The 13 Principles of Jewish Faith - Principle #8: Torah - Just Do it! - Rabbi Akiva Fox

[Music] we're going to be discussing the ninth of the 13 principles of faith an email in bommanahalli my believe with complete fish call her Tyra ha matsuya ought to be a dinner that the entire Torah that is found now in our hands he hunted suna this is the one that was given the moisture are being Oliver Shawn this is the same color that was given to moshe is the one that we have now in our hands so better session we are going to learn try to understand exactly what the Torah is and obviously what the color isn't and hopefully that will give us a little bit of clarity into what our obligations are and what it is that this of the 13th principle the ninth of the 13 principles is trying to tell us so let's try to analyze the actual word that Donnie mom and say shakaal hot air that the entire Torah I matsuya ought to be a day know that is found now be a day no in our hands keanu sooner lamar bay Nova Shawn this is the one that was given to my shopping olivacea so there's three interesting words or three interesting ideas that seem to stick out and the specific words that the UH nima min chose number one I matreya after that is found now bring me now that is found in our hands so what does it mean that is found now specifically now number two BR Daniel in our hands the Torah is not always held in a person's hands I mean sometimes when you go to shul you open up the ark and then you take out the Torah then you have it in your hands but the Torah perhaps is more in the heart is perhaps more in the mind so what does it mean specifically be a demo in our hands and then he ran asuna the moisture albania this is the one that was given specifically to moisture rubino now of course all of this is absolutely truth there is no doubt whatsoever about it the question is why are we specifically mentioning that this is the one that was given to moshe rabbeinu obviously this is the one that was given to the Jewish people so what are we specifically referring to when we meant number one idea of now a present number two the idea of the hands holding the Torah in the hand the number three mentioning Moshe Albanian specifically at the beginning of this unnie mommy so let's try to analyze a little bit about what's going on what the tower is what it isn't and this will give us some clarity into understanding why why and what is the fundamental that we're referring to but before we start I'd like to begin with a is Shiva's joke the shivas joke goes as follows there is a girl who is meeting a boy a shidduch date and the boy is a typical yeshivish boy who doesn't have that much experience talking to girls so he asked his rebbe what do I talk about with a girl on my first date ever I don't know I don't know what to say I don't know how to converse do I speak about Raschi do I speak about Isis the rambam how do I discuss things in my time is a hot Russa so the rebbe tells them this is very simple you have to remember the 3 s 3 s equals yes there's family there's food and there's philosophy those are the three things that you should be talking about ok so the young buck her the young boy students what every side is going to remember these 3 f's and that's going to be the topic of his conversation so he goes and he meets to yer fine young girl in a hotel lobby obviously and there's a moment of silence a little bit uncomfortable so he remembers the first step family so he says her do you have any brothers she says no there goes his family conversation that's down with one s so then he remembers the second death his food so he says do you like spaghetti she says no that's the second death now come with philosophy so he says if you would have a brother do you think he would like spaghetti why am I talking about is why am i mentioning this because sometimes philosophy theoretical discussions about abstract esoteric ideas and concepts is something that is above us meaning there's no practical application if you would have a brother would he like spaghetti so the same thing is true when it comes to understanding tora tora is not an abstract philosophy torah is not theoretical knowledge if this would happen then would this happen yes there's a higher dimension of a possible a higher will a more divine interest in the world but that's not the practical level that we live on absolutely not Torah is for the present Torah everything in it is not abstract it's not theoretical it is critical and it is attainable and it is practical for the world that we live in now not only that but the Torah goes directly to the hands ha matsuya author that is found now presently be a Daniel in our hands the hands always symbolized action doing accomplishing the Torah goes directly to the hands there's no period there's no space or void in between the knowledge of Torah and the actuality in actual izing the Torah there's no period that a person says you know what let me think let me consider that mm-hmm that's a very special idea I really like it it sounds very nice but again we don't live like that no the Torah is directly to the way we live into your hands meaning obviously goes to the mind and through the heart but that goes directly with out any impediment without any barriers straight to actual izing and accomplishing that which the Torah says the Torah by hearing it is automatically accepting it and obligating a person to comply physically and actualize that which the Torah says this in truth is what the Jews said not Savannah Sh'ma NASA means we will do the nishma and meet means we will hear now technically you cannot do before you hear what you're supposed to do the point is NASA means that when we will hear it will already be nothing when we will hear we will already do we are accepting upon ourselves the yoke of doing and achieving exactly the words of the Torah without any thought process without any filteration before it gets to what we actually do or how we practically apply the knowledge that we have the tour goes directly to the hands the tour is something that must be accomplished it's not something that you could consider you know I'll listen there's interesting ideas very nice very lofty very beautiful but it's not what I take into my personal life that's not the way we do things around here no everything that the Torah says is divine and the fact that it is divine means it is specifically guiding you and I and everyone else in the world specifically guiding us to how we are going to comply with it how we are going to achieve that goal that is given to us so we say how matsuya after that is found now presently be a day know in our hands meaning that the Torah is actualized right away by hearing it by listening automatically become to nishma automatically become to doing and and actualizing in a practical way that knowledge that is not esoteric that is not beyond that is not abstract this is not theoretical this is not hypothetical and this is not philosophical with the yes this is directly to the people we are and the things that we do so when we say call hyper I believe that all of the tire that is found now BR Daniel in our hands that is coming to tell us that the Torah goes directly to the my set goes directly to acting out to actual izing what is only knowledge and internalizing it to the point that it is something we accomplished right away there is no period there's no barrier there's no impediments to what exists in between the knowledge and the heart something that the bowing must show that the sages have told us is that the greatest distance in between two points in the world is in between one's mind and one's heart meaning sometimes we know something but until we actualize it until we accomplish it so we actually do it if something there's a vast distance in between when we accept the Torah when we said NASA benicia that was not only an agreement but accepting upon ourselves to enact right away with no Sun in the middle because you know you rely completely on the fact that this is the Divine Will this is the will of a Shem and it goes directly to the NASA directly to the actions directly to complying and accomplishing exactly what it is that I xem wants so we say in this alley mom in shkolu term to the ATO that the entire term that was given now presently that is found now presently Bo Daniel in our hands meaning we're recognizing our obligation to enact in the practical world that we live in to actualize exactly the Divine Will without any barriers without any thing preventing or resisting to the will of god being actualized by us by mankind you [Music]