Shabbat
Portion Eikev – What Moses and all great Torah Scholars for 3000 years are teaching us
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Portion Eikev – What Moses and all great Torah Scholars for 3000 years are teaching us
As we learned together-
for my friends' son's Bar Mitzva this Shabbat
from this Portion What the Almighty wishes for all of us
The portion starts out with
Blessings
And that if we preserve the covenant between our forefathers and G-d
(Abraham Isaac Jacob Sarah Rebecca Rachel and Leah)
That G-d will also be merciful to us – even in a difficult world - and
Our parents and their parents have carried on that covenant – and the Almighty has been merciful to us
G-d will never forget the Covenant with our forefathers and mothers
So we should not forget that covenant either
And the Almighty does Chesed - loving kindness
And so shall we
Live doing kindness –
because that is the Jewish way of living and
We shall receive holiness in those blessings
And children
Like my wonderful family
Who are all blessings to the world and
Health – we have got to thank G d for that too
(And for all our friends and teammates) and
Later in portion when G-d tells us to
Teach to your children…. ...
We learn from that – as taught by
Rav Druck -at the great synagogue kolel who wrote in TIFERET MORDECHAI
One of his books
That when the Portion says
... "and teach your children" it means four ways of Torah teachings:
1 to keep the Torah
As the important part of our souls
And to
2
One Must Not be afraid to work and study on understanding all of the Torah books
3
Rather than only talking with others about basic things- share Torah thoughts
And don't keep holy thoughts only to yourself-
learn the joy of sharing Torah thoughts
and study
4 "the inside ...the secrets of the torah - the lights from the Torah" that guide our lives also
So Ely on Shabbat will say (and we should always remember)
Dad and Mom – thanks for loving and teaching and working with me (us) always and
I want to thank all the family
Who are also like those lights from the torah that we all need
And my grandparents, and everyone here – for keeping that covenant with the Almighty who has protected our people and our heritage for these last 3000 years,
And which it is my great privilege to continue
Shabbat Shalom to all
And MAZEL TOV TO ELY AND THE FAMILY
Rabbi Andy Chanoch Eichenholz