Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Toldot 5782

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is partially told us the question of the week is how can we affect everlasting change so in this week's torah portion chapter 26 verse 18 it speaks about yitzchak's work with digging the wells and the torah tells us that the wells that are vrama avinu dug that the prison went ahead and they stuffed up the wells yitzhak reed dug them and he called them with the names the same names that our brahmavina called them but what's interesting if you look into the verse when it says and he called them names shamely so it's spelled shin memv and sof and when it says he called and liked the names that abramovina called them it says shin memsaf it's missing the letter valve so the question is how come yitzchak's wells in the word shameless you have the letter of and in the word of shema is the names for our brahmavino you don't have the letter above so the rebel explains based on the zoar the zoa says that give me a honest name an honest letter and this always says you want an honest letter an honest letter is the letter of love represents honesty what's the connection with involvement honesty so rubber explains we know that our work in this world our spiritual avoidal is true work hard work transformation like gitzhak we know you talked worked male 1 he worked into this world they elevated the world our brahmavinu he brought in light to the world it was great it was amazing but it didn't really impact the world as the fact was after he dug the wells that we all to be stuffed up again versus you talk with a true transformation what's the connection with the letter above so rabbit says we know all the work that we do in this world the source is from the 42 travelings of the jewish people traveled members massois what is member is the 42 massages represent so we know the real work is our seven emotions and to work with our seven motions not just once it's once twice three times up until six times and that's why six times doing the work times the seven emotions equals 42 which is the 42 journeys of the jewish people so in other words you want to have the true letter you have to do it six times and you have to do the work and when you do the work that's when the work will last forever and that's when it comes to yitzchak swells you have the letter above because it came from real effort and because it had real effort it lasted forever avraham avinu he called them names but they were lacking involved they were lacking the personal effort and that's why they didn't last so the answer the question how can we affect everlasting change by putting in the work by putting in the effort doing it once twice three times up until six times we will see everlasting change thanks so much for joining us for our weekly tour lesson this week's torah lesson is dedicated to memory of baruch menaria labe banyose from rocco may their souls be elevated by torah with studying in their memory for more information please see our website swf.org have a great and blessed week shavua tov