Holiday of Rosh Hashanah Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week we're celebrating the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, and the question of the week is why won't we be blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah even though it's Shabbat? So, this week, as we're getting ready to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, we know the highlight of Rosh Hashanah is all about blowing the shofar. Why do we need to blow the shofar? So, to inspire God to continue to be our king. Come Shabbat, we're not going to blow the shofar. How are we going to accomplish that? So, the Rebbe explains and he says like this, the purpose of blowing the shofar is to awaken ta'anug, pleasure that God should want to be our king. Shabbat has that ta'anug. But then the question is, Shabbat has the ta'anug, how come in the times of the temple they blew it? And the Rebbe explains because in the times of the temple, they were able to draw that in greater ta'anug. But nevertheless, you find that even though we don't blow the shofar, we recite verses that talk about the mitzvah of shofar on Shabbat Rosh Hashanah. Why is that? Because yes, on Shabbat, ta'anug is there, and that's why God wants to be the king. But in order for that pleasure and that deep pleasure should come down into this world where God should actually be the king, we need [snorts] to say the words of shofar. And by saying the words of the shofar, which is different verses from the Torah, and we know according to Kabbalah, the source of Torah is higher than the source of mitzvot. So, by [snorts] saying the verses of shofar, we actually draw down that same pleasure into this physical world by us doing which work? Not necessarily the work of blowing the shofar, but the work of saying the words of Torah. Cuz Torah is Torah. And the Rebbe finishes off with something very powerful. What's the holy day of Shabbat? Ta'anug, pleasure, menucha, calm, relaxation. So, we have the power this Rosh Hashanah to affect that our whole year should be a year of calm, peace, full of the most amazing, beautiful blessings. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's lesson is dedicated to the memory of Yosef my father may their souls be elevated by Torah we're studying in their memory. For more information, please see our website chabadswfl.org. Have a great blessed week. Have a shana tova u'metuka k'siva v'chasima tova we should all be signed and sealed for a great year, a good year, a healthy year and most importantly the Rebbe says a year of true menucha, peace and happiness and tranquility. Shabbat shalom and shana tova u'metuka.