Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha VAYELECH 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo 'its welcome to this week's torah portion this week's torah portion is processed by gala the question of the week is there's a tour of leave room for into individuality so in this week's torah portion we learn about the ark now in the ark we know was the tank Ten Commandments plus there was the Torah now there's a debate between or may arm you who though with the Torah was her mayor's opinion was a Torah was actually inside the ark we who this opinion was that it was actually a board that went out from the ark and it sat on the board what was the basis of the argument the base of the island is as follows we all know that the Ten Commandments had 620 letters one of the six hundred twenty letters resemble the 613 commandments and the several binnacle rabbinical Commandments which makes it a total of 620 now that's only the main the in terms of a letter representing the 613 commandments in the several vertical Commandments however all the details in the Torah so you need to learn the whole Torah now the Torah already allows for more detail more self expression the way this one understands that but ultimately there's much more detail in their verses in the essence of the Ten Commandments sure mayor says we know her mayor resembles light and he says you have to be literally in the same arc you have to be so connected you could be separate but you have to be connected our user says that no it's okay to be outside the arc but you have to be an aboard you have to be connected in other words both from Mayor you who there agree that you have to have some connection to the original source you can't go off on your own you can't create any new Commandments mayor felt it should be a little closer and you the feels that could be even a little further away as long as you're rain connected so what do you see you see that the ultimately both agree you have to stay connected even though you could have your your self-expression up up until our mayor feels the self expression should be noticeable through the source of the original source and view this says you can have a little more self expression but they all ultimately all agree that you could have individuality but you have to stay connected to the source so to answer the question there's a tour wants to be individuals absolutely we should individual we should have all our own style but as your mayor mute the both agree we have to be connected to the original source which is God and the Ten Commandments this week's Torah lesson is the memory of burro when are you laid and Ben Yossef may their souls be elevated by the Torah study in their memory thank you so much for joining us for this week's Torah lesson for more information please see our website