Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha EIKEV 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo it's this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is Pontius a give the question of the week is how can we receive the greatest blessings so in this week's Torah portion practice I gave the Torah says mahalia a curve Tichenor it will be as a reward because you're gonna listen so a curve is a unique word Arashi says what does a curve mean it's referring to the heel in other words simple mitzvahs if you can do the simple mitzvah that usually people put aside ignoring people under the big myth so the important it snowed then you're gonna get the tremendous rewards now what's interesting is the verse says what's the reward the reward is going to be the bris which is a covenant I said which is kindness and assure an oath so the question is asked usually what is a bris a bris resembles that two people make a bond irrelevant what happens we're going to be there for each other so in other words that's not a limiting type of commitment that's a commitment that's not that there has no limits and we're gonna be there for each other without any question what is cressid so we know the different scene faceting war is glorious if you deserve it you get if you don't deserve it you don't get plus it is we're just gonna give just because what's a sure sure the same idea it's an oath you're making an oath to be there to do so the question is asked on one hand it says value a key of Tichenor why is God giving us the blessings because we're listening that means we're getting it for a reason not just because and the other hand the reward is bris have said ressure unlimited blessings and the question is if how did they go together if if you were doing just because and God to give you this greatest blessings but here we're seeing is know if you're gonna listen and you're gonna do then you get the blessings so Robbie explains a phenomenal idea that's as follows God does not want us to have something which is called nama DeSousa which means bread of shame what does it mean bread of shame as the Talmud tells us that a person rather have measure that he worked on for himself around the nine as he got as a gift there's something about putting in sweat equity when you work on something and you put the effort in you feel great you feel wonderful and a person rather work on something even if so get something small because it's his own effort so another some God but in the other hand God wants us and give us the greatest blessing so God says like this there's two types of ways to look at Mitzvah what one is intellectually this is a big Mitzvah this is a small Mitzvah and if you look at it that way guess what you only don't do the big myth so you want to score the big points on the other hand you can look at doing a mitzvah no no there's no different thing of big and small because the common denominator teen and big and small it's all ruts in the shell I told them all of a sham so what's the difference being a big one a small one it's all the will of Hashem so the Rebbe explains but how you petition the verse is saying is God wants us to do accomplish two things one is God wants us to put in our efforts Tish no we're gonna work hard we're gonna put the effort into it but what how we're gonna put it into it not that we're gonna say this is bigger this is smaller but bigger and smaller is all the same thing because the goal is we want to do wrought solution so when I was when a person puts their effort in but effort putting your putting in to do ruts in a sham then you'll get married to receive the greatest blessing so the answer the question how do we receive the greatest blessings by putting our effort into it working hard but remembering that's all about Hashem's will then we'll receive the greatest blessings this week's Torah lesson is the memory of baroque Benari laid in Ben Yossef may their souls be elevated by the Torah was studying in their memory thank you so much for joining us for this week's Torah lesson for more information please see our website