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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Lenoy bat Chagit. May Hashem shower her with a refuah shleimah refuat hanefesh v’refuat haguf among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
Ninth principle of Emuna according to the Rambam ztk’l:
Since the entire Torah comes from G-d, one may not add to it or take away from it.
The Torah will not be changed and wasn’t intended to be given to us in installments in the future. We have in our hands the entire Torah which communicates to us the ways of Shamayim. Torah in all of its parts is relevant to each of us at all times in every generation.
The holy task of the Jewish people is to strive to grasp the depth that is contained within the Torah. Essentially, Torah is HaKadosh Baruch Hu as is written in the Zohar Hakadosh. We were given HaKadosh Baruch Hu when we received the Torah; we fundamentally bond with the Infinite each time we delve into Torah learning. Torah is the greatest gift that Hashem gave to man. Through Torah Hashem brought all His power and all of Himself, so to speak, down to the world.
It is vital for us to understand that Torah does not have an expiration date or clause that limits chas v’Shalom its validity only to certain conditions and times. The teachings of the past are just as relevant to our lives today as they were to our ancestors. The profound wisdom deeply tucked away in the words of the Torah offer us lasting guidance that benefit us today.
For example just as this coming week Parshat Bo writes, “Come to Pharoah…” so too does Hashem instruct the ‘Moshe Rabbeinu’ in us to come to the ‘Pharoah’ in us and demand freedom. For more on this particular topic you can listen in to the soon to be posted shiur of the week, “Parshat Bo: Hashem is With Us.”
