Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha NASO 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi mankiewicz welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is Pontius not so the question of the week is what is the value of time so in this week's Torah portion we learn about the tribal leaders gift to the tabernacle so Toma tells us that each tribal leader gave one cattle and it totaled it was twelve cattle and every two tribal leaders together gave a wagon so since we had twelve tribal leaders every two gave a wagon so there were six wagons what was the purpose of the twelve cattle in the six wagons so they gave it to the tribe of Gera shown got two wagons with four cattle and then that they carry the draperies from the tabernacle the tribe of Merari received four wagons with with eight cattle and on there they put the heavy wood sockets the walls the different holy objects of the of the of the tabernacle when they had to transfer that when they have to transport it so the question is I asked a simple question we're dealing with the tabernacle and the tabernacle is a holy thing it's part of God's everything should be in Hebrew is a word Baba plentiful and here the tribal leaders they gave six wagons and you're putting on all these heavy things from the tabernacle and four wagons the drapery is fine to fits comfortably it's nice but what's the big deal want is they made a few extra wagons and therefore they can put out the all the heavy items on the wagons with with plant with plenty of room maybe even some breathing space why they have to be exactly we're literally fit the Talmud tells the fifth exactly almost like a cubicle putting together to fit perfectly what would be if there was an extra space so the Rebbe teachers a very fascinating insight we are dealing with in Michigan we're dealing with the dwelling place of God now in God's dwelling place there's no such thing as extra and is the thing as waste everything has a purpose everything has a place in other words if you only need four wagons even though it's tied you get four wagons obviously than any more they would have gotten one but you only get what you need because every place has a purpose and every every not only place has a purpose but every single place time and energy has a specific purpose that it was created for so in other words to answer the question what's the value of time the value of time is every single second moment that we have is a gift for God from God to us for us to use out to its fullest because this specific moment in time and moment in place is a gift for us to use to its maximum this week's Torah lesson is a memory of varrock Benari liebe and Schlomo vinyasa may the soul be elevated by a tour was studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information please see our website