Daily Chizzuk from Moreinu HaRav Eliezer Berland shlit”a — Sunday, 9 Adar-Alef, 5784:
We say in the Zemirot (hymns) of Shabbat: “In the sapphire brickwork, He showed them strength and friendship” (in the song: Baruch Hashem Yom Yom).
Every Shabbat, we mention the sapphire brickwork; then we sweeten everything.
Through the sapphire brickwork, it is possible to sweeten every judgment in the world, every illness in the world.
When a person sings Shabbat Zemirot, he sweetens every judgment in the world, every illness in the world.
You need to sit with the children, sing four hours, like Rav Avraham Kook, who would sing four hours with the children, on Shabbat evening, on Shabbat.
The first thing is to sing Shabbat Zemirot. Then the children will not be secular, will not want to be secular, will not cut the Peot; they will go with Peot.
Song is the greatest pleasure. A person comes to the world for the sake of song, to sing songs.
“VaEtchanan” is song.
