Shlomo Godsi | I Couldn't Lift Two Kilos. How Do I Lift a Ton?

Parasha Deep Dive Episodes

August 11, 2026•1 min read

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The curse never made sense to me either.

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Highlights

0:45 Why would a benevolent God give a curse at all

3:40 A king's decree, and why Hashem's instructions are not that

6:43 The angels argue against making us

10:40 Two tons on a scale, and the push that lifts them

17:50 Six decades to work out what you came to do

Parashat Re'eh opens with a blessing and a curse put in front of us on the same day, and that sentence is what first pulled me toward Torah. It was the first verse I ever taught a class on, and the question underneath it never went away: why would a good creator make a curse at all? The Alshech reads the mitzvot, the commandments, as instructions that carry their own benefit, and from there we get to the angels who argued against making us, and to a balance holding a ton on each side that a tiny bit of force will lift.

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Shlomo Godsi

On the Alshech's Yortzeit, I Received a Message... After morning prayers in the Alshech Shul, I would learn the Alshech’s Torah, just me and him. It was an intimate process that began my close connection with this great sage. Then, on Erev Pesach 2023, at 2 AM, I received a clear message: open a center of learning here, at the Alshech Shul, for the English-speaking communities around the world. I later realized that very night was the Alshech’s Yortzeit. That realization still gives me the chills! This Academy is not just a project; it is a response to a divine call. I humbly ask you to join me in answering it.