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it's time for rabbi Minko its weekly
Torah lesson a place where life's most
difficult questions are answered here
with his spiritual perspective and
insight rabbi Mingo 'it's welcome to
this week's Torah lesson this week's
Torah portion is partially Yeshe the
question is how important is it to be
part of a community so in this week's
Torah portion partially a shave we learn
about yo safe and his brothers Joseph
and his brothers where Joseph had his
dreams the brothers did not like him
they didn't get along he finally comes
to visit the brothers when they were out
in the field and they decided they were
winning killer Ruben says we can't kill
him so he figures tells him rather than
killin let's go into him in a pit and
sure enough Ruben leaves to go take care
of his father his goal was to take you
know 2 p's the brothers and try to
settle it but while he was gone they go
ahead and they sell yo safe for 20 coins
and the Torah tells us that because
those 20 coins that they sold him so to
each brother benefited a half a shekel
therefore we have the Mitzvah of Max's a
shekel that we bring in a temple for the
community sacrifices so the question is
a very simple question if there were 12
brothers Joseph was sold benjamin wasn't
there and moving wasn't there so they
didn't get a half a shekel it actually
came out they got a little more than
half a circle how do you get the number
of a half a shekel so the Rebbe explains
that the reality is that even though you
write to only young people there but we
either include reuven in the count or we
include yo citroen account why do we
include ruby into the account because
even though he was never when he came
back and they told him what he did he
realize oh my gosh my brothers already
did it it's too late what's the point of
fighting with them so he basically was
quiet he accepted what they did so
notice he teamed up with the brothers
even though he didn't agree with them
because it was already a done deal
Joseph another reason why he's included
because the fact is joseph is one that
inside of them is
a little the fight by telling him the
dreams so therefore he is included in
the count so the ready brings out that
ultimately Joseph's part of the group
part of the community eruvin is part of
the community even though they weren't
part of the actual sale and therefore
when it came to the moxa Cishek L what
do you do with the master shot girl the
max of shekels given to the temple for
community sacrifices in other words to
take the negative effect of that
community where they went and sold
someone to transform it and to do
positive things for the community to
bring community sacrifices so in other
words how important it is is it to be
part of a community so you see from
moving even though ruling didn't agree
with them but bottom line it was done he
stayed connected to them and the family
stayed strong and you see in the temple
we bring everyone put some coins into
the box and you bring community
sacrifices because it is true real
tremendous power and community this
week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the
memory of baroque Benari lab and
ben Yosef may their souls be elevated by
the total we're studying in their memory
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