Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Shelach 5780

welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is partial slock the question of the week is what is the lesson from a group so in this week's Torah portion Pacha slok we learn about the Jewish people on my tribe a know sending the spies to scout out the land of Israel moisture Bannon gives some specific instructions how to enter what to look for but then he also commands them and tells them that means Kazak them you should be strong and will attract them you should bring back me priyah roots from the fruit of the land and then the Torah says that I young him these days when they went was when the grapes are ripe so the Rebbe asked the question mice Rubino instructed them to bring back from the fruit the fact as we know we read the few verses later they brought back from the grapes pomegranate and figs so obviously they were all right so why is it Torah specifically say by how young Miam you maybe Korean of him only the grapes are ripe if the fact was they were all right there be explained as follows this whole idea of the slickness of the Moraga l'm sending the spies it's not just in the past a story the past but it's a story that takes place every single day with each and every one of us we are on a summer comes down into our body and we're charged with the mission of making a deer protect rhenium to making a dwelling place down here below where Hashem is not revealed how do we do that so this week's Torah portion tells us you have to scout at the land you have to scout out the taciturn in the place where God is concealed and see how he can reveal us some here Hashem wants to make it easy for us so he gives us the lesson of the grape what is unique about the grape look at the difference between the grape the pomegranate and the fig that they brought back all three of them had sees the difference is in the pomegranate has a lot of seats you don't see them in the fig this seeds also and you don't see them with the grape you see the seed inside what does that mean when you see behind the shell and behind the actual grape you actually see the season so it makes your job easier because you know that the grape Cain's comes from Hashem how do you know because it enables you to see the seed that the sweats the source of life force in other words behind the physical grape you're able to see the roof miss you able to see the spirituality versus an aparment granite you know this seeds inside but you have to open it you don't really see it the same thing also with the fade so when a person has a grape that means you're able to have the physical thing but you're able to see the roomiest it makes your job in this world much easier why because we all know Hashem has created the world maintains the world we don't see him unfortunately but we know behind the concealment December's everywhere by having the grape we have the lesson that we're is a sham how sermons could conceal but we see him and that's the lent that's the answer the question what's the lesson of the grape the lesson the grape is house Trenton is everywhere Hashem is concealed but why remembering the grape and looking at the grape just like in the grape we see the concealment the same thing also in places we don't see the concealment we know that our sin is in everything and that allows our mission of making this world a derivative time and Welling place for Sam much easier and able to accomplish it in a happier and more successful way thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week star lesson has dedicated to the memory of borrow Benari liebe slow-moving Yosef and Rocco ba sleep o may their souls be elevated by the Torah we're studying in their memory thanks again for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information please see our website Chabad swf org have a great week Shavua Tov