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it's time for Rabbi Minka wits weekly
Torah lesson a place where life's most
difficult questions are answered here
with his spiritual perspective and
insight
rabbi Mingo it's welcome to this week's
Torah lesson this week's Torah portion
is Pasha's beau the question of the week
is where do we find strength to serve
God in example so in this week's Torah
portion Pasha's beau we learn about the
last three of the ten plagues that God
brought in Egypt so the second to last
play is Marcus OSHA plague of darkness
now the question is what kind of plague
is darkness
sera she asked the question and Rashi
explains that the reason why God brought
darkness is because since God promised
the Jewish people through Abraham that
they would leave Egypt with tremendous
wealth so how are they gonna get the
wealth so God made the plague of
darkness so it should be pitch dark for
the Egyptians and the Jewish people were
able to go around and look into the
Egyptians houses because they couldn't
see and they able to see what all the
trends were and then when they're ready
to leave they asked them if they can
borrow it now even though they were
borrowing it but technically they were
taking it for payment but it's another
side discussion they would bar them
there were jewelry etc and they said
they didn't have to worry I think you
have it this place in the house and so
on and so forth and therefore they were
able to leave with the tremendous wealth
so the question is asked why did God
have to create this miracle for it to be
dark for the Egyptians so the Jewish
people should be able to see where
everything is so the Rebbe explains an
interesting idea and he says like this
God created the world in a way that we
should serve him in the laws of nature
but on the other hand God does provide
miracles for us that were able to serve
God in the laws of nature in other words
had we left Egypt and there was no
plague of darkness how would we leave
with the wealth on the other hand from
God miraculously to give it to us that
would not be living in the in the real
world so God created the plague of
darkness so that was like a miracle that
aided us that allowed us to be able to
go look and we start to look we still
have to go through a house to house and
closet the closet and find not
but see where it is and later asked in
the laws of nature and the person should
agree to give like the famous story with
the after rubber boat he was travelling
on the boat and he wanted to kill -
lavona he wanted to bless the moon so he
asked the driver for the boat to stop
and he refused so the boat stopped
automatically and then he realized why
did it stop
so the altar would cause it to go again
and then dr. burr asked him can I make
karamaneh key please stop the boat and
he stopped a vote fit so the question is
asked that the altar was able to stop
the boat why do you have to ask the
captain to stop it and if he did wasn't
able to do it why the leaders do the
blessing there and the answer again is
because God wants us to serve Him in the
laws of nature but he also throws us
miracles to make it easier for us so to
answer the question where do we get the
strength to serve God in exile we get
the strength because we know we have to
do our part we have to do our work but
God does give us miracles that allow us
do our work much easier
this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to
the memory of baroque man Rea lave and
schlomo man Joseph may their souls be
elevated for the Torah we're studying in
their memory thanks so much for joining
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