Finding Your Path - Rabbi Jesse Horn

Rashi points out at the end of the Parsha the end of Sarah that the reason why you Smiles uh lineage and age and the years are all counted mishnose of Allah it's Allah the goal is to let you know you work out the math and because let you know that yaakov spent 14 years learning by yeshiva's ever one may Wonder why leave his own father yitzhak's house he was a galadar who leaves the guadaladar to go learn by Ava this cash is asked by reviakov kamenetic and the answers was such an insightful answer since the goal in choosing Yeshiva is not to run after the god of DARPA to find something a Yeshiva a culture that's appropriate for what you're looking for yaakov is heading out to Godless heading out to go live with Lavon he didn't need the Purity the sincerely the Torah of Yitzhak that he had he needed to prepare to go to Levin's house he needed a Torah that was going to build him to embrace the world to handle challenges of the world and that was a Torah of ever the goal is not to put yourself in the most prestigious environment to find out where you're at in life what's appropriate for you sometimes we look over our shoulders to figure out who's the fromest and who is the starkist who's the best learner that's not anything in God's eyes the goal of religious growth is not to beat somebody else except for who you were yesterday the goal is to do an introspection to figure out what your strengths are what your weaknesses are and how do you strengthen what's necessary within you in order to succeed at the next stage of life that's exactly what yaakov does he goes to Yeshiva because it's exactly what he's looking for something to prepare him for Love on his house that wasn't found in you it's like it's like had a different color teaches different things this is exactly what yaakov needed the goal for us is to figure out who we are what we need the right environment and culture and and areas of life that will bring us to help serve a kind of Sparkle the best level we can the exactly what's designed for us [Music]