Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayelech - Rosh Hashana 5781

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is passionate by yelach the question of the week is how can we succeed in life so this year the torah portion of nitsavan abbayelech are split into two torah portions and we read one before rosh hashanah and one after roshana the commentaries tell us there's a verse in the prophet daniel that says as follows pass bag which is referring to a certain type of bread and they explain that past bag is made up of two words pass is bread and beige and gimbal bases number two and gimbal is number three in other words when rosh hashanah falls out on either monday or tuesday so in this case in this year it falls out on tuesday so then pass just like you have bread when you eat it it falls apart so there from the top of the yield which are many many times together but when shauna falls out on monday and tuesday the the sub mayella has split apart just like bread is spread apart and we'd read one third portion before roshana and the second one after rosh hashanah now what's interesting is these two days of monday and tuesday that merchant falls out monday and tuesday it gets split so so the zohar says as follows that monday conflict was created and on tuesday peace and resolution was created that's why monday is not the best day um to try to deal with stuff because monday in the in in the dna of monday there's all about conflict first you want to try to create conflict resolution tuesday's a good day for that so let's look at the two torah portions nitsavim which is the first portion represents life after the top mahayon you're standing where life is all good the beginning of life you start out life life is all great and it's something you're standing strong then you go through life with all the conflict and all the challenges and then by elect we know moisture and comes to the end of his life represents after you go through life and you dealt with conflict and you're able to create conflict resolution are you able to create priests then you come to the higher level of ayala so in other words when you start out life it's quiet but it's only in southern you're only standing but when you go through life and you make it through life and you succeed in life then you reach the level of what about so now when the two torah portions of itself are yellow are split like in this case so it's there's a clear distinction between the life of this of him when you start out you're living in your in your own space and life is good and you're standing strong and straight and then there's a clear distinction what happens when you go through life you're able to reach a level of ayala when you really start growing you really start excelling in life now how do we have the energy to go through life with all the conflict to succeed in life so the prophet he says that the king gave past bag which is bread and also he gave wine in other words spiritually whatever saying is the king gives us everything we need and as long as the king is giving us the bread and the wine the physical bread and wine and the spiritual bread and wine he gives everything he needs the sustenance and which is represented by bread and wine which represents joy then we have what it takes to succeed in life so to answer the question how can we succeed in life we succeed in life by knowing that hashem gives us everything that we need and when we take everything ourselves gives us and we use that as fuel to turn all conflict into resolution and to peace and happiness that's how we will grow and we will succeed in life interesting is this is actually the last talk the river gave in honor of shabbos foreign that we have so far this week's torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of barak banari labe and yosef and may their souls be elevated by the torah we're studying in their memory have a great and blessed week and a great year may we all be written and signed and sealed for an amazing beautiful year in the book of life and joy and happiness and success and everything that we need have a great and again blessed week and a blessed year for more information please see our website swf.org