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The Secret of Simchat Torah | P’ V’zot Habracha

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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the final portion in the Torah is the portion of the Zoe sabroja this is the only portion in the entire Torah that is not read on a Shabbos every portion of the 53 pashiot in the Torah are red on Shabbos besides the portion of outside of Israel it is read on simchastorah and simcost Torah never falls out on the Shabbos which means that the Torah portion is so powerful it doesn't need a Shabbos to strengthen it and to elevate it it is a portion of zoys abraha totally blessing this is the blessing it's such a powerful blessing that you can point with your finger and say look this is the blessing what do we read here verse number four we read a verse that is the first verse that we teach our children when they are able to speak the quoted Jewish law says when a child begins to speak what should you teach the child some American parents want the child to say Mommy and Daddy I love you however according to the Torah the first thing you teach a child when he's able to speak is this verse this is the first verse a child learns when they are able to speak what does it mean Theta the Torah that Moses commanded us this Trader is an inheritance to the children of Jacob to every single Jew in other words if you are one day old and your father left your inheritance of a billion dollars it's all yours you don't have to be smart you don't have to be intelligent you don't have to know even that you have it it belongs to you that is the meaning of

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  1. 0:00the final portion in the Torah is the portion of the Zoe sabroja this is the
  2. 2:13an inheritance every single one of us the day we were born into the Jewish people
  3. 5:26because Rashi is hinting to us that there is a concept called Sada akuza is a
  4. 8:03one hand you have cheesecake and the other hand you have the Torah and you dance
  5. 10:42circus for seven days we have Shiva brochus and then finally on the last day is
  6. 13:24Torah pertaining to the holiday of pesach when you come to the haldev she wrote you
  7. 16:01learned The Toria we just got it so we say that's the time of cutting the
  8. 18:39terms we call this in America ffb from from birth and then you have a btuvu
  9. 21:19when you come back you come back stronger when you come back you're more committed when
  10. 24:01and then we're all going to dance in the streets in all the countries one big

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