Shnayim Yomi - Re'eh - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Tzachi Diamond - The Path to Connection

Welcome to parish tells us that you have to connect to Hashem and and come closer to him. But interesting when the PK finishes and says that you have to come close to Hashem tells us that the translation of this is which literally means with a trembling with a sense of fear you have to come close to Hashem but that's a little bit confusing. You want to come close to Hashem with a sim with a happiness not with a fear. The isel explains to us based off a p we're all familiar with how to really understand trembling and coming close to to hashem and he says the p is and the word has a and it could be read one way but written another way. It says, it's written with an al which means and we are not an we are not your nation but it could be read with a vo and to you we are your nation. How does this make sense? So he explains that if somebody is they're not feeling connected, you're not feeling like you're serving Hashem properly. You feel within I'm not really serving Hashem. I don't feel part of his nation. When you reflect upon that, you recognize the ability for us to grow and to be strong and to be better. And then we use that same P and come closer to Hashem as with as a result of with the olive of not feeling connected we commit ourselves to Hashem even more with the VV to you Hashem we're your nation and he finishes off with a beautiful remn says if you take the two lows lammed alf and lammed vavv it spells the word the way to come closer to Hashem and lol is to recognize that even though I may not have done what I could have or should have throughout the year below with the olive. I can still come closer to Hashem below with above and connect to Hashem with that relationship.