Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Bereishit 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is practice buiishit the question of the week is what is the key to enjoy studying Torah so this week's Torah portion partial braces we find something very interesting this is the beginning of the whole Torah now if you give a look the Torah the first word Natoma is very the first letter is a base now we know if you look at the alphabets the first letter in the alphabet is an olives and the second is a base so the question is why does the Torah start with a base why is gonna start with an out the first letter as we see in the Ten Commandments the first letter of the Ten Commandments is in the word enoki olives olive comes first which makes sense because that's the first letter in the alphabet and here it's the beginning of the Torah that starts with a base so the Rebbe explains a fascinating insight nice others follow us because God is trying to give us an opportunity and to really appreciate what Torah is and they're pretty starts with a base why because if God started a tour with the olives we think okay it's an olive and it starts and you would not look deeper into the Torah because you have the beginning right here but God specifically starts with a base to say to you why does it start with a base to teach you that whatever you're going to study and whatever you're going to comprehend and yes it's God's Torah remember you are starting on the second step there's a step number one that you have to do before you study Torah and that is you have to recognize that whose tour is it it's God's Torah so step number one the Aleph of Torah is to recognize that it's God's Torah then you can go on to base to actually study the Torah as we know before you study Torah where you make the blessing washed on a locater Millhone you bless God who gave us the Torah it means we pay tribute that it's God's Torah and with that proper introduction then we'll be able to really appreciate and enjoy studying Torah so to answer the question how can we enjoy studying Torah to be conscious and cognizant that studying Torah is step number two step number one is recognizing and realizing the Torah comes from God and then we study Torah will appreciate it and enjoying it this week's Torah lesson is a memory of bora pandari liebe and Schlomo Ben Yosef may their souls be elevated for the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Habad please see our website [Music]