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insight rabbi minkowitz welcome to this
week's torah lesson this week we are
celebrating passover and this shabbat we
are going to perform the service called
the yeast service which is performed
four times a year
and the question is what is iskar
so in this shabbat
when we celebrate the last day of
passover and we have the special service
called the iskar service
and the question was what is yaskar
so there's a famous story told
with the reber ashab who's the fifth
chabad rebbi he was five years old at
that time and he was playing in his
grandfather's synagogue
right before the easter service
his grandfather called over his
assistant and asked him to ask his
grandchild the rebbe rashad and the
robert hashaba's brother the razor who
was an older brother a little older to
escort them out of the shoal because
it's customary that there's no children
in the synagogue when you do the iska
service
after the iska service the river ashab
went to his father maharash
and said to him
dad what is it the sisker service and
why were we taken out of shul
so his father explained to him as
follows
that
when a person passes away
so even though they're physically not
here their soul is still alive
and from heaven
they are our advocates and they
pray for us they intercede on our behalf
with god that god should give us all the
wonderful things that we have
what happens on your four times a year
that is when the people that have people
that have passed away close to them a
father a mother brother sister
a child
spouse
spend time in synagogue
to
acknowledge
and thank those people that have
departed for praying and interceding on
their behalf and they dedicate and
commit to give charity on behalf of
their advocates
and he continued to tell him that if
you're really merit
and you pro
refine yourself you're actually able
you're able to communicate and see those
those that are departed and the reber
marash told his son that his grandfather
the one that asked him to leave the
school
actually saw
and spoke to
his mother that had passed away his
father-in-law who was the previous
command rebbe and his grandfather who
was the kabad rabbi before that
so in other words
what is the yiska service the iska
service is a time to connect those that
are passed away
that are there for us interceding on our
behalf to thank them and mention their
names
for good things and to dedicate and
donate charity on their behalf
this week's torah lesson is dedicated to
the memory of baruch ben arya leib and
ben yosef
may their souls be elevated by the torah
we are studying in their memory
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