There are certain sections in the Torah that contain so much information that writing a summary becomes difficult. Even more complex is choosing just one point from among all the points. It sounds as if one is prioritizing and assigning importance to one teaching over another. This is especially true considering that every verse is holy in and of itself, regardless of its content. For example, the verse (Genesis 36:22) "And Lotan's sister [was named] Timna," a seemingly irrelevant matter, is as holy and pure as the verse (from this same parashah, Deuteronomy 6:4) "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.".

However, one is forced, by the size of the publishing house and the reader's attention span, to talk about one thing, and no more. In this week's section, which is called Vaetjanan (And I Supplicated), we find a verse that shows us something we can constantly observe and verify. The verse reads as follows (Deuteronomy 4:6): "And they shall be careful and do, for their wisdom and understanding are in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these rules and say, 'Surely this great people is a wise and understanding people.'""

I have often found myself in meetings with Jewish and non-Jewish people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and there is always a shared admiration for the wisdom of the Torah. Beyond the level of observance and religious devotion, the Torah awakens the intellect and heart of all people.

The reason for this is that the Torah is, essentially, the wisdom of God, who is, in Himself, the source of all creation. Therefore, when a person discovers this hidden wisdom within nature, this detailed and meticulous order that exists throughout the entire universe (because to say, for example, that the human body is a disordered jumble of cells and organs that, coincidentally, after millions of years, came together and formed a single body is, rationally speaking, nonsense...), they are amazed and admire the One who said and the world was made, that is, God.

And the Torah is the tool, the object in which God invests and encloses Himself so that, through it, He may be discovered.

The only condition is to study, analyze, question, and observe carefully with an open mind, knowing that when one does not understand something, it is not because the matter is wrong or flawed, but because the one trying to understand it has not reached the level of intellectual and/or emotional development to incorporate that concept into their life.

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