Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Ki Teitzei 5781

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is pasha's kisey the question of the week is how can we be confident in our mission of turning the darkness of the world into a godly place so the torah portion begins and it says when you will go out to war on your enemy so the question is shouldn't it say with your enemy why does it say you're going to go out to war on your enemy now rashid says what kind of war are we talking about we're talking about an absolute war not one where we're being attacked now we know that the torah is not just teaching us about stories of the past but it's a practical lesson how we can live our life what's the practical lesson so the war that we're talking about is the war of the concealment of god and turning the concealment in god into a godly place we want to make this world a godly place because naturally we don't see godliness our war is that we should see godliness not only that we shouldn't sin but on the contrary we want to create an experience of a kalmar saccharology everything we should do mundane thing should be sure hashem everything that we do we should know hashem so to answer the question how can we confident our mission of taking this dark world and turning it into a godly place so the torah says clearly when you go out to war the war to make this world a godly place you should know allah you're above your enemy and when you're above your enemy you can know that you will be confident that you will succeed in your mission this week's torah lesson is dedicated to memory of barack minari labe and yosef and rachel baslipa may your souls be elevated by the torah we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for more information please see our website swf.org have a great and blessed week