Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Terumah 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 poshest rumah the question of the week is why are Jews fanatics so in this week's our apportionment practice room ah we have the mitzvah of making the Mishkan the tabernacle and the Torah tells us the also li mikdash we should make to me a resting place there's a haunting I will dwell beside hum in them plural so the questions asked the chakra is so from do is one Myshkin those one tabernacle so to say Basanti I will dwell this so high in the tabernacle why this sacrum plural so it brought down the medicine says the reason why it says plural because God wants not only in the physical structure the Mishkan that God could have a dwelling place but God wants and each and every one of us he should have a resting place me you him her in everyone and everywhere got sure to have a place that he feels comfortable being now since God has to have a dwelling place in every one of us so we need to know what does that mean how do we make our abode whether it's our physical of all the spiritual Lords well in place for God so you look the way the temple is built the tabernacle is built what does it say right afterwards how do you build a tabernacle also tell you to make the walls out of a cage 15 acacia wood now the Hebrew word for I'd say shittin osseous wood shittin shittin means a case sure but also means to us warming to us just means a little bit crazy what does that mean it means I'm yes because the fact that God gave us a brain and God gave us a heart if we follow our brain and we follow our heart and our heart follows our brain we will do the right things we will say the right things we will think think the right things will be connected to God and will never disconnect now why is somebody veer off and not listening to God because he had a little stuff he had a little silliness a little craziness and he veered off and did the wrong thing and didn't necessarily listen or missed an opportunity to do what God wants so the Torah gives you right you want to make your house you want to make yourself a home for God you have to veer off to the right you have to do fanatical things in the positive way do an extra Mitzvah do them it's a nicer be careful double careful not to transgress and this way you'll end up being balanced so the answer the question why Jews fanatics we're fanatics because we have to make up for the times that we err to the left we go to the right that brings us back that we're centered thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of bora pandari Labe and and Yosef may the souls be elevated by the Torah that was studying in their memories for more information about Chabad please see our website [Applause] [Music]