Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Terumah 5779

[Applause] it's time for rabbi Minko it's weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo it's welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is fascist umma the question of the week is how can we experience the greatest happiness so in this week's Torah portion pastor Struma we learn about the Jewish people bringing different gifts to the temple and the Torah begins and says this is what you should bring solve castithan AHA yes gold silver and copper so the Rebbe asked a simple question normally when you bring things and when you list things that people bring you list first the things that are will have the least value then more value and then the greatest value as we see that even in the order of the items are brought to the temple it lists first things which were less available that would more and there were more available that means it was less value and then things which were the least available the special stones and that had that had the greatest value so why over here when it came to gold silver and copper did it mention the gold first so the Rebbe explains a fascinating and Danny says as follows when it came to building of the Mishkan God wanted everyone to participate men women children everybody and the questioners asked we know that the Mishkan was a place God was going to dwell on so if it's a place that God is gonna dwell in shouldn't you take people that are holy people that are special people that have meditated people to prepare themselves people don't have experience to build to build a tabernacle but God says no no I want every single person have equal parked male female adult child irrelevant what level of commitment or observance to God and to Judaism everyone has an equal part and the question is why so dreary brings an interesting idea of based on the Talmud Talmud so like this that when it comes to studying Torah so if you see the mood is studying Torah that's great you're starting to the right reasons why maybe not in the mood of studying Torah and the only thing that's gonna motivate you to study Torah it's an external idea you're doing it for reward the Talmud says yeah study Torah even though it's not for the right reasons and the Talmud says because me toys shallow this one even though initially you're doing it not for the right reason eventually I'll do it for the right reasons but the Rebbe explains based on the Kabbalistic insight that toys means not because but toys means the essence of every single person is great the essence of every single person is wonderful and therefore even though it looks like you're not studying for the right reasons but since there are essence is great therefore we should study um because our essence really wants to study Torah and that's why during explains everybody per took in the building of the tabernacle because even though maybe externally this one's this level that one's that level but the essence were all one how did God underscore that and how God pointed out to us by telling us the first thing that we brought was gold not because gold is more or less precious with God is referring to the Jew that every Jew is on the level of gold and we know golden Hebrews Ahava and sahab means it has an abbreviation of Zion a summary this is what a healthy person brings and God believes that every single person no matter of what level of observance our commitment it seems that you have God believes that we are healthy and we are holy and we all have 1st place and at a temple equally so the answer the question how can we experience great happiness just think about the way God thinks of us God thinks that were all healthy God things that we're happy and God things that were all special and that will give us the greatest happiness this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of bora pandari liebe slow-moving Yosef and Rahul Bhatt Lipa may the souls be elevated by the Torah we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Chabad please see our website [Applause] [Music]