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it's time for Rabbi minkowitz weekly
Torah 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 paru the question of the week
is what gift do we receive on Shabbat so
in this week's Torah portion paru we
learn about the song that mosu sang to
the Jewish people and he starts off by
saying
listen closely
heaven and hear the earth now seemingly
it should be the opposite because what's
closer to us closer to us is the Earth
so to
say which is further but explained is
that since MOS was a very high level
Soul he was closer to spirituality he
was closer to heaven so therefore he
said SC ask a very simple question the
Torah was given to us and if M was a
high level how does that help us but
explains that MOS has the power to give
each and every one of us that ability
that we couldn't be closer to heaven and
further away from the earth what does
that mean practically so the r explains
what's the whole idea of of mosu and
moso is here to teach us to inspire us
to have a better relationship with God
how do we have a better relationship
with God so in Hebrew it's something
which is called Chua what is chuva mean
chuva doesn't mean to repent it means to
to return to God now there's two types
of chuva one type of chuva is when
you're focusing on negativity and on
sins and on issues and you have to deal
with the problems but there's a higher
level Chua what's the higher level Chua
we just cleaving and becoming closer to
God now during the week when you're
dealing with the world and you're
dealing with challenges so you generally
dealing your struggling with Chua this
thing you're not concentrating here on
on mitv and you're not praying me the
way you should and so on and so forth
Etc
what happens on Shabbat on Shabbat we
know we're not allow to deal with the m
physical world shabas is the day of rest
shabas and actually comes from the
letters of chuva that means in Shabbat
we all have the ability to experience
what the highest level of chuva what is
the highest level of chuva we just
cleave to God without dealing with all
the challenges and transaction and all
our our shortcomings and perhaps even
our sins of the past we all have the
ability to reach a high level what does
that mean practically the rby says so
therefore we each hand Shabbat can
receive that gift what's the gift of
being able to
be that heaven should be close to us
that we can reach that high level of
chuva and that high level of a
relationship with God so the answer the
question what gift do we give receive on
Shabbat the gift that we do not have to
not only deal with the world
materialistically but even on a level of
chuv we want to come close to God we can
just become close to God without having
to deal with all our negative and all
our sins that we've done done we just
have one straight tou of returning to
God in a real beautiful and special
way this week's Torah lesson is in
memory of Bor and schlomo Ys May their
souls be elevated for the Torah that
we're studying in their memory thanks so
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