Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayechi 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is practiced by ithi the question of the week is where do we find strength to deal with exile so in this week's Torah portion parvathi which is the last Torah portion of the first of the five books of Moses the Torah big finish's often says Kazak Kazakh means Kazakh which means we should find strength strength from what from the Torah portion what does it say at the end of the Torah portion we're looking for strength it says that Joseph dies and he's buried in Egypt the Rebbe asked what kind of strength do we get from the fact that Josephus diet means buried and Rebbe explains we know that the book the first book part of burisch grace is called one of the names it has is the book of Yashar even straight people why because the Prophet the the patriarchs Abram Isaac and Jacob and the tribes they were straight they were clear they saw God they knew God and they didn't have they don't have to deal with exile they don't have to deal with challenges that we deal with today in galute the second book remote Exodus is called the book of Google the redemption because it's gonna be the redemption of the Exile so in other words in the first book in Genesis in Bereshit it's all about the patriarchs the tribes and they see light clearly once remote starts that's what exile starts and that brings about the the ghoul so here is the transition we're going from you Sharan we see a clearer picture we see God in godliness and we're going into exile so we need strength for that so the Tauri tells where's the strength to remember Joseph atomic and God says even though the patriarchs are buried in Israel Joseph is going to remain with you and Gullett and as long as you connect to Joseph you will be able to overcome godless and all of its challenges from the answer the question how can we find strength in galoot is by connecting to the topic of generation and we will have strength to deal with anything and everything in galoot this week's Torah lesson is a memory of bora pandari liebe and slow mo ben Yosef may their souls be elevated for the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Habad please see our website [Music]