Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha KI TAVO 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo it's welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is Pontius key summary the question of the week is how do we have such a great healthy self-esteem so this week's Torah portion washes kissably we learn about the inseparable bond between God and the Jewish people and the Jewish people on God and as the verse said we're God's commanding us to follow fulfill all the commandments and week Hashem hamartia we're saying to God that we're ready to follow God in every area and God is telling us that we're gonna be a chosen nation so the question is God should be telling us first versus us telling God first we're telling God that we're committed to you and then God tells us yes with the chosen nations the questions where do we have that strength to say that to God so it's interesting is the Torah uses an interesting word God what does God tell us that we are a I'm Sabula we are treasure nation what is a treasure so if you think about your if you're a king running a country so you have the Treasuries that's used to run daily operations then you have Treasuries are used only for the kings special garments special crown the king but then you have certain treasures that are just there just because true treasures that's the highest level or treasure what does God say we are this special treasure in other words we have different relationship relation we have a relationship we study when we pray when we do mixed vote but then we have a relationship where I shine where God says we are as Sula whatever happens whatever we do we are this special treasure of God and irrelevant we will always remain connected and when God tells us that we're always connected irrelevant what happens he loves us irrelevant and what's going on that creates such a beautiful and powerful self-esteem within us that we always committed to God just like God is committed to us so the answer the question where do we have such a great healthy self-esteem and remember the words of God that we are in am Saguna we are chosen nation that God loves us just because this week's Torah lesson is the memory of baroque Benari late and Ben Joseph 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