OVERVIEW לקוטי שיחות וילך

CONTENT HIGHLIGHT

• 13th Sefer Torah & 13th gate are available for all
• The higher the blessing, the more it is hidden
• Torah on a shelf besides the Aron or inside the Aron
• Cohanim’s service has effect outside of the Bais haMikdash
• Teshuvah needs to affect a person’s intellect, emotions and actions
• Nitzavim & Rosh HaShana – unity above; VaYelech & Yom Kippur – unity below
• Each generation has its own mission
• Cohanim represent the entire tribe of Levi
• On Hakhel the King reads the Torah from a raised wooden bimah that rests in the Azarah
• Hakhel is a continuation of Shmitah
• Mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah is fulfilled with a community Torah
• Unique connection the Jews with Moshe
• On the 7th of Adar “traditions” and “wellsprings of wisdom” were closed to Moshe
• Final two mitzvos (Hakhel and writing a Sefer Torah) renew our connection to Sinai
• G-d’s “hiding” which is not a “hiding”