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it's time for Rabbi minkowitz weekly
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with his spiritual perspective and
insight Rabbi minkowitz welcome to this
week's Torah Less in this week's Torah
portions postures the question of the
week is is it possible for God to reveal
himself to us so in this week's Torah
portion pasius we learn about God
revealing himself and coming to visit
Abraham not only does God come to visit
Abraham but the whole Torah portion is
called vayira God revealing himself to
Abraham in a way that he never revealed
himself to him before and the question
is asked what is it that caused God to
reveal himself to Abraham so rebia says
and explains that if you look in the end
of last week's total abortion you see
where God speaks to Abraham and he
reveals himself to Abraham and he says
that I'm going to give you an
opportunity to connect with me in a way
that you never connected with me for in
other words up until that point Abraham
humbled himself
searched out for God and developed a
beautiful relationship with God however
the relationship was limited to
Abraham's humility of his mind and his
emotions God says now I'm going to give
you an opportunity to really connect
with me through humility but not
intellectually or emotionally but in the
world of action
and here is the profound difference when
someone humbles himself to God at this
moment intellectually or emotionally
what's the guarantee and the commitment
that it's going to continue however when
someone makes a commitment
in the world of action to God in a
humbling manner action is forever
so God said to Abraham at the end of
last week's term abortion I'm going to
give you an opportunity to connect with
me and create a confident with me the
Covenant of circumcision but what's
unique is God says and I quote the heisa
brisi bivham I'm going to make a
covenant in your flesh live race for an
Everlasting Covenant in other words by
Abraham doing the act of circumcision
in his physical flesh he was able to
create an Everlasting Covenant with God
so in other words once you make that
Everlasting Covenant with God then God
does vegera appears and reveals himself
to you so the rebbe explains what does
that mean to us practically if we want
God to reveal himself to us we have to
do as Abraham did to make a commitment
at every moment to make God present just
like when the circumcision is done God
is always there with you through that
circumcision every moment if we commit
to thinking about God connecting to God
emotionally God's Will and does reveal
himself to us so to the end so to answer
the question
is it possible for God to reveal himself
to us absolutely if we make a conscious
effort to constantly and consistently
make God present in our life think about
him feel him and God will reveal himself
to each and every one of us this week's
Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory
of Baruch may his soul be elevated by
the Torah that was studying in his
memory thanks so much for joining us for
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