Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayechi 5780

Bob please join us welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is Pontius mighty the question of the week is where do we have the strength to withstand the tests of their zone so this week's Torah portion named biue speaks about by yuffie 'aka yock I've lived mr. B asks a question Yaakov lived in this week's Torah portion earn about yakar passing away and Natalie we learn we got capacitor we learn about Joseph passing away and with that the exile started as we already see next week's Torah portion Baylor's for a stroll I'm volume it's trying with already into Egypt they're ready into exile so what does that do by you see Aquaman their army explains that by your fee a Kurd means that yes soccer passed away and Joseph passed away but Jakob was still alive how is Yocto still alive the Rebbe explains because yeah clave represent tutorial Yaakov learned Torah I mean you learned her you bring God and godliness down to the lowest places Yaakov represented Emma's truth and therefore doesn't say Yaakov died why cuz Missouri became a field behind because you know as of his children goal is footsteps and learned her as a yak is also life Jeremy takes even a step further Zara is referring to his children but sorry also it means a seed what are the seed you take a seed you plant it in the ground something goes out so when a person learns Torah not only are you causing your parents and your great-grandparents to be alive but you're also planting the seeds for the future and since we all come from one of Yonkers for wives billah Rocko's ooh-la-la if you take the letter the first letter from each one of the four wives it spells out bars LLL iron that means we come from iron from solid core that we have the power to overcome the challenges because this clip ode we know this negative energy and there's the positive energy and sometimes yes the cleep are very very strong like iron but we also come from iron stock from Billa either from Billa Rocko's live or Leia and we we stand strong like iron as children a bill or roffels upon Leia and we follow in yonkers foots as we learn Torah we're able to continue yonkers life so how do we withstand the challenge of exile we withstanding it by learning Torah being committed to the ways of God then we will be able to overcome all the challenges of example this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of borrow Pandaria Lane slo-mo ben Yosef and Rock Hall bus sleeper may their souls be elevated by the Torah was stunning in their memory for more information please see our website Chabad swf org thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah