Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha VAYELECH

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 partials my gala the question of the week is what is the healthy attitude of one that is repenting so this week beside that we read partials by a look it is also known as sabes chuba and the reason why it's called Chavez chuva is because the Chavez team rush on Yom Kippur and we are in the ten days of repentance so the spirit of repentance is very very strong also they have to rush of the parser is about returning to God and the Spirit is to repent now on one hand we know when somebody's repenting so you're thinking about all the deeds that you've done that weren't necessarily the greatest and you're remorseful for it so the mood of someone else repenting generally speaking would be one of seriousness maybe even a little sadness or bitterness but in the other hand when it's Shabbos chuva tape when is the special shoppers take place on Shabbat and we know in Shabbat the person has to be happy if to be joyous so here it's interesting that shabbos chuva we have opposite requirements of us wanted to do to ver and the other hand which was well see the sim card was to be joyous so nobody asked a very simple question how does Hannah the two go together so nobody explains and he says if you give a look in the Torah portion partially a look on one hand the Torah portion is called by a look but yay look means that you were somewhere and you left because wherever you are you left that's also not necessarily the greatest feeling because you're leaving something behind on the other hand you find the same Torah portion the Jewish people most revealing and finishing the tour and giving to the Jewish people so that's a experience of joy so how did the two go together leaving a place which is creates a feeling of emptiness and simcha and there every explains a phenomenal idea and that is as follows anytime there's a mitzvah the Torah irrelevant what the Mitzvah is so in our case the mitzvot of chula the mitzvah to repent so since it's a mitzvah the Torah and we know that the Torah tells us even assemble somehow we have an obligation to serve God with joy so therefore the Mitzvah of true ver is supposed to be done Bassam huh with joy but the question is how could the midst of chula repentance me don't with joy you're thinking about things you did wrong you have some misgivings about things that you've done and Derby explains it based on an analogy the alter bridge's and tanya and he says in the analogy is if you have a king and his son was taken captive and he's far away from the palace of the king and obviously is very very painful for the king and for his son and then the Sun is reunited with the father so the rebbe explains there's no greater simcha as when they are reunited but why is that he was just gone and they were so sad and the answer is was when he comes back to his father's home what is the focus the focus is not the fact that he was missing but the focus is the fact that the reunited again and the only focus on the new experience and the new special place that that in so even though yes he was missing and it was sad but right now what is the focus that he's returned home to his father's house and the Rebbe explains that's the same outlook one has to have intruder true you that something wrong but right now you're returning to God in a wholesome and a beautiful way and therefore it's a reason to be the simca specifically when you do too long so to answer the question what is the healthy attitude of one that is repenting to do it with joy because ultimately yes things were done that weren't necessarily so great but now you're returning back to its original place and that is a reason to be joyous and celebrate I think the lesson is very practical we also we all go through things in life that we've done wrong and we go through repentance whether it's within ourselves with another human being or with God remember that the goal is the reunification and that should bring the greatest joy this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Barack Benari lab and ben Yosef may their souls be elevated by the total was studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information about chabad please visit our website