Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Tzav

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is pasha's south the question of the week is how can we connect to hashem by doing mitzvot so in this week's torah portion pasha sav as the torah portion's name is tsav hashem is commanding now what does saab mean so on one hand saab means a commandment but the altar and the terror explains that saab also comes from the expression of safsa the hebrew it connects us it connects us to hashem so the question is is it a command or is it a connection so the rabbit explains that he says something very powerful when you do a mitzvah there could be two reasons why you're doing a mitzvah one reason why you're doing a mitzvah you know what it makes sense enjoyable let's do the mitzvah on the other hand you can do the mitzvah exclusively because hashem is asking you whether it makes sense it doesn't make sense you're doing it because shema is asking do the mitzvah are you ready to do the mitzvah so the rabbi explains and he says as follows the torah is teaching us south the reason why we should do the mitzvah even though it makes sense or it doesn't make sense because hashem is commanding us when we do the mitzvah because hashem is commanding us then we will create the traffs of akhib with a great connection to hashem but the answer to the question if you want to be connected to hashem by doing mitch voice do it because it's the rotary in hashem it's the will of hashem is commanding us and then when you're doing it because hashem is commanding our ass to do the mitzvah we'll be connected to hashem thanks so much for joining us for our weekly torah lesson this week's torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of barack menaria laid shlom and joseph and rocco may the souls be elevated by torah studying in their memory have a great and blessed week for more information please see our website swf.org thanks for joining us shabua tov