Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson ParshaVayakhel Pekudei 5780

welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion has passed us by yeah Caleb be coude the question of the week is how can we stay focused and what's important so in this week's Torah portion right in the beginning of our yeah kale the the first of the two Torah portions the torah begins by acclamation well you should read of gathers all the people and he tells them the Aylan had learned these are the words that God commanded me last ice Iceland to do them and he says we should work for six days and the seventh day we should rest which is celebrating Shabbat there's a pay which means that Torah portion ends and then it starts with the next message that moisture banner tells it to all the Jewish people this is what a son told me to command you about bringing all the gifts the Michigan so nobody has simple question moisture is gathering all the people and the main subject is about the temple there's a small message about Shabbat so first of all why is Shabbat come before the temple and why is it in two different messages first why why can it can be combined keep work six days rest and seventh and build a tabernacle why is it literally two separate two separate messages and two separate sections of the Torah so the Rebbe explains not only that but if you give a look when moisture man tells him about Shabbat he actually quotes from the Ten Commandments like to invoke the Ten Commandments how strong and how important it is so why does Ron why does the Torah do that so the Rebbe explains because moisture Boehner knew that the Jewish people are very very excited in a good way they're building the tabernacle everyone's busy they're bringing this they're bringing bad everyone's bringing gifts and they're helping out but what happens in you get excited about certain things you can forget the important things you can lose focus of what's really important so therefore moisture are Boehner wanted to help the Jewish people as excited as they are and enthusiastic as they are with building the tabernacle all the gifts they want to bring to remember and stay focused with the ten commandments that might be gone through that violated with all this excitement which is in reference to Shabbat six days you should work and bring things to a temple and build a temple but when it comes from baat you have to stop and that's why it's actually a separate Torah portion there's a pay a separate power shop not a full total course where I set up our shop and it's a separate commandment to underscore it moisture and wanted to underscore to the Jewish people remember that's very very important as busy as excited you get you have to always remember the priorities the priorities are to listening to God and filed in Ten Commandments and obviously observe Shabbat which is the commandment the motion and instructed them here so the answer the question how can we stay focused on our priorities this remember from oyster obey no moisture Rainer reminded us right in the beginning stay focused on your priorities and if you say focus on your priorities then when you whatever you're doing you won't lose focus and you always Brit mail to bring yourself back to remain loyal and dedicated to our true values and true principles thanks so much for joining us for this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of bora pandari labor slow-moving Yosef and Rocco bus sleeper may their souls be elevated by the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks again for joining us for this week's Torah lesson Shavua Tov have a great week for more information please see our website Chabad swf org