Fwd: ❦ Aligning Our Thoughts and Actions ❦

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From: Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman <webadmin@kehotpublicationsociety.ccsend.com>
Date: Thu, May 28, 2026, 8:20 AM
Subject: ❦ Aligning Our Thoughts and Actions ❦
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I S S U E 929 Naso / May 28, 2026 / 12 Sivan, 5786 Dedicate Here! Dear Friend,  We are pleased to share insights by the Rebbe on parshat Naso, selected from our Daily Wisdom, edited by Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky. ❦ Aligning Our Thoughts and Actions ❦ The tally of the clan of Gershon, by their families and according to their fathers’ houses. (Num. 4:38) The clan of Kehat carried the Ark, which housed the Torah. The clans of Gershon and Merari, in contrast, carried the Tabernacle itself, which alludes to the performance of G-d’s commandments, which transform the world into G-d’s “Tabernacle,” or home. The fact that the Torah places the census of the clan of Gershon at the beginning of a parsha, Naso, highlights the advantage of action over study. Torah study and the concrete performance of G-d’s commandments are each superior in different ways: Torah study unites us consciously with G-d, but primarily affects our intellect. In contrast, performing the commandments unites us with G-d less obviously, but this union pervades the physical body. Recording the command to take the census of the clan of Kehat first – at the end of the preceding parashah, Bemidbar – emphasizes the superiority of Torah study; having the command to take the census of the clan of Gershon introduce parshat Naso emphasizes the superiority of performing the commandments. —From Daily WIsdom Gut Shabbos, Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman Kehot Publication Society Please donate to our current campaigns.

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