Parsha Matot - Massei Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is Parshas Matos and Parshas Masai. The question of the week is, where do we have the power and the strength to get through exile? So, this week's Torah portion, the double Torah portion, Parshas Matos and Masai, in the second Torah portion it says, "Ayleh masei bnei Yisrael." This is the traveling of the Jewish people when they left Egypt and lists 42 encampments and traveling they did. And it says, "Begad Moshe in the hand of Moshe Rabbeinu." So, the question is, why does the Torah tell us about all the traveling they did? And B, why does it say in the hand of Moshe Rabbeinu? The whole Torah we received through Moshe Rabbeinu. And the Rebbe explains and he says, "Because we know the whole reason why God created the world was to make a dirah betachtonim, that God should dwell in the lowest places." You know, it's in the greatest darkness that's where God wants to tell dwell. So, in the greatest darkness, how do we have the power to deal with the greatest darkness? So, the Torah tells us, "Begad Moshe." Moshe Rabbeinu paved the way. Moshe Rabbeinu started the process in the desert, in the darkest places. He killed all the sources of the impurity and because he paved the way, that's how we have the power to go through it. And therefore, when a person is born until you pass away, we have to go through four Everyone has 42 journeys. But the answer to the question, where do you have the power and the energy to get through exile? Because Moshe Rabbeinu already paved the way. Our job is just to continue it by learning Torah and doing mitzvahs. We will make a dwelling place for Hashem down here and we could do it because Moshe Rabbeinu made it easy for us. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Baruch ben Aryeh Leib, ben Yosef, Rochel bas Leib and Chana bas Sarah, my father Reb Leib ben Reb Nachman ben Tzvi Hertz. May their souls be elevated by Torah we're studying in their memory. For more information, please see our website chabadswf.org. Have a great and blessed week. Shabbat tov.