The Power is in Our Hands...or is it? | Rabbi Ari Enkin

this week's torah portion is shelf team and in it we read about the jewish soldiers who would be drafted for war now some soldiers were exempt from the draft such as soldiers that had committed certain transgressions what kind of transgressions well we're told that one such transgression would be speaking between putting on the tilling of the arm and putting on the filling of the head it seems to be such a small transgression but yet the soldier who committed such a transgression would be exempt from the army he wouldn't serve why is that what is so terrible about speaking between putting on the tilling of the arm and the tone of the head well it's explained that the tilt of the arm represents mites that's filling goes on the bicep on the arm strength and power whereas it's filling the of the head go on the head by the brain which represents the soul the divine the spiritual in a human being a soldier who speaks between the hand and the head is showing that there's an interruption that there's a break that there's a gap between power of the hand and divine spirit and divine assistance when a soldier goes to war he has to know that's not just in the weaponry that's not enough we also need god to be on our side in order to succeed in order to win and so it is with us in all areas of life we nobody can speak between that's filling of the arm that's filling of the head because all of us no matter where we are in life have to always remember that's not just the power alone but it's divine spark and divine assistance we need god in everything we do [Music]