Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Terumah How can we refine our Character?

welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portions pastures truma the question of the week is how can we refine our character so in this week's Torah portion parishes truma we learn about the building of the mishkan the Tabernacle and all the holy objects of the Tabernacle so Torah describes how it's rebuilt and its measurements so when it comes to the our own the ark so the Torah says it should be built two and a half amount in its length an hour and a half in its width an hour and a half in its height so the rubber in a powerful acidic discourse asks it's intriguing if you give a look when the measurements and the other items some were a half some were a whole but you find something unique when it comes to the arc that every Dimension was with two and a half one and a half one and a half all halves why is it a half well it should be whole I mean should it be a complete numbers and you ever explained something fascinating so this follows what was the ark made for the awkward mate was made for the Torah and we know when we learned the story where you connect the gods and when you connect to God there's something powerful in the Torah that has the power to transform us so therefore when you start out learning Torah we're not all complete we have we have certain character traits that we have to refine and work out now the way it gets worked out is different ways of working out character traits but the highest way and the best way is by learning Torah so in other words the whole Ark was built but has to teach us that when you learn Torah you will trip away and refine every one of our character traits so the answer the question how do we find our character traits learn Torah by learning Torah will become refined and become great people and a light onto the nation thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week's Torah lessons dedicated to memory of Mark Bernard may your souls be elevated by Eternal we're studying in their memory for more information please see our website Chabad swf.org have a great and blessed week