{"id":330,"date":"2020-10-04T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/?p=330"},"modified":"2020-10-01T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:09:39","slug":"vzos-habracha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fargate.dev.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/vzos-habracha\/","title":{"rendered":"V&#8217;zos Habracha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s parsha holds the famous verse, \u201c<em>Torah tziva lanu Moshe, morasha kehilas Yaakov<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u2019 Yaakov Kamenetsky wonders: Why aren\u2019t we referred to as Yisroel in this passuk? Yisroel is a higher, more spiritual level, one that Yaakov reached only after intense work. Wouldn\u2019t it be more fitting to use our elevated name, especially in context with the Torah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rav Kamenetsky answers that if the passuk would have read \u201cYisroel,\u201d the assumption would be that the Torah is only for people on that higher, more spiritual level, and not for the plain ol\u2019 Yaakovs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much in the same way that only the priests of Christianity know the laws and can truly connect to G-d, we would assume that this is not for the plebeians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there couldn\u2019t be something further from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Torah is for every man, woman, and child, for every age, for every gender, for every other breakdown you can think of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, every person has a Yaakov and Yisroel within them. There\u2019s the spiritual part of us, and then our physical needs and desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other religions tell you how to live only when you\u2019re being spiritual- how to pray, how to fast, and how to be holy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judaism tells you how bring the spiritual into every aspect of your life, even the physical. Judaism tells you how to eat properly, how to interact with your fellow men, and even how to sleep in a manner befitting a member of Klal Yisroel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the passuk would have read \u201cYisroel,\u201d we would assume that the Torah is only for when we are engaged in our spiritual actions of the day. But instead, as Jews, we bring the spiritual into the mundane and elevate our physical lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s parsha holds the famous verse, \u201cTorah tziva lanu Moshe, morasha kehilas Yaakov\u201d. R\u2019 Yaakov Kamenetsky wonders: Why aren\u2019t we referred to as Yisroel in this passuk? 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