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it's time for Rabbi minkowitz weekly
tourah 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 Tor
portion is para truma the question of
the week is how can we Merit great
Miracles and blessings so in this week's
Torah portion par truma we learn about
the building of the Tabernacle that was
the moving betam mikdash and the Torah
tells us about the walls that were made
for the Tabernacle there were 20 Planks
on the North side 20 Planks on the
souths side there was six Planks on the
west side and these planks were put
together with sockets on top after all
the planks were put together you had a
solid three walls so the Torah tells us
that they would Place five bars of AAA
wood on each of the three sides how do
you get five so on the top there were
two short ones on the bottom two short
ones on all three sides and then there
was one that went the
whole north south and west side now
think about this you have a bar that's
made of AAA wood AAA wood is pretty
strong and you have to stick it in
through 20 sockets it has to make a turn
and then make another turn come all the
way back around how did that work how is
it possible for a solid bar of AAA wood
to go all the way through make a turn
and then make another turn and come all
the way back
around so the talud says
that it was a
miracle what does that mean so the tal
explains rash explains in the tal in
tractate
Shabbat that the priest he would go
ahead and no he used the word no he
would place it in and the tal says a um
no Craftsman can go ahead and do
this so the rebi
says thep obviously it was a miracle so
if it was a miracle why did a human have
to put it in and why does have to tell
us no Craftsman can do it if it's a
miracle we know that no human being can
do it and if was a miracle why do
someone have to put it in should it
happen miraculously so the rebi explains
the Torah is trying to teach us a
powerful Insight that if you want a
miracle in your life there's two
ingredients
one is
no you have to be willing to put it in
what does that mean you're willing to
put in you have to be willing to put the
effort in and B you have to realize that
no Craftsman that means no intellect no
strategies going to make it work when
you're willing to give yourself over to
a project and when you're willing to
accept that it's not going to be done by
a Craftsman by any strategy by any
intellectual capability but it's going
to happen because God wants it to happen
then it will be
successful so in other words how can you
have Miracles and blessings in your life
take the approach of the priest that had
to do an impossible task give yourself
over to the project dedicate yourself to
the project and accept the fact that
it's not going to be done based on your
talent your crafty ideas but it's going
to be happening because God wants it to
happen this week's Torah lesson is
dedicated to the memory of B and schomo
Ben Yosef May their souls be elevated
for the Torah that we're studying in
their memory thanks so much for joining
us for our weekly Torah lesson please
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teachings of the rebi followed by
services and a KES sh and have a great
week
