Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Nitzavim-Vayelech 5780

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is pashlas natsuwayla the question of the week is what is our greatest strength so this week's torah portion pastors we know that partisans itself is always read before rosh hashanah so there must be some kind of connection between partisan and soviet and rosh hashanah so the rubber explains based on acidic discourse of the alta rebla that when the torah says you're standing standing means you're standing upright successful full of victory full of pride what is it referring to hayoim the powerful day the day that's coming up rosh hashanah so the shabbos before hashanah the torah tells us of him guess what you're standing strong you're going to be successful or whatever you're praying for on high young rosh hashanah and the question is why is that where do we have the strength to be so successful now we also know that shabbat before rashford this is shabbos that's the shabbos that has the power to bless the whole upcoming month so in this case where shabbos passion and supplement is shabbos of the month of tishrei but also the beginning of the whole year so this shabbos has the tremendous power to bless not only the month of tishrei but also the whole year where do we have the strength from so the rabbit says because the torah tells us you're standing today you know where you're standing today because you reached a place hashem to the pneumous to the essence of hashem when a person reaches a place of the essence of hashem then you have the power to bless not only rosh hashanah but not only the month of history but the whole year but how do we reach this place of nayashima so the verse continues and it says and it spells out all the different types of the jewish people and all the different details the torah continues to say referencing every type of jew but then the torah says what are we getting together for and the torah says that allah getting together in a bond what is a bond a bond means as follows when two people are in a relationship you can have a relationship it's conditional it's pending on each other's needs wants desires what we have in common our our mutual goals the other hub of bris means that we're getting together in a bond means we're not making any logical calculations we're in a bond we're in it for the good for the bad for the highs and for the lows and that's a real true relationship and that's a real true friendship so the rebbe explains the overhaba bris when we get together when we unite with wrist i mean we're getting together and we're agreeing to get along irrelevant what's going on in our life irrelevant how i feel and you feel whether we agree or disagree about whatever it may be but means we are bonding that we're all one we're all one and in the words of in hebrew it says above any logic above any reason we are connecting the abrahamic we're becoming one when we unite as one without any conditions without any limits and we're totally one jewish people then we have the power to go to phneash which draws down the greatest blessings for this shabbos for the upcoming tishrei and for the upcoming great and beautiful and blessed year so the answer the question what is our greatest strength our greatest strength is unity because through unity we will achieve and receive the greatest blessings thanks so much for joining us for our weekly torah lesson this week's torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of baruch bernardi labe yosef and rachel baslipo may their souls be elevated by the torah we're studying in their memory thanks again for joining us for our weekly torah lesson and let's hope and pray we stay united so we will be blessed for a great rosh hashanah and a great year have a great and blessed week and a blessed year