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it's time for rabbi minkowitz weekly
tour lesson a place where life's most
difficult questions are answered here
with his spiritual perspective and
insight rabbi minkowitz welcome to this
week's torah lesson this week's torah
portion is pastors ki sisa the question
is should a person do a mitzvah if
you're not in the mood so in this week's
torah portion we learn about the mitzvah
of marxist hasheco
that is where every single jew
gave a half a shekel to the temple and
this marxist shaka that was given was
unique that it was mandatory in other
words when it came to a sacrifice
a person give more a person give less
a person give bigger he can get smaller
and a person gives as a torah says
specifically mirth sonoy when you give a
sacrifice it has to come from your will
if you give a for sacrifice it's not a
sacrifice the idea of the sacrifice
you're sacrificing you're giving it from
your will
here the
max is torah says
everyone i think everyone had to give
the the same amount
so
rashi tells us that um
it was perplexed with the smithson
didn't know what it was
so it says mattress that god took out a
master shekel a coin that was a half a
shekel but was made out of h out of fire
and he showed it to moshe reno and he
says this is what they should give
so the question is moshe did not know
what a half a shekel was
and secondly what is this showing of a
coin of fire
so the rebbe explains a powerful insight
and that's as follows marshall obama
knew that when it came to the temple as
we said before when you gave a sacrifice
you have to give you from your own free
will you have to want to give it that's
why it's a sacrifice here you're making
a donation to the temple and what are we
saying everyone has to give whether
someone doesn't want to give
and they're not interested in giving
or they specifically don't want to give
but nevertheless it's mandatory everyone
had to give and was like a tax
but the motion of bringing us wondering
attacks
for
you know street repairs is one thing but
to bring to the temple for sacrifices a
half a shekel should be a tax that
should be a voluntary thing how is that
even going to go go into the temple
and god took out a master shekel made
out of fire to show him that when a jew
gives a marxist a shackle when a jew
gives a half a coin a half a dollar
whatever he gives
even though sometimes he doesn't want to
give it but it has the same fire
as when he wants to give it because the
important thing is that he's giving and
as long as he's giving it comes from the
fire of a jew
to answer the question
should a person do a mitzvah if you're
not inspired absolutely because even
though you're not inspired it's still a
beautiful mitzvah and it creates a
connection with god
this week's torah lesson is dedicated to
the memory of baruch men arya labe and
may their souls be elevated for the
torah we're studying in their memory
thanks so much for joining us for our
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