Vol 19 Va'eschanan A, Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky

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focuses on perhaps you could say the most important mitzvah of all one that is mentioned in this week's parsha namely in the shema something that we recite twice a day in the verse vishi nantam levanecha vidibar tabon you shall repeat it you shall teach it to your children and you shall speak in them means in the words of torah so this in general is the mitzvah of learning torah this mitzvah will focus on and will come to appreciate the proper attitude that one need to have when studying torah and also what is the proper approach in how to teach others and debate matters of torah uh it'll be very useful to familiarize ourselves with the concept with the term vitul as will be used throughout this secret this talk you see the word beetle translated total void or nothingness means to not feel like something important in yourself not to feel something separate so to speak from hashem to beetle in terms of one service to hashem means that you feel total subservience to hashem it's not about you it's about hashem it's not about for example it's not about this individual soldier it's about the mission so he's totally bottle to the mission so let's go right into this in the mitzvah of talmud torah of learning of the study of torah we find in general that there are two commandments there are two parts to the mitzvah there is number one liamoid to learn one has to study torah one has obligation and then there's the

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1. 0:09focuses on perhaps you could say the most important mitzvah of all one that is mentioned…
2. 2:17and at the altar in their torah in their respective laws of the sections of the…
3. 4:22teach your children and it's a biblical uh biblical imperative therefore when does that begin that…
4. 6:28through the action which we do with that mitzvah whatever that action may be if it's…
5. 8:34is an announcement a pronouncement an overt acknowledgement that this is not about me this is…
6. 11:17so it becomes personal but the person can actually can perhaps even be so distorted in…
7. 13:28and here we come also to a very interesting sequel to this means as a follow-up…
8. 15:35is this compared to to one who writes on a paper which has already been erased…
9. 17:44and it becomes somewhat about you then you're not really going to ever have a true…
10. 19:49and that's what he's saying that when one sees one has a debate and he feels…

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