Ethics from our Fathers The Right Path Chasidic Torah thought, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week we're going to be getting studying Pirkei Avot, which we have accustomed to study between Pesach and Shavuot, and as well after Shavuot throughout the summer. And the question of the week is, what is the right way to live our life? So in in Pirkei Avot, the Rebbe teaches a beautiful Mishnah, he says, "Rebbe Eliezer, Aizehu derech yeshara?" What is the right way that a person should pick to choose his life? So Rebbe asked, "What do you mean, what is the right way? That means there's a crooked way and we're telling you there's a right way? What does that mean?" And the Rebbe explains this problem and he says something beautiful. There is the right way to live. What is the right way for us to live our life? To learn Torah and do mitzvahs. And you learn Torah, you do mitzvahs, that's the right path. So what's not the right way? So Rebbe says, "When a person goes and God forbid he sins, and you do teshuvah, yeah, that's the right way to and God accepts sinners. And when you sin, you can actually transform the sin into something positive. But that's not the right path. If you sin, then you repent, but you don't go ahead and sin to repent. Because the goal is to live a balanced life. Yes, sometimes we go and sell sacrifice, but the goal is to bring it back into living a balanced life, a life where you learn Torah, you do mitzvot, you pray, and that will give you the right path, the healthy and balanced path in your life. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Baruch ben Yosef ben ben Sarah, my father blessed memory of Tully 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.