Parsha Tetzaveh Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is the question of the week is how do we have power to serve God with restraint? So, in this week's Torah portion, we have the mitzvah for the high priest to have the kosh the breastplate. On the breastplate, you had the uh names of every one of the tribes and a different stone. You also had the aphoid, the apron, and there was two stones, the same type of stone, a shyam anx stone. And on each stone you had six tribes, but they're all all on one all the same type of stone. So asks why is that? And explains what is the aphoid spiritually it's serving a restraint. The was in the front. It's reserving the hem with his in a in a a face-to-face trans relationship. When it comes to the aphite which is represented by restraint, everybody serves God the same way. restraint. There's one restraint for everybody. And that's why all the 12 names were on the same type of stone because when it comes to restraint, we're all equal. When it comes to the in the front, everyone this one thinks like this, that one thinks like that. Now, who gives us the power to practice restraint? So, the name of the stone is called which is the letters shin which is the same letters as mobenu. Moherenu gives us the power that we can go ahead and practice restraint. to the answer to the question where do we have the power to practice restraint that's something every Jew has all Jews equally have it we have it from Rabenu and we practice restraint we able to elevate ourselves and through that even able to elevate all the different levels of our service of God thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to memory of and my father blame hurts. May the souls be elevated by Torah was starting in the memory. For more information, please see our website kabatssw.org. Have a great and blessed week. Shàua Tove.