers that run a business. One of them flies to China and he is going to the Canton Fair, spending two weeks there working on production. The other brother works in the showroom as a salesman to sell the products. The other brother works in the back office to make sure that all the billing is coming in properly. And finally, our fourth brother, he works on advertising, social media, billboards, getting the word out all over for his product. And they make, the first year they make a million, two, three, four, now they're really doing great. And one of the brothers says to the other two, "Hey, the fourth brother, he's doing advertising. Why is he getting an equal share? He's not going to China. He's not going to... He's not selling. He's not even in the back office. Why should he deserve any money?" And they say, "You know what? Let's cut his salary." Okay? They all vote, three to one, they cut his salary. And lo and behold, the sales go down. What's going on? And they realize we really need advertising. He is an equal partner and he starts getting a portion again.So too says Rabbi עדס , we are partners in creation. There's one thing that God needs us for, and that is marketing. That's advertising. We do that. Our job is to market. So that means just like there's all different ways to advertise, we can have airplanes flying with banners, we can have advertisements in your Uber, and there's endless advertising platforms. The way newspapers and periodicals make money is advertising. The way Google makes money is from advertising. There are these trucks that pull these large, enormous 10-by-10 digital screens advertising. Well, you know what? All of us are walking on שבת with a digital screen on our chest saying, I am a Jew and I believe that God created the world in six days and rests on the seventh. As we go to שול , as we walk in the street in our שבת clothing, we are announcing. this unbelievable testimony. And therefore, we are partners in creation and we have a share in this huge business, this multi-billion dollar business that we inherited this partnership going back to אברהם אבינו who was the one that announced to the world that God created the world, and שרה אמנו . And what's שרה אמנו known for? She lit the candles Friday night. So both the husband when he says קידוש and the wife when she lights candles are involved in the advertising. And now for the final beautiful thought. When someone's a partner, they have a say in the business. And therefore, on Friday night, we have a say in the business. We are part of the business and we have a right for an opinion. That's why there's a story of a great צדיק that they came for a blessing and he said you should have come to me at קידוש time. That's when I'm a partner. Similarly, when a lady lights candles, she makes requests because she's a partner. So appreciate the power of קידוש . Again, we stand for one of three reasons: we're testifying, respect for the bride, respect for the king, and when we say קידוש , we are partners with God in creation.