This Shabbat is the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. We know that before the end of anything, there is the opportunity for the multiplying of the revelation of Light.

We know, for instance, when the Prophets would pass away, it was very important for their students to be there when their teacher passed away. At the time they left this world, all the Light they revealed in their lifetime would be revealed doubly.

The same is true for the third meal of Shabbat, when the most Light is revealed. At the moments of ending is the potential for the greatest revelation of Light.

This Shabbat, as explained by the Kabbalists, all the weeks of the year come together and their Light is revealed. Double the amount of the total of all the week’s Light. It is clearly a very significant Shabbat.