Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Matot-Massei 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is actually a double Torah portion precious mathayus and masai the last two portions of the Book of Numbers which is Shabbos Kazak but the question the week is how can we be happy when life slows us down at times so in this week's Torah portion we learn about the second Torah portion Messiah we learn about the traveling's in the Jewish people the Torah portion is called my site for the traveling's of the Jewish people and they actually traveled 42 times that means they traveled and they encamped and the Torah tells us every single time they travel they stopped they hung out and they kept them traveling so there are you asked a simple question within Jewish people they went forty-two journeys in order for a journey to take place you have to travel and then you have to stop if you don't stop they'd hide you get to 42 so you traveled masse and the Torah tells hanya they stopped there was a masa and if Ania so the Rebbe asks a question why is it called a Lamaze a B'nai Israel these are the travelling should be called a Lamaze a vicar near the bidet is wrong they're traveling and their encampment but nevertheless the Torah doesn't do that the Torah only calls at masse so the Rebbe brings out a phenomenal idea from and he says you must say that even though there was a hernia they stopped but from God's perspective they were moving why is that because why did they stop they stopped because they were lazy and he wanted a rest no they traveled because God told the travel and they stopped because God told him to stop so even though technically they stopped but the reason why they stopped was because I'll pee hm so the Torah calls it a la Messiah that it's also considered traveling so the answer the question how can one be happy when life slows you down when you realize that everything is from Russia everything is from God they're traveling from God and of stopping us from God so since it's all from God there's only a reason to be happy and grateful for the travelling and even when you have to slow down since all PSM you're grateful and happy this week's Torah lesson is a memory of Baro Benari laid and vinyasa may the soul be elevated by a tour was studying in their member thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information please see our website [Music]