One Minute Daily Torah Thought - Rabbi Moshe Levin

Send us a textHow much FIRE should you put into your next move? Good Morning! This Shabbat is called the Shabbat of strength, Chazak!  What is the strength of this Shabbat about? The title of the Torah portion this Shabbat is Vayechi, "And Jacob lived." The Talmud says that Jacob, our father never died. As his seed, his children are alive, so is he alive. This means that you can see the eternity of Jacob in his children. More, that every Jew is a child of Jacob and is similar to Jacob. If we are like Jacob our offspring, our seeds, are every thing we do say or think, and these seeds will grow. When Moshiach comes we will see the light of every mitzvah and even items that are officially not a mitzvah but are done for G-d's sake last forever.  But how can we make those seeds alive? How can we give them that eternal quality? How can we animate our one time actions to to have impact beyond the here and now? The name of Jacob gives us the answer.  The name of Jacob is made up of two words: Yud and A