Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayigash 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is passions by ye gosh the question of the week is has God want our heart or our actions so in this week's Torah portion process are you gosh we see the famous story where yahudah is coming to intercede on behalf of his brothers and he approaches Yosef so spiritually obviously OSes winners are standing in a higher plane and you who the Judah is approaching Joseph in the haftorah of this Victoria portion you find where Joseph and you who they are mentioned but it says but I bleed of it David is gonna be the king that means ultimately you who'd yahoo though comes from the trial David is gonna be the higher one so the question is who is higher Joseph or Yehuda so the Rebbe explains Joseph resembles the idea of emotions as we see the Mishkan that was in the place of Joseph was made out of wood which something which grow it's all about emulsions that grow the baton m'gosh resembles Yehuda which was made out of stone which is accent about myths note so you see that in this world this week's Torah portion deals with this world who is the one that Judah has to approach Joseph that means God wants in this world emotions but ultimately the Messiah comes we're gonna realize the tremendous power that actions midsole and so the answer the question what does God wants God wants both God wants her emotions or I wanna leave a body God wants our emotions he wants the passionate and had proper qivana but also he wants us to do the mitzvahs because the mitzvahs ultimately that's really where it's at this week's Torah lesson is a memory of bora pandari liebe and Schlomo Ben Joseph may their souls be elevated to the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Habad please see our web right [Music]