Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayakhel - Pekudei 5781

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is parshas by yake olympic day the question of the week is why were we created so in this week's torah portion we actually have a double torah portion we have the torah portion of ayakael and the torah portion of pikudei so the rebbe asks a very simple question vayakil means to gather what does that mean when you gather when you gather means ever you're part of a group you don't you lose your individuality what does pique mean you're counting each one separate everyone is unique so seemingly you have two opposite message on one hand the yackle means you're part of a group and the other hand tekuti means that you're individual you're unique you're special sure explains this based on a um terminology which is used at the end of the track date of conducion so it says like this there's two different versions of the statement one version says ani nevresi lashamesh's coiny i was created to serve my maker there's another version that that reads ani loin if racy i was not corr created ella la shama says craney only to serve my maker seemingly they're both saying the same thing but derby says no two opposite messages they're saying the same thing but coming from two different perspectives anin if racism means i was created i exist why was i created to serve god i need law university means i wasn't even created i was created oh my gosh it's only reason is to serve hashem to serve god sriracha says that's really the two different spiritual components of a yaki olympic day what yakil and bakudi is saying is you aren't even created you're part of the group the whole purpose is to serve hashem pikude is saying no you are created you have a purpose you have a mission in this world and your mission is to serve hashem two different perspectives but ultimately taking us to the same place to answer the question what was the question why are we created we were created to serve hashem this week's torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of baruch ben arya leib schlong ben yosef and rocco may their 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 please see our website chabadswf.org have a great and blessed week