Zohar Parsha Bo. Lubavitcher Rebbe & Rebbe’s Father Kabbalist. By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is para Bo the question of the week is what is the powerful protection of the mza so in this week's Torah portion we're going to learn a piece from The Zo so the Z says as follows Raba said and I'll translate it that in many places Hashem protects the Jewish people and he gives an example he says Hashem says you make house he tells you go into the house and put put my name on the doorpost and I'm going to watch you I'm going to go ahead and take care of you the same thing also he says in this week's Torah portion Hashem said to the Jewish people go into the house and don't leave till the morning and you're going to take the blood from the Pascal lamb and you're going to pour it on the put it on the doorpost I'm going to go ahead and protect you that's where the the zor says so the protection is coming from the the in the mza The Shame of hem the name of hem and here the doorpost the blood on the doorpost so the Reb's father explains and he says what's the protection of what's the protection of the name of hem on the doorpost so he says that when you have a mza so in the muza you have the different sections of the Torah which is written in the mza and then on the outside of the mza you have three letters which is the name of hem sh so D's father says what's the protection the protection is the shind what what how is that a protection there his father explains stands for Hashem watches a doorpost of the Jewish people then he brings a a second opinion explanation what's the connection with chinal and he says as follows that in the mza you have aem's name you ha which is the infinite part of hem numerically that is 26 sh numerically is 314 and you take 314 and 26 you take those two numbers together you have 340 shame like the zor says the name of Shame is spelled sh which is 340 so the protection is from the 340 which is the shind and on the inside and he says it's not the protection of the numerical value of mza which is the same numerical value as's name Adonai which is 65 Etc that's from the Reb's father so the rebba explains and he says like this what is the essence of the muza the essence of mza isem says you put up on the muza on the doorpost the MUA provides the protection now what part of the M provides the protection so re brings from a different piece of Z in in in in in Deuteronomy with the same author of ABA and he says clearly that the part of the M that protects is the shind in the outside says one second shind is one of the names of hem but inside the M you have which is the infinite part of hem so why is it the protection specifically comes from shind which is not such a powerful name as which is on the outside versus the one on the inside you explaining as follows he says like this yes it's much more powerful and it's the infinite name of hem but when you're connected to Y what happens is we don't exist we're totally nullified by the tremendous power Hashem doesn't want us to be totally nullified he wants us to be at home and to have our home and to have an existence and to have our identity as a human being with our own existence and our own identity we should recognize it's coming from Hashem and that's why the power comes specifically from the shin on the outside not from on the inside because again and says even deeper that the greater and the more powerful ACC accomplishment is that when when it comes from from sh why because that allows you to be who you need to be but nevertheless who you are you're connected to so the answer the question what is the powerful protection of M the powerful protction M that protects us and it comes literally from those three letters that we see on the outside the shind like's father explains either because it's it it it spells out it watches a Jord Jew people or because it's connected to and together it spells the name shame like it says in the Z that the shame says put my name on the door and then I'll protect you you'll be safe at home thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week's Torah lesson is dedicated to memory of sa May their souls be elevated by the Torah studying in the memory for more information please see our website sf.org have a great and blessed week Shabu to