Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha TERUMAH 5776

it's time for rabbi Minko its weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo 'it's welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week started portions Pontius truma the question of the week is how can we find strength to overcome the challenges of exile so in this week's Torah portion price Istrouma we learn about the command that God commands moshe rabbeinu to instruct the Jewish people to vehicle eat rumah to take for me a gift and a turret lists many different items that were needed for the Michigan gold silver etc and then one in the islands at our list is at say shetan what's at a cheater so our Chang system is acacia wood sera she asked the question and he says where the Jewish people have acacia wood in the desert sera she brings down from a mad rush and he quotes rabbit and huma that says that we're the Jewish people have a casar wood in the desert so he says Yaakov aveeno Yaakov the patriarch outgrowth when he saw the Jewish people going into exile he had the vine prophecy and he saw when they leave they're gonna have to go build the tabernacle and they're gonna need a casar with where they're gonna have it from so he brought it with him from Israel brought it to Egypt planted in Egypt and he instructed them when you leave you'll take their case of wood with you so there we asked a simple question great but why is it that we have to comfort us an interpretation that Yaakov brought us ms real planted and struck them what's wrong with a simple answer they bought it in Egypt just like you buy anything else gold silver jewelry wool any other materials why do you have to find this concept that he brought it from Israel so the rubbing explains nice is like this because the Torah says Big E ku doesn't say Vietnamese you give you can give anything you'll buy anything you give it the air-cool means you should take what does that mean you have to take something you have so obviously the toe wants to take things that we have so since it's referring to something we have so something that we have but must be something we have to me for hand they have it if you bought it you don't have it and therefore right there ever explains that's why rashi goes in great lengths to come up with this idea this mad wish that the member says that they brought it we're from something they had had they have it because Yakko foresaw and brought at them in the land of Egypt so now the bigger question is great but why is it that Yaakov went ahead and brought it what was wrong with them buying it so they happen vehicle they have to take their own they could have bought a live in their own so the Rebbe says here you see a fan signing inside if you ever look when the rashi quotes the Madras he quotes who the author of the mattresses and he says madras rabbit and kuma 10 Huma is the name but also tong hua constantly from the word of nehama which is comfort in other words this murder ish is coming to teach us a powerful lesson in the comfort that Yaakov was going to instill and give for the Jewish people while they're in exile what's the comfort here they're in exile here they're suffering their slaves and there's no way out to overseas we're going to get out of this exile so Yaakov planted these acacia wood in Egypt so they'll know that Yaakov their grandfather great grandfather planted it because he foresaw that eventually they're going to leave and just knowing that this exile is temporary and eventually they're going to leave that allowed the exile to become a little easier and with a little hope that they knew that they were going to leave and because they had the acacia wood with them so the Rebbe explains and this is a very very powerful lesson to each and every one of us in exile that we're in we know that not see which is basically a leader of the Jewish people is an acronym for the full for words need suits are you shall Yaakov avenue that means that every generation is a leader who has the spark of Yakima vino and just like gak of a V new plant implanted in exile the Acacia we should know we're going to leave so the same thing also in every generation is a Nazi there's a power of Yaakov II know that teaches us the same lesson that this golus that we're in is only two Murray and eventually and shortly hopefully we will all leave this Gullas and go with the mushy actor que nous tu eres role knowing that allows you to find strength in this exile that exiles not as bad as it actually is that the answer the question where do we find strength to overcome the challenges of this exile think of the Nazi adore the leader of our generation who is a spark of Yakima vino that gives us hope and tells us that we are here it's only temporary and knowing that it's temporary knowing we're going to leave soon makes it easy to easier to overcome the challenges exile this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory a burro when are you laid and ben Yosef may their souls be elevated for the Torah we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information about chabad and a regular schedule of classes please see our website you