[HANASHIR:7703] RE: How hard do you work?

[BEBWH <BEBWH...>]

You are not permitted to deal with business on Shabbos period. But of course 
there is wiggle room.  If you are a lay leader, and you have a different job 
in real life, and the insitution where you serve is not your occupation, and 
you don't expect your executive director to take notes but you do expect him 
or her to remember what you told them on Monday morning...you can make a case 
to talk some business on Shabbos. But...if we're talking about the 
professional who works for the institution, then there is lots less wiggle 
room. There are 39 different types of "work" that we are not supposed to do 
on Shabbos. These various kinds of "labors" are the different types of work 
that were done in the building of the Mishkan. We know the Mishkan  was so 
special because the Sechinah maintained a presence  there and the Mishkan was 
the forerunner for the future Bais HaMikdash.  But we learn the importance of 
Shabbos when Hashem tells us as Friday night rolls around to stop building 
the Mishkan. Today we are all responsible for "rebuilding" the Third and 
final Bait HaMikdash. One of the ways we do this is through involvement and 
commitment to Jewish instutional life. Maybe we can use this cesation from 
the "physical" building  on Shabbat as a lesson for our leadership to 
illustrate the importance of what they do and their role in "maintaining the 
Mishkan" of today.  We can also teach them by using Shabbat as time to focus 
on the "spiritual building"  just like the Dor HaMidbar did, we will 
certainly move toward the succeses we desire with Hashems Bracha. Shabbat 
Shalom 

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