Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Chayei Sara 5781

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is parashat sara the question of the week is how can we create stability and balance in our lives so in this week's torah portion pasha's and it was the life of sarah and she lived for me hashanah a hundred years the estrogen and twenty years the shavashonim and seven years then the torah continues out to say sorrow this is the life of sarah so derby asks a very simple question the first half of the verse tells us sarah lived for a hundred years twenty years seven years and rashi says the reason why it tells us by a hundred years and by twenty years and by seven years to teach us that just like when she was seven she was beautiful the same thing when she was 20 and just like when she was 20 she was without sin the same thing when she was a hundred she was without sin but then it says this is the life of sarah and rashi says it comes to teach us coulombs shoveling the toyota they were all equal for good so the question is the first half of the verse breaks apart her life and the second half of the verse includes it all together and ruby explains very powerful as foul as follows the first half of the verse is referring to her specific spiritual work throughout her life maya shono is a reference to the idea spiritually kasser her ratsaying her will for hashem her taina her pleasant hashem was strong estrum shanna is referring to her intellect she was connected to god through an intellect in a very deep way cheva shawnee was referring to her seven emotions and she connected to god in every one of those levels the second half of the verse says kulam shoveling rashi says shove him they're equal let's eva for good what does good mean so the rabbi explains we know that the source of good is hashem and the source of good is to do good we all have in the summer when we're connected to the summer we're connected to a place of good and when you're connected to a place of good it's all equal so in other words the first half of the verse derby explains when you're going through life and life is life you have to deal with your emotions you have to deal with your intellect you have to deal with your will and pleasure for hashem the different aspects of life beauty sin and so on and so forth that's when you're going through the normal process of life however the second half of the verse teaches us something profound that when you connect to unisoma when you connect to your soul and when you live a godly soul life it's all equal it's all balanced it's all healthy it's all consistent it's all peace that's when when you connect to the summer so the answer the question if you want to live a life of balance and serenity and peace and happiness where everything is stable connect to yanushama connect to your soul by learning this by learning kabbalah you will have a balanced and a healthy great beautiful life thanks so much for joining us for our weekly torah lesson this week's torah lesson is the dedicated memory of barak banari labe shlom man yosef and may their souls be elevated by the torah we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly turbo lesson for more information please see our website chabadswf.org have a great and blessed balanced and beautiful week