The Hidden Meaning of Loving God with All Your Might - Jeremy Gimpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

hey fellowship our speaking tour is done 42 days every day practically a new city we met so many of our members people that we had never met before old friends new friends um it was one of the greatest experiences of our lives and just in perfect timing like tehila said it's um the time of love and how beautiful it is to see that our fellowship is just spreading friendship love camaraderie brotherhood uh just spiritual brotherhood and to be of we just celebrate and now we're entering into uh where the land of israel fellowship here moshe prays to make that final connection and connect to the land itself and in this torah portion um it's arguably my favorite verse in the torah and it says deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 5. you should love the lord your god with all of your heart with all of your soul and with all of your might now the word in hebrew if you see right there it's not might the word is odd with all of your me and this is one of the tours that i shared at almost every event uh on this last speaking tour and so i want to share it now as we've sort of brought the speaking tour to an end and they had to translate it into something but with all of your might isn't an exact translation the word me od in hebrew means very so really the verse reads you should love the lord your god with all of your heart with all of your soul and all of your very that doesn't make any sense that's grammatically incorrect so there are i don't know 3 000 years of jews arguing what that word means it's such a fundamental message in the torah such an important verse i mean we read it every morning when we wake up we read it every evening before we go to bed it's one of the most important verses in the torah and it's grammatically incorrect and doesn't make any sense so what does that word mean so most people say with all of your own with all of your very means with all of your strength with all of your might and that's usually how it's translated but um rashi says no no no with all of your odin with all of your various all of your excess with all of your possessions all the things that are around you if you have a home use it to bring in guests use it to host events that bring people closer to israel closer to god closer to each other if you have a car use it for good deeds with love god with all of your possessions another interpretation was with all of your money another idea says no means with all of your family another one says with all of your time another one says with all of your thoughts another one says i mean it's just like endless what does it all mean and here we are now in 2022 and who's right and i think the answer is and that really is the secret to really learning torah through a jewish lens is that all of those arguments ah they're all right it's just um another color in the spectrum of the rainbow of understanding the torah what is it saying to love the lord your god with all of your heart with all of your soul and all of your might it's to love god with everything you've got with all of your strength with all of your courage with all of your might with all of your money with all of your family with all of your time with all of your possessions with everything and what a perspective like you know i just see that the culture that i was now immersed in for more than a month it's just kind of like sedating you calming you down watch a video just don't don't think too much don't work too much try to do as little as possible and get as much as possible that's really the ideal of where america is kind of pushing the next generation and the torah says no no no love god love life with all your heart in all of your might in all of your soul give everything you got into it don't just take life for granted don't just live a life where you're sort of like just getting by or sort of in a a fearful state no no no just eat it up love it go big just love life with everything you got and i feel like this speaking tour was an expression of that you know when we first moved to the farm i remember because you know to heal and i we say it that the shema every morning and every night it's 42 years old now and you know sometimes you love god and so when you say it it's amazing you shall love the lord your god with all your heart and all your soul and all your might but sometimes you don't really love god and you say it then also you should love the lord your god with all your heart and all your soul and all your might and you say that every morning and every evening every morning and every evening almost like a temple sacrifice there's not much emotions in the temple sacrifices the priest is just doing what he needs to do and kind of building that up every morning and every night when we had to make the decision to move to the farm teal and i said this is our chance this is our chance to to love hashem with all of our hearts with all of our souls with all of our family with all of our money with all of our possessions to just give it all we got if we have one life to live we have one arrow to shoot here let's really put our hearts and souls and everything we have into it and this speaking tour it took a lot out of us i mean my poor children in the car out of the car in the motel stakes out of motel sticks in this car in the city waking up it's like where are we where what state what city what country what millennia is so disorienting but we gave it our all we gave it everything we had and we felt like we brought so much light into the world and just gathered up more and more sparks and collected new members to the fellowship and made new friends and met old friends and it was just an amazing expression of loving hashem of loving each other and how blessed we are to have this fellowship that is not only just learning torah growing to become better people growing closer to god growing closer to each other but really spreading that fundamental message of loving god of loving life of loving each other let love be the driving force in our life and now this is really the time to start thinking about this upcoming year to start thinking about shiva like ellu is right around the corner and so let that be the base of how we reorient ourselves how we realign ourselves that it should always be based on love and really to put our best foot forward to really step into life and just eat it up love it and so we should all be blessed and hopefully we'll all see you soon on the mountain back in judea shalom hi my name is jeremy gimpel a lot of people want to know exactly what the land of israel fellowship is and what members receive when they join so let me explain the land of israel fellowship is a global online community with hundreds of members from over 40 countries around the world they're live sessions and gatherings that create a direct personal connection to the land of israel and the lovers of israel from around the world there's no online gathering that i'm familiar with that is connected to the land of israel that unites and brings together such a diverse group of people backgrounds and nationalities it feels like prophecy it feels like something we need in these times a window in to a better future on the horizon there's a divine unity we experience every week in our fellowship broadcast we heard these amazing teachings from an authentic hebrew and israel perspective and our jaws drop not only because they ring so true and are such a blessing because they are so consistent with what we believe these sunday morning gatherings are nothing less than a house of prayer for all nations cindy lo the united states of america the land of israel fellowship is an amazing resource for learning torah the bible and the prophets unfiltered and uncensored directly from the land of israel we've been studying torah for almost 20 years but we feel we are stepping into it more than ever and seeing new depth and dimensions to scripture we're encouraged more and more every week calen ardell usa members receive access to all the archives in the library of teachings on every portion of the torah the biblical feast hebrew prayer prophecy sessions on the ancient wisdom of the prophets of israel to help us navigate through these turbulent times these sessions are so rich i re-listen to each and truly each session is the best one yet tehela is a tremendous asset and the teachings ari shares are so rich i've read the bible so many times and i've known the things you are teaching the hebrew understanding is what christians have missed for century sister georgian from germany the land of israel fellowship is truly unique because it's built upon personal relationships with the teachers of the fellowship myself rabbi arya bramwitz in tehillah gimpel every member has direct access to the staff 24 6 via email or direct whatsapp to ask questions to comment to connect directly to all the teachers and over the last years we've connected to some of the most beautiful people on the planet so if you want to find out more and join the land of israel fellowship you can click on the link below and if you want to try it out for just a month you can email fellowship at the land of israel.com and we'll hook you up i hope to see you shalom from the mountains of judea