You’re the Piece of the Puzzle - Rabbi Yisrael Feld

generally the events that are going on in the jewish calendar do not necessarily correlate to that which we're leaning in the torah portion of the week but this week's partial parasaurs bamidbar the shokhan writes it must fall out before chivus we would make a double parsha if that's what was needed but before shibuyas we must lane parsons by midbar and the question is why what is the connection to impartials by midbar and that which we need to hear specifically before shivuous if you open up this week's parcel you'll see that right away the jewish people are counted and this is not something that they've they haven't done in a while we've been counted multiple times as rashford points out and he explains the reason that we keep on being counted is because we're precious if i handed you a bag of 100 pennies i told you it was 100 okay maybe you you would count maybe not because if it was 101 would it be a big deal if there's 99 it wouldn't be a big deal but something that's precious something that's very valuable if i said here's a hundred thousand dollars you count it up to make sure each and every dollar was there hashem says the jewish people are so valuable to me i want to count them again that is the lesson that we need before shivohuis is to understand our value that you count that a coach broke who and count you again then and only then can you accept the torah to understand that you have a portion i like to say that the day that you're born is the day that some said i can't live without you anymore we have to understand every one of us have our own role sometimes we mix that up with role playing role playing means i'm pretending to be something in a certain setting that's not what i'm saying i'm saying play your role whatever your skill set is you count you matter hashem wants you in the world the jewish people are like a puzzle there's some people that are corner pieces and some people that have a beautiful picture but if you look at the end of a puzzle any piece that is missing it ruins the whole thing the message we need before by midbar before shivus is the message of a midbar that each and every jew counts everyone have a fantastic shabbos [Music]