Shnayim Yomi - Yitro - Shishi - #6 - Rabbi Yaakov Gibber - A Personal Relationship with Hashem

Paras shishi in the sixth aliyah. Of course we have in the decaloger the ten commandments begins famously asks quoting the opinion of and others. It says why is it that the beginning of that which are the most important statements why is it we talk about why is it that the first of doesn't describe should begin with the creation of the world so he explains that while yes on one hand certainly it's far easier to understand that is the ber is the creator of shmare is the master of the universe. That's certainly the case. But in order for a person to know that is the continues to be the today and in every way and in every perspective, in every aspect even after he created the world. So therefore, it's imperative a person understands. How do we recognize that he still exists? How do we recognize that even after it was the creation of the world? So then of course we understand that only happens when we realize that the story starts from and accordingly what we understand by introducing himself as the one who took us out of he's emphasizing yes it's true that the mitzvah that we're about to be commanded represent an extension of the relationship that we have the special bond that we have to and that we were delivered from slavery and the ability to then take the we now have and then bring it to the destiny the national narrative the story of who we're meant to In the mitzvah in the learning of Torah and the relationship of the we understand it means that I am hashem your god as if to say not only am I hashem the creator of it's the master of the universe creator of all but I want you to know it's I'm ela I am your god I am a personal god to you I have a relationship with everyone each of you singular and private unique and very special is my relationship in this introduction serves to provide us with the ultimate orientation that for all mitzvah that were to follow beginning with the ten commandments and continuing throughout all of the entire program of all the mitzvah remember that the mitzvah are the opportunity for us to draw close me to you and you to me and therefore for you to remember that the clus the great the big the glorious the my separation the creation of the world and then it's the relationship that I have with each and every one of you as