Parsha Devarim Shabbas Chazon Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is Parshas Devorim. The question of the week is, what is the path to redeem us from exile? So, in this week's Torah portion, Parshas Devorim, we also have the Haftorah, where it says, "Tzion u Mishpat Tipodehha v'Shaveha b'Tzedakah." That Zion will redeemed with Mishpat and its captives through charity. So, the question is, what is Zion and what is its captives? So, the Rebbe explains and he says, "What is Zion?" Referring to the godly soul. And the godly soul is in exile. Shaveha is its captives, referring to our physical body, our thoughts, speech, and action. But, each one requires a different type of redemption. Tzion, which is referring to the godly soul, the godly soul is connected to God, but still in exile. The way to redeem it is by learning Torah. Torah brings a light in and takes the godly soul out of galus. On the other hand, our thoughts, speech, and action, that's literally being held captive, our body's being held captive, that is through charity. Cuz charity has the power to elevate. So, the answer to the question, how do we take ourselves out of galus? There's two parts of us that are in exile. There's the godly soul, which is one method by learning Torah, and then there's the the physical body, our thoughts, speech, and action, and that gets elevated through going ahead and doing charity. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Baruch Mordechai Levi Yosef ben my father ben Hertz. May their souls be elevated by the Torah we're studying in their memory. For more information, please see our website, chabadsfw.org. Have a great and blessed week. Shabbat Shalom.