Chazal (Shabbos 118B) teach "If Yisroel would observe two Shabbosos according to Halacha, they would be redeemed immediately. In fact, the Medrash (Shemos Rabbah 25:16), reduces this remarkable guarantee to the proper observance of even just one Shabbos.

Perhaps we can start the process in our own small way with the following suggestion:

In this week’s Parsha (Shemos 35:3), the Torah requires: "Do not kindle a fire wherever you dwell on the day of Shabbos". Why is fire singled out as one of the 39 forbidden activities on Shabbos? There is a disagreement between Rebbe Nosson and Rebbe Yossi on this very point in the Gemara (Shabbos 70A) The Sheloh HaKadosh and the Akeida write that the "fire" singled out on Shabbos also refers to the fire of anger and of raised voices in the home, of anger, disagreement and Machlokes, any and all of which are the antithesis of the Shalom Bayis to be brought into the home through the Neiros Shabbos, the Shabbos candles.

We therefore urge that THIS SHABBOS--in which the Parsha specifically instructs us not to "kindle fire in our dwelling places"--we, Bli Neder, accept upon ourselves not to get upset and angry, not to raise our voice, and, instead, to override our sensitivity, our erstwhile legitimate feelings and everything else in the way, to ensure that the Shabbos is and remains peaceful--with the only fire being relegated to the area under the Blech.

To some, or perhaps many, of us, this may take a yeoman’s effort, but we will be taking an important step towards that "just one Shabbos" we so urgently and desperately require.

NOTE: If we can achieve the seemingly impossible, and extend this "fire prohibition" to the hour before Shabbos, we will have additionally accomplished a level of "Tosefes Shabbos"--adding on to the Shabbos--perhaps never before imaginable.

Hatzlacha Rabba!