“God helps those who help themselves.”   If we think about that, we come to understand it.   How do we help ourselves?  We read and act as one would with the lessons given to us from the Torah.

Whatever your path to reading the Torah becomes, be open to the lessons you can take away from your time spent with this magnificent book.  Our ancestors were imperfect in an imperfect world.  The Torah helps them to find a way to maneuver this world, understand this world, and make better this world.  The Torah told them and tells us today what to eat, what to wear, when to work, when to rest, how to treat others, how to treat ourselves … all of this to empower a people with hope and the will to survive.

The Torah also brings order to what would have been a chaotic world.  Our ancestors lived in tumultuous times.  Some might say our present time is much the same.  Different challenges needing solutions.  What the Torah gave our ancestors and still gives to us today is a guide…. a survival guide.  There are laws, procedures and processes that have been put in place, which brings civility to our world.