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it's time for rabbi minkowitz weekly
tour lesson
a place where life's most difficult
questions are answered
here with his spiritual perspective and
insight rabbi minkowitz
welcome to this week's torah portion
this week's torah portion is pasha's
acharya
the question of the week is what is the
appropriate reaction
to an overwhelming world so in this
week's torah portion
parshas akhare we are learning about the
story
of the death of aaron the high priest's
two sons
nadav and avihu as the torah says
this is after the passing of the two
sons
and the torah says again by yamusu they
died
so the rebbe asked the question it says
after they died why does it say again
by musu that they died so the rebbe
explains
because aaron's two sons not the
vanadium
were working in the temple and it was an
amazing spiritual experience for them
on one hand they're hearing people their
problems their challenges
and the other hand they were so close to
god
they saw the light and they wanted to
engage in the light
and not deal with the reality so the
rebbe says
the root of their dying was because
vayamusu they wanted to escape reality
and they wanted us to be
unfortunately dead to be with god the
rebbe explains that is not the purpose
in our
of us in this world the purpose that we
have is
to engage in the world to transform the
world
to elevate the world to change the world
and ultimately to make this world with
all its challenges
and it's all its overwhelming issues to
make this place
a place that god has felt in every
single aspect
of your life so to answer the question
what is the appropriate
reaction to an overwhelming world
to engage connect elevate
and transform this world and make
this world a place where god is felt
in every aspect of your life i'd like to
dedicate
this week's torah lesson to the memory
of eliyahu ephraim
ben yosef and rashi
lieberman of blessed memory maiden
ashamas have an aliyah for the torah
that we're studying in their memory
thank you so much for joining us for our
weekly tour lesson please join us for
live classes here at khabad
thursday at 11 khami does a parasha
class thursday evening at seven there's
a class teachings of the ariza on the
parsha
shabbos morning we have a kabbalah class
based on the teachings of the rebbe at
nine o'clock followed by davening and
followed by
a grand kiddush shavuotov and have
a great week it's steinomite
