May 21, 2024

Embracing Shavuos: What Does Torah Mean To You?

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Season 7

As we approach the holiday of Shavuos, I couldn't help but ponder the profound joy and anticipation that fills my heart. It's not just the festive air that captivates me; it's the deep connection to our spirituality and the divine wisdom that the Torah imparts. This episode is a personal reflection on the essence of Shavuos and an invitation to embrace the Torah with renewed passion. Together, we'll explore how the Torah is akin to the boundaries in a hockey game, providing structure and purpose to our lives and preventing us from descending into chaos.

I also share an introspective look at the Torah's impact on our understanding of suffering and how it gives us a sense of calm and direction toward the ultimate goal set for humanity. As we prepare for Shavuos, join me in this heartfelt celebration of heritage, the anticipation for studying Hashem's Torah, and express gratitude for being part of the Jewish community. This isn't just another holiday; it's a significant milestone in our spiritual journey, and I'm excited to share these insights with you.

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Let us be brutally honest with ourselves for a second and ask ourselves why is it that we are excited for the upcoming holiday of Shavuos?

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Are we indeed excited about the holiday?

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What does Kabbalah Satorah mean?

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Why do we want the Torah?

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Do we feel a big, warm, cozy feeling, a subtle happy feeling in our hearts when we think about Torah, kabbalah Torah and Hashem giving it to us on Harsinai, and it definitely feels like it's important that we don't just give it some lip service and say, oh, shavuot is a Torah that's not going to do it, but some real contemplation, some real thought about why it is that we love the Torah and we want to accept it anew with the Nasev Anishma on the upcoming holiday of Shavuos, and when I put some thought into it and put some thoughts down on paper, it hit me that without the Torah, life would be like a big hockey game, but there are no boards or walls around the ice hockey rink, but you can just go anywhere and do anything and the game loses all strategic chachma wisdom.

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It's really there's no point of the game.

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You can go anywhere and do anything.

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Life, the game is pointless.

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Torah gave us a code of conduct.

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It gave us some structure in Torah, gave us a code of conduct.

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It gave us some structure in which gave us opportunities to enjoy things and times to refrain from things, so that everything has shape and has structure, Like the cell wall does to a cell.

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It's the most important part, because otherwise you just have this big mess of people running all over the place.

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So Torah gives us structure.

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I thought further that without getting to be exposed to the truth, without a book of laws, without the connection to Hashem and the knowledge that he's watching over us, well then pain would just be suffering with no end and no goal.

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But Torah says there's a point to the suffering, there's a goal for humanity, there is a beratius and there's eventually going to be a Mashiach, and it's a 6,000-year world followed by the world of the tikkun, the ultimate.

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So it gave us a sense of calm, a sense of obligation and a sense of duty and a sense of that.

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There's a point down here.

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That's what Torah means to me and I encourage you to give thought to what does Torah mean to me.

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Why is it so special and why can't I wait to dance and to sing and to study Hashem's Torah on the upcoming holiday of Shavuos, ashreinu, ma'atob chalkenu, praiseworthy.

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How great is it to be a Jew?

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Thanks for watching.