Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Va'eira 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 listen this week's Torah portion is Pasha's Vera the question of the week is happily experienced great growth so in this week's Torah portion we learn about the plagues which caused the Jewish people to be able to leave Egypt in other words in order to leave Egypt there was a process you have to go through ten plagues that was in a physical level the same thing also in order to go out of Egypt spiritually what does Egypt mean you stuck you're trying to have a great growth there's a process of the plagues so we'll talk about the first two blades spiritually what the process is the first plague is that what all the water turned into blood what does that mean water resembles cold blood is warmth excitement so the first plague the message is any time you're studying touring you're praying and you're doing the throat don't just do it coldly systematically or like a function of an inventor you're trying to accomplish but be excited about it be passionate about it like with blood the really compassionate excited about all the mitzvot Lateran that you're in the praying that you're doing that's the first void of going out of Egypt so you want to start going out of Egypt be excited but all the spiritual stuff second thing is was grasshoppers what's the grasshoppers they were grad servers are grown from the water that means it's resembles something which is cold and weird weird weird the grasshoppers go into your houses and the ovens all over what does that mean when it comes to materialistic things houses cars physical things you should be cold about it it just serves a purpose don't be compassionate passionate excited about materialistic things it's a functional thing just do it spiritually this concept is not a new concept it's the concept that we know I'll say it in Hebrew I'll translate sir may rob us a toys Sorbara means go away from being overly involved in in in negativity or an evil or being excited about materialistic thing but I see toy you put all your energy into positive stuff tourer emits low to prayer etc so the question has asked since we know the normal procedure is sir Mira go away from being excited from physical things and then get involved spiritual things here it's the opposite here we're saying be excited about Torah midsole and by the way clean up your act with the your over the involvement in the spiritual things why is that maybe explains that's because mean you want to go out of Egypt you can't wait until you get rid of all the negative behaviors to start the positive behaviors start doing the positive stop being exciting about our room but mitzvot than a prayer and slowly you'll clean up your involvement your excitement in other areas of your life so the answer the question how can we experience great growth start right away be excited but studying Torah praying and doing it slow and slowly with time you'll clean up your other negative traits that we all have thanks for joining us this week's Torah lesson is dedicated in the memory of Barack Benari lab and van Yosef may their souls be elevated by the Torah was studying in their memory for more information please see our website [Music]