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it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly
Torah lesson a place where life's most
difficult questions are answered here
with his spiritual perspective and
insight
rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's
Torah lesson this week's Torah portion
is partial spot to him the question of
the week is humility and arrogance are
they mutually exclusive
so in this week's Torah portion practice
from spot to spot them right in the
beginning the torah begins their Eila
how much button and these are the laws
so Rashi right away ask the question
when the torah begins it's speaking
about the laws mr. button but it doesn't
say a lot how much button these are the
laws it says nit ayla and these are the
laws as if it's continuation from before
so what's the continuation with me for
so Rashi explains the continuation is
from before very simple that since in
last week's Torah portion passes yes
roll we receive the Torah from God and
now we're going over to a lavish party
and these are the laws so therefore the
Torah is telling us these laws also came
from Sinai everything comes from sorry
so you'll be asked what why is that
important first or why is that important
to tell us what's the important for the
connection and there we explain is a
fascinating insight nets as follows
on one hand the question is why is it
that God gave the Torah at Mount Sinai
we know God gave it he picked this the
lowest mountain and the question is if
God wanted to pick a mountain a chef in
the biggest and you're picking a
mountain why the smallest but why God
picked the the smallest mountain because
God wanted us to experience humility but
with a little dignity in other words you
have to be humble that's like the small
mountain but you also need dignity now
what happens when you starting to learn
miss button you starting to learn laws
so what happens he's starting to learn
laws laws requires intellect intellect
is the human being and you have to
understand it this way it's your opinion
you or the way you understand it which
brings out in a person a sense of
arrogant arrogance the question is if
God is going to be humble or he wants me
to be arrogant if he wants me to be
humble so why is he telling me I should
decide the laws and the BET then has to
decide the laws and everyone's an
opinion when you study Talmud I say like
this and you
like that and there be explains very
simple because god yes absolutely he
wants us to use our brain and he wants
us to have a little arrogance because
otherwise we would not comprehend things
on her own but to always remember the a
let me spot them as you learning the
laws and as you're using your intellect
and as you understand and he understands
and she understands whoever studying
always remember that these laws came
from Sinai and always bear in mind that
is a underlying of all your discussions
we have to have true humility so the
answer the question is arrogance and
humility mutually exclusive absolutely
not you need to have absolute humidity
but you also have to you have a little
arrogance and they have to be connected
and intertwined
this week's Torah lesson is a memory of
bora pandari leave and Ben Yosef
may their souls be elevated for the
Torah that we're studying in their
memory thanks so much for joining us for
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